R&D Associate Application Specialist Fruit

Cargill’s size and scale allows us to make a positive impact in the world. Our purpose is to nourish the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way.Cargill is a family company providing food, ingredients, agricultural solutions and industrial products that are vital for living. We connect farmers with markets so they can prosper. We connect customers with ingredients so they can make meals people love. And we connect families with daily essentials — from eggs to edible oils, salt to skincare, feed to alternative fuel. Our 160,000 colleagues, operating in 70 countries, make essential products that touch billions of lives each day. Join us and reach your higher purpose at Cargill.This position is in Cargill’s food and bioindustrial business, where manufacturers, retailers, and foodservice companies rely on us to consistently deliver the products and services they need, and use our technical expertise and market knowledge to develop innovative products.Job Purpose and ImpactThe R&D Associate Application Specialist Fruit supports texturizing and sweeteners business in developing the sweet activities, in close collaboration with the sweet application manager, the various product lines and technical account managers.In this role, you will ensure application development, technical assistance, new product launches, communication and solve customer technical projects. You are responsible with the sweet application manager, that customer trends and needs are translated into innovative and distinctive solutions, which could be existing products or new concepts.Key AccountabilitiesAdapt solutions answering customer needs, by working with product lines, plants and quality team, customer facing team and PPD (product and process development).Conduct research to translate and apply product development discoveries into customer solutions based on finished product formulation and processes applications.Establish experimental work plans, execution, interpretation and reporting for start-up projects and requests.Plan and perform application work in laboratory and pilot plants on projects; representing the core expertise.Share results with stakeholders.Compile and analyze data for project updates and work with various internal and external stakeholders to test new products and technologies and make recommendations on sweet applications.Perform research for product development to understand product properties.Independently handle complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating only the most complex issues to appropriate staff.Other duties as assigned.QualificationsMinimum QualificationsBachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience.Technical expertise on food ingredients, more specifically in hydrocolloids.Minimum of two years of related work experience.Other minimum qualifications may apply.Preferred QualificationsAbility to deliver technical information to a non-technical audience, excellent verbal and written communication skills.Effective social and team interaction skills for external & internal connections.Ambitious, creative, skilled in work planning and execution, seeking self-development and improvement.Technical expertise in sweet applications: R&D experience in product development, comfortable with technical laboratory and pilot activities, and competencies in statistics.French and English.Our OfferWe provide a fast-paced stimulating international environment, which will stretch your abilities and channel your talents. We also offer competitive salary and benefits combined with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.Interested? Then make sure to send us your CV and cover letter in English today:Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cargillCargill is committed to being an inclusive employer. Click here to find out more https://careers.cargill.com/diversity/ #J-18808-Ljbffr