Senior Beverage Development Scientist (m/f/d)

Capri Sun GmbH

Job Description

Capri Sun is the number 1 kids drink in the world and we are the company that brings a smile to children's faces, to children big and small all around the world. And we are doing that already 6 billion times a year. But we are not just making a drink, we are also committed to play our part in creating a healthier and greener world, working hard to make our straw and our packaging fully recyclable. Hence our Purpose ‘to be the most sustainable, best tasting kids drink in the world'.

We also have a big ambition to grow our business and bring our brand and products to ever more people in ever more countries. We are entering new countries continuously, whilst we also continue to grow and innovate in our core European markets. This also means that we are continuously looking for great talent that wants to be part of our exciting journey and help us achieve our very ambitious plan.

We are now looking to strengthen our R&D Team in Eppelheim and looking for you to join us as a Senior Beverage Development Scientist (m/f/d).


  • Behave as a senior leader within the company helping others cross functionally, providing project leadership and taking ownership of issues and problems as they arise and implementing the solutions

  • Driving creativity and new product development, proactively proposing ideas to commercial/marketing teams

  • Responsible for the delivery of finished products from conception to commercialisation, requires deep technical understanding of product development from formulation in the laboratory to commercialisation at the bottler

  • Drives continuous improvement of the product development process, identifies and implements appropriate metrics/ improved ways of working and procedures

  • Interactive team member supporting all aspects of formulation, providing extensive technical support to the whole TG where and when required

  • Discover, develop and commercialize new beverages, processes or any other innovation which can be used by the company to drive growth and fits within the current company strategy

  • Provide technical support for any production or proposed production facility when required

  • Ensure documentation pertaining to any project, formulation or idea is captured and put in the appropriate place within the technical document management system

  • Ensure all projects are kept update and all documentation is available to anyone related to the project and has access to the knowledge management system


  • You have a Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering

  • You have a professional working experience of 5-10 years

  • Experience in beverage design, NPD to manufacture, juices, flavours, colours and emulsions

  • Experience in writing technical documents like methods of manufacture, specifications etc.

  • Knowledge of all technical equipment to be found in a normal development lab

  • Very good knowledge of English is part of your assets


  • Broad variety of tasks and freedom to act

  • Plenty of opportunities to challenge and drive things forward

  • Enjoying taking time off together with motivated and professional colleagues

  • The chance to shape a loved brand that makes people smile all around the world

  • An established and growing company with a strong reputation

  • A fair compensation and many cool benefits

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