Rda Scientist

**Requisition ID: 55146**
**Position Type: FT Permanent**
**Workplace Arrangement**:
**About Kerry**:
Kerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Every day we partner with customers to create healthier, tastier and more sustainable products that are consumed by billions of people across the world. Our vision is to be our customers' most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition. A career with Kerry offers you an opportunity to shape the future of food while providing you opportunities to explore and grow in a truly global environment.

**About the role**:
Work Location: Jakarta, Indonesia
Reporting To: Principal Scientist

**Key responsibilities**:
**Product Development**

**Product Portfolio and Collection**
- Understands the collection library and able to propose collection to internal and external customers.
- Provides input for the definition of Taste collection needs and gaps.

**Cross Function Support**
- Ability to work with the RDA analytical and sensory teams
- Ability to work with Operation, Quality Assurance, Supply Chain etc. on product commercialisation
- Close relation with commercial teams to help develop key customer strategy and support the engagement.
- Work together with a cross functional team to develop integrated beverage solutions across all category.

**Laboratory Maintenance**:

- Follows Best Laboratory Practices and established procedures in relation to laboratory maintenance and stock control.
- Sensory Evaluation
- Accountable to evaluate, with sales, the collection flavours for the country.
- Conduct sensory evaluation for product development, product stability etc.

**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.

**Qualifications and skills**:

- Bachelor / Masters / in Food Technology, Food Science, Chemistry, or a related Applied Science.
- Minimum 3 years of Beverage R&D product development working experience with a proven track record.
- Experience in managing both internal and external relationships - Commercial / Sales team, General Management, Customers.
- Ability to taste and smell flavors and food products.
- Capable of viewing beverage colors and degrees of turbidity
- Proficient in formulating products with flavor technology.
- Strong understanding of low calorie sweeteners, modulations and nutritional beverage ingredients.
- Comprehensive understanding of the interaction of taste products within the food matrix and the impact of processing.
- Extensive knowledge of beverage equipment and industry standards for beverage products and processes.

**Recruiter**: #LI-SS1
**Posting Type**: LI