Field Scientist

**About the job**:
IFF Pharma Solutions is looking to hire a

**Field Scientist - Food Ingredients (m/w/d)**

This is an exciting position for a Field Scientist to join a very dynamic and experienced commercial team. The main responsibility is to support our food customers in their research and development activities and promote our food ingredients. This includes solving our customers formulation and processing challenges and enabling them to succeed. Our customer base is established in Europe within the Food Ingredients business of the Pharma Solutions Division.
- Work in collaboration with the sales team to support an existing customer portfolio and territory.
- Develop new leads. Work on leads, supporting customers in their product development activities.
- Develop in-depth understanding of customer needs, develop new growth opportunities and maintain an opportunity pipeline. Track opportunities pipeline in Sales Force.
- Provide technical support for multiple key customer projects via troubleshooting food formulations, generating/analyzing/presenting data, assisting with customer plant trials/scale ups, and defending share.
- Support regional marketing activities: product launches, campaigns, trade shows.

**About You**:
**Qualifications/ Critical Competencies**:

- Chemistry or food engineering / technology with a bachelor’s or master's degree.
- Min. 5 years of experience in food R&D, technical service, food chemistry, polymer science or food ingredients technical support in the food & beverage industry in the target geography.
- Strong track record in supporting food processing companies in developing new food products.
- Strong background in food technology, skilled in troubleshooting at lab formulation and manufacturing plant scale-up, customer relationship management and working across multiple teams and functions.
- Formulation expertise across Bakery, Dairy, Beverage, Meat, Vegetarian, and Culinary Applications and willing to learn and thrive in a rapidly changing environment.
- Customer Focus/ Action Oriented - Taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy and enthusiasm.
- Drive to results, self-driven and work independently.
- Excellent communication, both verbal and written, analytical and interpersonal skills.
- Strong interpersonal skills to effectively work internally with regional teams and the global Food Ingredients team. Learning agility to grow and develop in a dynamic commercial environment.
- An advanced degree or PhD will be a plus in chemistry or food engineering.

You can expect a responsible role in a versatile and technologically demanding environment with all the opportunities in an internationally active company. The position is offered as a full-time position. Preferred location is Germany at our Innovation Center in Bomlitz, there is flexibility across several countries in Europe.

IFF is an Equal Opportunity Employer.