Product Developer (m/f/d) with focus on Bakery and Confectionery

Reference ID: 41220

Are you interested in high-quality, natural, and tasty nutrition?

We are! It’s our ambition to shape the future of nutrition.

Döhler is a leading global producer of natural ingredients and solutions for the food, beverage, lifestyle and nutrition industries. We use innovative technology to process plant-based raw materials and enrich products such as lifestyle drinks, cereals, dairy, and confectionery goods for almost every well-known brand. Close to 10.000 dedicated employees in more than 70 countries share one common goal - to ensure that millions of people around the world enjoy the products created by us.

We strive to inspire and empower our employees in everything we do, and we invite you to join our team – together WE BRING IDEAS TO LIFE.

Your Role

• In your position, you will develop new formulations and concepts for the bakery and confectionery sector
• You will work with our products such as colors, flavors, texturants, fruit powders and pieces, fruit concentrates, etc. to create innovative products
• In addition to selecting suitable raw materials, you will provide expert advice on existing products and new product concepts for internal and external inquiries
• You will independently produce samples of products and concepts and present them both internally and externally to customers
• You will have a varied workday between the laboratory, bakery, and meetings with your colleagues
• You will work closely with relevant interfaces from sales, product management and production
• You will provide technical and operational support during scale-up processes in our plants and at our pilot facilities

Your Profile

• You have completed a degree in food technology or a comparable academic qualification
• Ideally, you have a vocational training as a baker/confectioner/cook (m/f/d)
• You bring relevant experience in food product development, ideally with a focus on bakery and/or confectionery
• As a specialist in your field, you are very familiar with the raw materials used and the production processes
• Your colleagues appreciate your positive, innovative, and results-oriented approach
• Your organized and detailed working style is complemented by your strong teamwork skills
• You have initial knowledge of SAP and common MS Office applications (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Your working languages are German and English

Your Benefits

• Culture: Friendly and informal atmosphere, family-owned company, flat hierarchies, short communication channels, and helpful colleagues
• Impact: You are an integral part of our business success and make an important contribution to the future of nutrition
• Empowerment: You can fully unleash your potential and have the opportunity to take on responsibilities
• Digitalization: We maintain excellent partnerships with market-leading innovators, allowing you to access and work with state-of-the-art technologies
• Anniversary and special payments
• Employee referral bonuses
• Additional benefits: Christmas parties, events, financial benefits, and online shop discounts (e.g., IT leasing, mobile phone contracts, shopping, and travel discounts, etc.)

Equal opportunities for all

We welcome applicants, who are just as diverse as we are - regardless of age, ancestry, disability, ethnic origin, gender, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, social background or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.

Become a part of our team and apply online trough our career portal to the attention of Luisa Rhein. Please note that we are unable to consider or return application documents sent by mail.