• Application Deadline:
• Position: Senior Scientist Research Development & Application


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience 10 - 12 years


• Location Lagos


• Job Field Research 
  

Key Areas of Responsibility:

Development & applications projects:

• End to end project management in applied research / technology and innovation research.


• Manage samples sensory evaluation on Beverage.


• Beverage application.


• Support Beverage application using various equipment and processes.


• Participate in internal and external customer requests to satisfy project needs from concept through commercialization and troubleshooting.


• Develop new product specific application recipe:


• Apply scientific principles for research and improvement of products beyond taste,


• Retest existing application information and further refine the details / procedures to make it more acceptable for our customers.


• Product & Raw Material Portfolio support and maintenance:


• Maintains adequate stock of standardised collection products


• Validating ingredient functionality into final products:


• Fits the purpose of the customer and ensuring product stability and food safety through the conducting of shelf-life studies

Documentation of results:

• Ensures all outputs are recorded according to established protocols.


• Documents all testing results and research notes in lab books and computer databases

Raw Materials management:

• Maintains adequate stock of raw materials and ingredients

Laboratory Maintenance:

• Hands-on laboratory skill and analysis of data


• Exposure to Product Development, End-Use-Market Application, Sensory Evaluation Process, Test Protocol and Sensory Lexicon


• Hands-on experience with product specific Application Recipes


• Ability to understand New Product Development process from bench development to scale-up


• Utilises Food Science to solve customer challenges.


• How to communicate across a diverse organisation with many different cultures.


• Hands-on laboratory skill and analysis of data 

What are we looking for?

• Minimum bachelors degree in food science / food technology / food engineering / chemistry, Microbiology / Biotechnology, or a related Applied Science


• Strong knowledge of ingredients & recipe formulation


• Leadership skills.

Innovative, ideas generator

• At least 10 -12 years experience with minimum 5 - 7 years working experience in any laboratory, plant, food factory or food industry.


• Team player mindset with communication & collaboration skills


• Meticulous and pays attention to details.


• Numerically confident and naturally analytical.


• Strong communication skills, entrepreneurial mindset and capable of dealing with people at every business level.

Personal Attributes

• You are highly ambitious, with a passion and in-depth understanding of growing, with an infectious enthusiasm for learning.


• You are hands on, with a proactive approach.


• You do enjoy being accountable and taking ownership of your tasks.


• You thrive on being able to deliver against demanding deadlines.