.We blend care and creativity to nourish the world.Griffith Foods is a global product development partner specializing in high-quality food ingredients, serving global and regional food companies worldwide. As a family business, we've valued people above all else for 100 years, renowned for true, collaborative innovation. Our people care, and we're committed to helping our customers create better products and a more sustainable world. Learn more about Griffith Foods at www.Griffithfoods.Com .Griffith Foods is a global manufacturer of food ingredients, providing a wide range of taste and texture components for customers throughout the world. Our products include seasoning blends, coating mixes, flavors, sauces, and food bases used in various savory applications, from snack food and processed meat to fish, poultry, and ready meals.Our customers include food processors, restaurant operators, and grocery retailers. While our name may not be familiar to consumers, our products are key components of foods offered by many of the world's best-known companies. We combine consumer insight, industry experience, science, and creativity to make the world's food better and our customers' businesses more successful.Founded in 1919, Griffith Foods is a privately held, fourth-generation entrepreneurial family business headquartered in Chicago. Today, we proudly serve the international food industry with coverage in all major markets, manufacturing facilities, sales locations, development and culinary centers, and more than 3,000 employees worldwide.The purpose of the roleWork autonomously to maintain and grow the business via the development of profitable, delicious, nutritious, and sustainable products or solutions for selected customers. Solutions should be process stable, both internally and externally, while ensuring food quality and safety standards are met.Today, Griffith Foods Europe has a vacancy for a talented Food Technologist to complete our savory snack team, based in Valls (Spain).Responsibilities:Support the R&D activities and responsibilities that will contribute to the growth of our product range and customer base.Support the development of new products for our targeted customers.Act as the technical contact for our snack customers in Continental Europe.Develop presentations, organize and execute workshops, and train the customer, showcasing our products in applications and marketable formats, in cooperation with sales and marketing.Create innovative seasoning and coating systems for snack substrates (e.G., chips, tortillas, coated nuts, rice cakes, extruded snacks, crackers).Look actively for innovative raw materials and systems.Conduct raw material evaluations.Requirements:Master's/Bachelor's in Food Science or Food Technology, or equivalent by proven experience.A level of relevant and proven experience within the food industry.Language skills: fluent in English; Spanish or Dutch will be valuable.Project Management skills
