Lead Expert Product Application Beverages

Job Title: Lead Expert Product Application Beverages Location: Mont-Saint-Guibert, Belgium Are you passionate about beverages and creating delicious, healthy products? Join our Beverage team as Lead Expert Product Application Beverages, a global role reporting to a Global Senior Leader and supporting our European business. In our centre of expertise for cold beverages, you will develop applications for customer briefs and proactive concepts using our Ingredient Solutions portfolio (nutritional solutions, colors, hydrocolloids, proteins, etc.). Working closely with our Taste team, you will craft high-quality beverage formulations and help strengthen our global position as a unique solution provider through strong technical expertise and effective collaboration. Your key responsibilities: Develop and deliver beverage applications across segments, performing hands-on formulation, testing, and rapid prototyping in response to customer briefs and internal concept needs. Serve as the technical application expert for the Ingredient Solutions portfolio, with clear understanding of ingredient behaviour, stability, interactions, and performance in multiple beverage matrices. Design and optimize formulations to demonstrate functional ingredient performance; coordinate sensory, stability, and analytical evaluations to validate results and generate clear technical evidence. Continuously review and improve the ingredient solutions portfolio for beverage use, working with regional stakeholders to align on performance gaps and opportunities. Collaborate closely with the global Beverage ISOL team, European Technical Service Managers and nutrition premix formulators to share learnings, harmonize methods, and leverage collective know-how. Document application work with robust data, prepare reports and presentations that clearly communicate results, and provide input on competitor benchmarking and future innovation needs. We offer: Recognition and celebration of your efforts and accomplishments. Opportunities for growth and advancement for those who embrace innovation and take initiative. Customer-first approach, working with world-renowned companies and brands to turn ideas into impactful solutions. Opportunity to build a career making a significant impact on billions of lives, with the freedom to shape your own path. Responsibility and accountability in living company values and driving sustainable solutions. Supportive environment where individuals are empowered to progress and contribute to meaningful change. You bring: A Master's or Bachelor's degree in food or beverage science/technology, with 5+ years of hands-on beverage product development and application experience. Strong practical expertise in functional ingredients and their behaviour in beverage systems, with the ability to design and optimize robust formulations. Proven capability to formulate, test, troubleshoot, and improve prototypes in the lab, delivering clear data that supports customer discussions and value propositions. Experience conducting stability, sensory, and analytical evaluations, and translating results into practical formulation recommendations. Ability to manage multiple projects with short timelines, combined with clear communication and effective collaboration in cross-functional teams. Able to present technical findings confidently to colleagues and customers; fluent in English, with French as a plus. About dsm-firmenich: At dsm-firmenich, we don't just meet expectations - we go beyond them. Join our global team powered by science, creativity, and a shared purpose: to bring progress to life. From elevating health to making fortified food and sustainable skincare, the impact of your work here will be felt by millions - every single day. Whether it's fragrance that helps you focus, alternative meat that's better for the planet, or reducing sugar without losing flavor, this is where you help shape the future of nutrition, health, and beauty for everyone, everywhere. And while you're making a difference, we'll make sure you're growing too. With learning that never stops, a culture that lifts you up and the freedom to move across businesses, teams, and borders. Your voice matters here. And your ideas? They're essential to our future. Because real progress only happens when we go beyond, together. Our application process: Interested in this position? Please apply on-line by uploading your resume in English via our career portal (www.dsm-firmenich.com/careers). For further information, please contact Maria Roman, Talent Acquisition Business Partner ([email protected]). Inclusion, belonging and equal opportunity statement: At dsm-firmenich, we believe being a force for good starts with the way we treat each other. When people feel supported, included, and free to be themselves, they do their best work - and that's exactly the kind of culture we're building. A place where opportunity is truly equal, authenticity is celebrated, and everyone has the chance to grow, contribute, and feel they belong. We're proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and we're serious about making our hiring process as fair and inclusive as possible. From inclusive language and diverse interview panels to thoughtful sourcing, we're committed to reflecting the world we serve. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds — no matter your gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or anything else that makes you, you. And if you have a disability or need any support through the application process, we're here to help - just let us know what you need, and we'll do everything we can to make it work. Agency statement: We're managing this search directly at dsm-firmenich. If you're applying as an individual, we'd love to hear from you. We're not accepting agency submissions or proposals involving fees or commissions for this role.