Job Description
Arethia is an internationally oriented, globally leading, medium-sized company in the chemical industry, specialized in the development and production of flavors. For over 65 years, we have been developing customized product solutions in collaboration with our customers from our location near Hamburg. As an expanding and agile company with a highly motivated team, we are continuously growing and looking for new team members.
Flavourist Trainee (m/f/d)
Permanent position, full-time · Reinbek
Role description
This entry-level position offers a unique opportunity to explore an industry where science meets creativity. As a Trainee Flavorist in our Flavourist Development Program, you'll gain the skills and knowledge needed to become a professional flavourist.
Over the course of the 3-4 year program, you'll develop creative and analytical abilities through hands-on training in formulating various flavour types and working on customer projects. The program includes stages such as raw material recognition, flavour creation techniques, basic flavour technology training, and applications in the tobacco and nicotine industry. You'll also learn the basics of flavour and product analysis.
Throughout the program, you'll gain valuable insights into R&D, production, quality control, sales, and marketing. Additionally, you'll receive international experience and mentorship from experienced senior flavourists.
- Introduction to our raw material portfolio, flavuor technologies and the basics of flavour development, including small scale production of own flavour formulation
- Support of flavour development incl. own formulations as part of innovation and customer projects that meet the project brief's technical and market-specific regulatory and sensory requirements.
- Collaboration with the application and development department in the development of new successful product-integrated flavour solutions
- Optimization and development of flavours with the help of analytical and test data (including chromatographic (especially GC-MS) evaluations) from the Flavour Analytics and Sensory & Consumer Science departments
- Tasting of end products (including nicotine) and sensory evaluation with internal and external project participants
- Adaptation of flavours to special technological requirements, regional market requirements or special customer specifications
- Support with customer visits at home and abroad
- Contribution to sales, innovation and product management
- Sensory evaluation and tasting of flavours from our portfolio (on various nicotine products) for use in specific customer projects, together with Technical Sales.
- Participation in creative workshops and product portfolio reviews for the continuous development of our product range.
- Support of the portfolio management of our raw materials, including participation in sensory panels to select new items and technologies
- Collaboration and documentation in the area of knowledge and innovation management
- Master degree of Science in Chemistry, Food Science/Chemistry/Technology or comparable education
- Well organized self-starter with desire to develop new skills
- Excellent sensory skills, willingness to experiment and a high degree of creativity
- Experience in evaluating data from instrumental analytics (especially GC/LC-MS)
- Knowledge of food and flavor law
- International mindset and cosmopolitanism
- Self-driven, organizational talent, ability to work in a team, sense of responsibility and reliability with the mentality to always go beyond when working on solutions.
- Ability to make well-founded decisions in a dynamic environment and to prioritize tasks effectively and efficiently within tight deadlines.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to interact productively on internal/external basis.
- IT affinity and confident use of common MS Office programs
- Fluent English
Preferred Qualifications
- Basic knowledge of raw materials and flavour ingredients are an advantage
- Knowledge of tobacco and nicotine products is an advantage
- German language skills are an advantage
- The opportunity to contribute to the expansion of a global group in the F&F space.
- High level of responsibility and independence.
- Ability to make an impact.
- Exciting work environment with an energetic, motivated, and international team.
- Competitive compensation, hybrid-work, and flexible work times.
- Exciting challenge and good development opportunities in a constantly growing, international team.
- Freedom to develop your own ideas and thus make an active contribution to the success of our company.
Our Process
- The opportunity to contribute to the expansion of a global group in the F&F space.
- High level of responsibility and independence.
- Ability to make an impact.
- Exciting work environment with an energetic, motivated, and international team.
- Competitive compensation, hybrid-work, and flexible work times.
- Exciting challenge and good development opportunities in a constantly growing, international team.
- Freedom to develop your own ideas and thus make an active contribution to the success of our company.