Technical Head

Role & responsibilities

Core Pillars of Responsibility

1. Flavor Creation & Formulation Architecture

• Creation Governance: Lead creation flavorists and technical formulators in designing novel, proprietary taste profiles, natural extracts, and clean-label taste solutions that align with global regulatory trends.
• Benchmark Matching & Rebuilding: Direct cost-effective, high-precision rebuilding and matching of competitive market flavor benchmarks using Synthites proprietary extract and bio-ingredient portfolio.
• Natural & Bio-Ingredient Synergy: Leverage deep technical expertise in botanicals, essential oils, and oleoresins to pioneer clean-label off-note masking, mouthfeel enhancement, and authentic taste delivery.

2. Matrix Application & Scale-Up Execution

• Application Integrity: Oversee comprehensive application testing across key customer product matrices (Beverages, Culinary/Savory, Dairy, TCCC, and Bakery) to guarantee heat stability, solubility, shelf-life performance, and flavor release.
• Bench-to-Pilot Scale-Up: Ensure seamless transition of application formulations from laboratory bench scale to industrial pilot plants and customer production environments without compromising sensory profiles.
• Technical Problem Solving: Provide high-level technical leadership to resolve

complex matrix challenges (e.g., masking high-protein/botanical off-notes,

sugar/fat reduction reformulation, pH stability).

3. Commercial Alignment & Brief Conversion (Commercial Head Synergy)

• Dual-Reporting Commercial Integration: Work in close synchronization with theCommercial Head Taste, Key Account Manager, and Category Managers to align

technical pipeline priorities with high-value commercial opportunities and market

demand.

• Brief Velocity & Success Rate: Institutionalize rapid-response protocols for client

briefs, ensuring high hit-rates, technical accuracy, and rapid sample turnaround

times for strategic accounts.

• Customer Co-Creation: Lead technical co-creation sessions and innovation days,

sensory workshops, and direct technical exchanges with client R&D and

procurement teams to accelerate product sign-offs.

4. Application Infrastructure & Sensory Systems

• Global Lab Standards: Establish standardized protocols, SOPs, and testing methods

across all global creation and application labs to ensure consistent quality and

repeatable application results worldwide.

• Analytical-Sensory Correlation: Integrate sensory panel evaluations with analytical

chemistry data (GC-MS, LC-MS) to objectively map taste dynamics, flavor release

profiles, and quality control baselines.

• Formulation Database Management: Build and govern a centralized formulation

library and ingredient database to maximize IP retention and speed up

development cycles.

5. Technical Talent & Team Leadership

• Capability Building: Mentor and grow a multi-disciplinary team of flavorists, food

technologists, application scientists, and sensory experts.

• Cross-Functional Bridge: Serve as the strategic operational bridge connecting

upstream extraction R&D (under the CTO) with downstream commercial go-tomarket

teams (under the Commercial Head).

Organizational Authority & Scope

• Technical Governance: Ultimate sign-off authority on formulation integrity,

sensory validation, and matrix application stability across all taste projects.

• Matrix Reporting Structure: Solid line operational and administrative governance

under the Head of Bio Solutions; dotted line functional, technical, and scientific

alignment under the Chief Technical Officer (CTO), maintaining close commercial

synchronization with the Commercial Head – Taste.

Profile of the Ideal Leader

• Technical Expertise: Advanced degree (Master’s or Ph.D.) in Food Science, Flavor

Chemistry, Chemistry, or related fields with 12–15+ years of experience in flavor

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creation, application development, and sensory science within top-tier globallavor/ingredient companies.

• Matrix & Commercial Acumen: Proven ability to thrive in a dual-reporting matrix

structure - balancing technical rigor with commercial urgency to drive brief

conversion and revenue growth.

• Creation Leadership: Demonstrated success in leading flavorists and application

scientists, scaling creation laboratories, and managing complex formulation

libraries in natural extracts and bio-ingredients.

• Executive Presence: Highly capable of leading technical exchanges with enterprise

client R&D heads, procurement directors, and commercial stakeholders.