Associate application specialist Bakery Vilvoorde (BE) • Oxford Global Resources

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Are you a hardworking and agile individual looking for a meaningful career in engineering? Are you available from august until May 2026? We are looking for an Associate application specialist Bakery, Confectionery to focus on innovation and product development within our ingredient business, with an emphasis on bakery and confectionery.

Job description
You will support new product development initiatives within the ingredient portfolio. You will focus on sensory driven innovation to help move ingredients from concept to commercialization while collaborating with other technical teams. As flexibility allows, you will use other ingredients, contributing to additional applications teams projects as well as short term projects.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for setting up and conducting application trials to support projects (bench or pilot) - This include providing accurate data measured during & after the trials
• Maintain equipment's and lab infrastructure in optimal working conditions include compliance with food safety, EHS and maintenance regulations
• Write detailed and well-structured technical/scientific reports on the outcome of the practical work done.
• Aids in preparation of scientific reports or datasheets detailing the organization's products and their applications
• Assists with product demonstrations and serves as the domain expert during meetings with prospective customers
• Support the creation of technical presentations for customers.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
  

Profile

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
• Available form August until May 2026
• Proven excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrates basic techniques in food science following current trends and developments
• Experience working in application formulation
• Experience in product development using novel and/or non-GRAS food ingredients

Benefits

• Excellent salary in the market.
• International environment.
• Chance to work for a true market leader.