Principal Flavorist Culinary

Role overview

This position is a senior technical leadership role within culinary flavor creation. The person in this role leads major regional workstreams and global programs, sets priorities, and helps shape new tools, technologies, and flavor profiles for regional teams. It also serves as a mentoring role for junior flavorists.

What you will do

• Act as a recognized technical authority and leader within the technical community.
• Deepen ingredient and process expertise both internally and externally.
• Assess competitor strengths and identify capability gaps relative to category needs.
• Champion the company’s technologies and capabilities within the C&D team.
• Handle important technical issues by coordinating the right resources to resolve them.
• Maintain strong awareness of global R&D scope, project pipelines, and delivery timelines.
• Build and use a strong international network and stay informed about global capabilities.
• Identify portfolio and technology gaps that must be closed to meet evolving consumer needs.
• Represent the company in senior projects with regional customers in commercial-only contexts.
• Demonstrate strong artistic capability and clear commercial results.
• Share expertise and practical experience across regional and global teams.
• Stay highly organized and manage time effectively.
• Show a proven ability to improve profitability through creative work.
• Hold strong knowledge of 10 flavor classes, with advanced expertise in 6 and expert-level mastery in 4.
• Maintain a consistent track record of commercial success with global impact for at least 5 consecutive years.
• Be globally recognized as a subject matter expert in at least one flavor class.
• Pass knowledge on to emerging talent and next-generation specialists.

Requirements

• A science-based degree is required, such as Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or Life Sciences.
• A master’s degree in Food Technology, Chemistry, Life Sciences, Food Engineering, or Chemical Engineering is preferred.
• This role is typically reached after promotion from senior flavorist level within the company or through an equivalent path at a competitor.
• The candidate should already be recognized as a technical expert and leader in the field.
• Experience in flavor creation should span 15 to 25 years, ideally including 10 years with the company.

Additional information

The employer is a global leader in taste, fragrance, and nutrition, focused on delivering a wider range of natural solutions and accelerating growth. The company emphasizes that individuality helps unlock its potential and values diversity across ethnicity, national origin, race, age, gender, veteran status, religion, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, and disability. It is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where colleagues can bring their authentic selves to work.