Beverage Developer

Would you like to play a pivotal role in creating innovative flavours for our next Red Bull Summer Editions? This is your chance!

In this exciting position you you’ll design, manage, drive, and implement new beverage recipes and concepts in lab scale to enhance and continuously improve our product portfolio. Overseeing the entire journey from lab-scale experimentation to seamless integration into production is a pivotal facet of this position.

Moreover, the organization, planning and optimization of sensory test is an essential part of the job. Additionally, you’ll manage and track your projects independently.

Product related responsibilities

Sharing of product knowledge (including sensory trainings) inside operation departments

Continuous mentoring of the product portfolio over the hole life span with extra focus on sensory evaluation (development, modification product profiling, verification)

Support of newly developed products till a stable production is guaranteed

expansion and improvement of the sensory testing methods

Process related responsibilities

Organizing, assessing, and execution of laboratory and sensory trial documentation

Develop sensory and technical standards to maintain product excellence

Scouting and sourcing for new ingredients

Pro-active optimization of development processes

General management targets

Responsible for planning, organization and documentation of development projects, sensory tastings and sensory trainings

Good internal and external communication

Keeping track on latest state of research in the area of sensory science

Continuous improvement of beverage innovation standards and methods

Raise ideas and highlight areas of improvement to increase working standards inside Innovation department.

Keeping eye on newest technologies and developments on a global level

Fluent in English

Up to 3 years of professional experience in product development in the food industry. Of advantage is experience in flavor and sensory science

Master’s degree in food science, food engineering, food chemistry or similar. Alternatively, you bring a qualification in this field with relevant further education (e. g. “Meister”) and work experience

Strong analytical skills, solution- and process-oriented, structured, assertive, communicative and collaborative, team player

Due to legal reasons we are obliged to disclose the minimum salary according to the collective agreement for this position, which is EUR 2.041 gross per month. However, our attractive compensation package is based on market-oriented salaries and is therefore significantly above the stated minimum salary.

As an employer, we value diversity and support people in developing their potential and strengths, realizing their ideas and seizing opportunities. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, skin colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation or origin.