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Vibrant Ingredients

Senior Flavorist

Vibrant Ingredients, Cranbury, New Jersey, United States

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Senior Flavorist

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Vibrant Ingredients .

This range is provided by Vibrant Ingredients. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range $140,000.00/yr - $200,000.00/yr

JOB SUMMARY Vibrant Ingredients is seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented Senior Flavorist to support the growth of the beverage and food category by working with customers to provide solutions with innovative and winning flavors.

Skills, Traits, & Competencies

Flavor Creation Skills: > 10 years’ experience, with a proven track record of sales in the beverage and food categories.

Excellent technical execution and project management skills

Highly developed organizational skills

Well-developed communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively throughout all levels of the organization.

Great presentation skills and a love for customers are necessary

Ability to travel up to 25%

Key Duties And Responsibilities

Development of innovative flavors for the beverage and food industry that are aligned with the business strategy

Ability to manage and drive projects to a successful outcome

Ability to develop technical relationships with customers

Ability to create flavors from scratch, as well as optimizing existing formulations to deliver winning flavor solutions to our customers

Excellence in matching capability

Develop a robust portfolio of consumer preferred flavors and flavor systems that support our targeted customer needs in various formats including liquid, spray dry and emulsion flavors

Work closely with product developers to create great tasting prototypes for both proactive and reactive projects

Collaboration with analytical team to develop a robust database of flavor and ingredient analysis

Work closely with procurement to ensure best pricing and ingredient quality in flavor formulation

Support sales and marketing to deliver customer presentations and prototype development that promote existing and new business growth opportunities

Minimum Qualifications

Science degree or higher (preferably in Food Science/Chemistry) from a reputable school

Certification from the Society of Flavorists desired

Proven track record of success in the Flavor industry

Full working knowledge of flavor raw materials, flavor creation and flavor chemistry

Good knowledge of manufacturing processes and delivery technologies

Excellent organizational and time management skills

Highly established project management skills including MS Office (Excel, PPT, Word, etc.)

About Vibrant Ingredients Founded in 1954, Vibrant Ingredients is a leading provider of natural, clean label ingredients and systems that power extraordinary food and beverage experiences. The company’s broad portfolio — including natural flavors, botanical extracts, functional nutrition, cold brew coffee, tea essences, and food protection solutions — enhances taste, texture, color, shelf life, and performance across a wide range of applications. Vibrant operates four state-of-the-art facilities across the United States and works with leading brands, manufacturers, and foodservice operators. With vertically integrated capabilities and a proven track record of innovation and execution, Vibrant helps customers accelerate to market without compromise. Learn more at

www.vibrantingredients.com

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Research, Analyst, and Information Technology

Industries: Food and Beverage Manufacturing

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