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Senior Product Development Specialist (Bakery System Blends)

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Job Description

  • Lead the investigation, design, and commercialization of functional system blends for bakery applications, with primary focus on enzyme blends and one stop functional solutions.
  • Independently design, evaluate, and optimize enzyme blend formulations through iterative lab testing, adjusting composition based on dough behavior, processing performance, and finished product quality.
  • Translate customer and market needs (e.g. machinability, softness, resilience, anti-staling, volume tolerance, mold inhibition, clean label) into clear design criteria and robust prototypes.
  • Spend approximately 70% of time working hands-on in the laboratory, with the remaining time dedicated to customer interaction, internal collaboration, and regional travel.
  • Lead or contribute to product and process development projects from feasibility through pilot trials and plant implementation.
  • Optimize and continuously improve existing bakery portfolios (e.g. enzyme systems, acidulants, ferments) to enhance performance, robustness, and cost-in-use.
  • Provide technical expertise for customer qualifications, troubleshooting, and scaleu p at pilot and production level.
  • Support Sales, Business Development, and Technical Service teams with customer visits, application support, value selling, and preparation of technical documentation.
  • Work closely with Product Management, Quality, Supply Chain, Operations, RA, IP, and Marketing on specifications, claims, CoAs, sensory and analytical standards.
  • Safeguard and advance Corbion’s bakery technology knowhow, including dough rheology, cereal chemistry, enzyme–starch interactions, flour variability, water activity, microbiology, and shelf life.
  • Manage and maintain the bakery laboratory, including equipment (mixers, ovens), raw materials, SOPs, housekeeping, and procurement of consumables or upgrades as needed.
  • Build and maintain strong external networks with customers, suppliers, academia, and institutes to accelerate learning and innovation.
  • Travel up to 15%, primarily to India as a key market, typically involving trips of around one week.
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    Industrial Manufacturing
    1001-5000 employees
    Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, NL
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