Overview

Position Title: Senior Flavourist

Company: BAT

Location: Northampton, UK

Job Description

To achieve the ambition, we have set for ourselves, we are looking for colleagues who are ready to live our ethos every day. Come be a part of this journey!

Responsibilities:

  • To interface with marketing and product development, taking a brief for flavours or flavour development across a range of platforms and use specific expertise in flavours to develop a specification and development programme
  • Providing technical leadership to deliver work to develop a flavour, range of flavours or flavour options that meet the needs and specifications from marketing and product development specifications, so that concepts can be scaled up and manufactured to meet launch targets
  • Using flavour science and sensory expertise to support and develop Flavourists working on flavour development to increase the flavour expertise and capability within BAT
  • Collaborating across functions including Product Development, Procurement, Quality Assurance and Manufacturing, as well as external vendors, to deliver successful outcomes within specified timelines
  • Ensuring the confidentiality of all flavour ingredients and compositions which ensure the uniqueness of BAT flavours
  • Developing the skills and capabilities of the flavourists to enhance and maximise the specialism to build the uniqueness and consistency of the BAT product flavours.

Requirements:

  • Displays a track-record of creating and developing flavours across a number of categories and platforms
  • Significant experience in flavour development and sensory perception
  • Detailed knowledge and experience of flavour regulatory requirements on a global basis
  • Proven ability to work with external partners such as marketing and product development and to smooth internal processes and barriers
  • Proven ability to effectively integrate the diverse consumer insights into the flavour development requirements in both the short and long term
  • Proven excellent project management, time management, team collaboration, and organizational skills
  • Proven track record in delivering product innovation at the interface with third parties
  • Strong managerial/leadership skills, with a proven ability to lead/motivate team members, monitoring performance and ensuring high quality outputs
  • Able to influence and coordinate cross-functional teams, including internal and key external partnerships, critical in the delivery of programmes and initiatives to ensure the most effective use of internal/external resource/expertise
  • A deep understanding of the science and chemistry of flavours
  • A high level of sensory perception and experience of working with flavours and flavour combinations
  • Experience across a breadth of categories (not necessarily all) and multiple platforms to be able to advise the business about the flavour possibilities and alternatives to achieve product development and market objectives
  • Understanding and experience of the regulations affecting flavours across the world
  • Emerging and developed markets experience
  • Training, developing and supporting the capabilities of Flavourists in the centre of expertise
  • Degree-level qualification in a relevant field of study (i.e., chemistry).

About BAT

Welcome to BAT We are British American Tobacco, a truly global company with a highly successful past and an exciting future ahead. As one of the leading tobacco and nicotine companies across the globe, we are always looking to offer our consumers new products, choices and advanced technologies. That’s why we’ve continuously expanded... see more

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