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About the Role

As a member of the Research & Technology team, this role is responsible for delivering product development, formulation, and sensory evaluation activities to support new product development, optimisation, and customer-driven projects across European sites, with occasional involvement in global initiatives. This hands-on, customer-oriented role works closely with cross-functional teams to translate briefs into technical solutions, develop fit-for-purpose formulations, assess costs, and ensure product scalability, manufacturing standards, and food safety compliance.

Responsibilities

Effectively manage time, priorities, and resources to deliver multiple development projects, laboratory activities, and internal/external customer requests to meet agreed timelines.
Responsible for 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, supporting 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 as required.
Generate technical documentation, including formulation records, trial reports, sensory summaries, and development recommendations to support audits and technical governance.
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.
Actively contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and implementation of digital tools, data analytics, and AI-enabled approaches to support product development, predictive modelling, formulation optimisation, and trend analysis.

Requirements

Experienced in product development, formulation, and sensory evaluation within a food and beverage industry.
Experience working with sugars, sweeteners, beverages, flavoured syrups, dessert sauces, and coffee syrups would be beneficial.
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.
Proven experience working closely with Marketing and cross-functional teams (including Quality, Operations, Finance, and Procurement) to translate customer and market briefs into technical development plans and manufacturing solutions.
Strong communication skills, customer-orientated mindset and confidence working in customer-facing technical roles.

Skills

Product Development
Formulation
Sensory Evaluation
Food and Beverage Industry
Sugars
Sweeteners
Beverages
Flavoured Syrups
Dessert Sauces
Coffee Syrups
Organoleptic Assessment
Laboratory Experience
Sample Preparation
Sensory Panels
Stability Testing
Data Recording
Marketing Collaboration
Cross-functional Teamwork
Quality Assurance
Operations Collaboration
Finance Collaboration
Procurement Collaboration
Communication Skills
Customer Facing Roles
Good Laboratory Practice
GMP
Food Safety
Health & Safety
Continuous Improvement
Digital Tools
Data Analytics
AI-enabled Approaches
Predictive Modelling
Formulation Optimisation
Trend Analysis

Location

Thames Refinery, UK

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Experienced

Education Level

Minimum B.Sc. in Food Science, Chemistry or related scientific discipline
Professional certifications in Health and Safety, Food Safety, HACCP, or Quality Management Systems are preferred
Experience with Genesis, Compusense Sensory, Ilabber, SAP PLM and MDG, or similar softwares is preferred
Training or certification in Project Management (e.g., PMP, PRINCE2) and Continuous Improvement methodologies (e.g., Lean, Six Sigma) is advantageous

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 Europe, the company owns and operates sugar refineries in England and 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.