Fermentation / Enzyme Application Development Specialist

Job Summary

At IFF Health & Biosciences, we're not only committed to delivering on customer needs, but to inventing the solutions that conserve resources. We are a health, bioscience, and sensorial experience company that is changing the world for the better. Today, we're building on our heritage of creating sensory experiences with the addition of world-changing scientific expertise and R&D. This potent combination of science and creativity, along with the passion to serve customers of all shapes and sizes means there's no limit to the impact we can have.

We are seeking an application development specialist for the Grain Processing Business, where we leverage cutting-edge enzyme and yeast technology to develop sustainable solutions for the emerging bio-based economy. Our enzyme and yeast products are critical biocatalysts in our customers' processes, enabling them to create renewable biofuel, feed, and food products. As a part of our Application Development team, this role will work across functions to develop and support products and processes.

Super short job summary : Support our North American fuel ethanol and carb processing (sugar) customers by development of yeast and enzyme products. Help troubleshoot & optimize customer processes. Lead and participate in cross-functional and technical projects.

Fermentation / Enzyme Application Development Specialist

Applied Innovation Center in Cedar Rapids, IA, USA

Responsibilities :

• Hands-on laboratory work to support the ongoing product development projects and customer support requests
• Design, execute, interpret, and report on experiments at lab- and pilot-scales
• Support day-to-day laboratory operations
• Generate technical data and support for application development projects and customer support in fuel ethanol and carbohydrate processing
• Contribute to the technical development of enzyme and yeast products during the commercialization process : formulation and stability, performance evaluation, marketing material generation, scale-up, and post-launch support
• Prepare and present presentations on technical content to support marketing efforts
• Support Sales and Technical Service efforts through analysis of customer samples via biochemical and analytical chemistry techniques, lab-scale simulations of customer processes, method development, and remote and onsite technical support
• Interact with Sales & Technical Service teams as well as with North American Grain Processing customers to understand regional aspects of their processes and needs
• Support precommercial trials of enzyme and yeast products at customer sites
• Develop technical knowledge of products and their applications
• Technical leadership of projects

Required Qualifications :

Educational requirement

Preferred Qualifications

We are a global leader in taste, scent, and nutrition, offering our customers a broader range of natural solutions and accelerating our growth strategy. At IFF, we believe that your uniqueness unleashes our potential. We value the diverse mosaic of the ethnicity, national origin, race, age, sex, or veteran status. We strive for an inclusive workplace that allows each of our colleagues to bring their authentic self to work regardless of their religion, gender identity & expression, sexual orientation, or disability.

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