Flavor Scientist
Innovations in Nutrition and Wellness
Date: 3 weeks ago
City: Tempe, AZ
Contract type: Full time
Job Details
Description
Essential Functions and Responsibilities to create and drive strategy for overall quality, compliance, and GMP initiatives throughout the organization via but not limited to the following:
Description
Essential Functions and Responsibilities to create and drive strategy for overall quality, compliance, and GMP initiatives throughout the organization via but not limited to the following:
- Design and execute flavor development projects, with minimal supervision, for new and existing products based on customer and/or internal requirements.
- Create and revise formulas, specifications, compounding instructions and evaluate flavor and color performance in various matrices (e.g. powders, tablets, chewable tablets).
- Develop innovative flavor systems – including taste modulators, spray dries, encapsulates, and characterizing flavors – to support both internal innovation and customer needs.
- Stay up to date on flavor trends, food technology developments, and regulatory changes to ensure formulations are cutting-edge, compliant, and aligned with market demand.
- Conduct stability studies and shelf-life testing under varying conditions.
- Collaborate with flavor houses and suppliers to source, evaluate, and customize flavor ingredients and systems.
- Partner with cross-functional teams (QA, Regulatory, Marketing, Operations, DFM/Commercialization) to ensure compliance and alignment.
- Support scale-up and commercialization efforts by translating bench formulations into pilot and production processes.
- Conduct sensory evaluations, organize panel testing, and interpret data.
- Maintain detailed documentation of formulations, processes, and testing results.
- Organize and ensure smooth handling of all outgoing samples.
- Support the development of junior colleagues through hands-on guidance, knowledge sharing, and fostering a collaborative learning environment.
- Education – B.S or M.S in Food Science, Chemistry, Biochemistry, or a related field.
- Experience – 5+ years of experience in flavor development or food product formulation.
- Language Skills – Must be able to communicate complex concepts in English, verbally and in writing.
- Computer Skills – Must be able to use Microsoft Office, operate inventory software or other business-related software, management of files and records.
- Mathematical Skills – Accuracy with arithmetic, subtraction, multiplication, division, decimals, percentages, fractions, and algebra.
- Acute sense of smell and taste.
- Deep understanding of flavor interaction in different food/beverage systems and matrices.
- Familiarity with sensory evaluation techniques and analytical tools
- Excellent problem-solving, communication, and organizational skills.
- Ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
- Experience working in a GMP, FDA-regulated, or flavor-focused manufacturing environment.
- Knowledge of natural, artificial, and masking flavor and color systems.
- Understanding of clean-label trends and functional ingredient interactions.
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