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About the Role

The Research Scientist (NPD Technologist) is responsible for delivering product development, formulation, and sensory evaluation activities to support new product development, optimisation, and customer-driven projects within the Research & Technology team.

Responsibilities

• Manage time, priorities, and resources to deliver multiple development projects, laboratory activities, and customer requests to meet agreed timelines.
• Perform laboratory-based product development and formulation activities across sugar, syrups, sweeteners, flavoured syrups and beverage, coffee syrups and dessert sauces.
• Develop, optimise, and reformulate products in line with customer requirements, Marketing briefs, manufacturing capability, and cost targets.
• Design, prepare, and evaluate bench-scale samples, supporting internal reviews and external customer assessments.
• Plan, conduct, and interpret organoleptic assessments and sensory evaluations, translating results into development recommendations.
• Provide technical flavour and application recommendations to support product performance and business growth.
• Work closely with Marketing to translate customer and market briefs into structured technical development plans.
• Support customer engagement sessions, assisting Marketing and Sales with development briefs and product sample showcases.
• Support customer-facing technical discussions, including product tastings, technical briefings, and sample reviews.
• Engage with ingredient and flavour suppliers to evaluate materials, identify innovation opportunities, and resolve technical challenges.
• Partner with Finance to calculate, review and optimise formulation costs to support commercial decision-making.
• Collaborate with Quality and Operations to ensure formulations meet food safety, regulatory, and manufacturing requirements.
• Support manufacturing trials, including technical documentation preparation, participation in trials, data capture, sample testing and reporting of outcomes.
• Plan and execute real-time and accelerated shelf-life and stability studies, analysing results and making technical recommendations.
• Provide technical support to manufacturing sites, including investigation of customer complaints and troubleshooting product-related issues.
• Generate technical documentation, including formulation records, trial reports, sensory summaries, and development recommendations.
• Work in full compliance with Good Laboratory Practice, GMP, food safety, and Health & Safety requirements.
• Support routine laboratory activities, and maintain a clean and organised laboratory, adhering to housekeeping and hygiene standards.
• Manage laboratory ingredients, samples, equipment and records to ensure traceability and data integrity.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and implementation of digital tools, data analytics, and AI-enabled approaches.

Requirements

• Experienced in product development, formulation, and sensory evaluation within a food and beverage industry.
• Strong capability in product formulation, organoleptic assessment and sensory evaluation, with the ability to translate sensory findings into development actions.
• Hands-on laboratory experience (sample preparation, sensory panels, stability testing and accurate data recordings) with adherence to laboratory working standards and good housekeeping practices.
• Good understanding of HACCP principles, food manufacturing, quality systems, and regulatory requirements, with the ability to support the development and implementation of process control and food safety documentation.

Skills

• Product Development
• Formulation
• Sensory Evaluation
• Organoleptic Assessment
• Laboratory Practice
• HACCP Principles
• Food Manufacturing
• Quality Systems
• Regulatory Requirements
• Data Analytics
• AI-enabled Approaches

Location

• Europe

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• Experienced

Education Level

• B.Sc. in Food Science, Chemistry or related scientific discipline

About the Company

• ASR Group is the world’s largest refiner and marketer of cane sugar, with an annual production capacity of more than 6 million tons of sugar.
• The company produces a full line of grocery, industrial, food service and specialty sweetener products.
• Across North America, ASR Group owns and operates six sugar refineries, located in Louisiana, New York, California, Maryland, Canada and Mexico.
• In the European Union, the company owns and operates sugar refineries in England, Portugal.
• ASR Group also owns and operates mills in Mexico and Belize.
• The company’s brand portfolio includes the leading brands Domino®, C&H®, Redpath®, Tate & Lyle®, Lyle’s® and Sidul®.
• At Tate & Lyle Sugars, our goal is to be the most admired sweetener Company.
• Service Excellence - Be the industry's Gold Standard by a relentless focus on reliability, providing products with superior quality and excellent customer services.
• Efficiency and Sustainability - Eliminate inefficiency to be a sustainable, low cost producer and to generate fuel for reinvestment.
• Value-Add - create strategic advantage and enhanced profitability through value-added products and services.
• The foundation of our values is Talent and Culture as we aim to build, retain and motivate a winning team.