Experience

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  Sensient technologies corporation

  Jul 2013 - Sept 2013

  Applications technician

  Sensient Flavors, a part of Sensient Technologies Corporation, offers value-added, technology-based flavor systems that bring life to food and beverage products. I was working based at their UK head office in Milton Keynes. I worked as part of the applications department working with beverages. Responsibities:• Participated in flavour development projects for numerous brands.• Managing time schedules and laboratory books to ensure projects would be delieverd on time to consumers.• Conducting market research into current trends in the beverage market.• Presenting crucial development information about projects to the application team in meetings.• Assisting and participating in the set up of sensory taste mats and tastings.• Preparing recipe sheets and nutritional profiles of products ready for customers.• Formulating back up plans and measures to be put in place for the transferring of recipes from pilot to factory scale.• Participating in the Vimto big brand innovation meeting.• Modifying existing products on the market to improve nutritional value of the product.• Composing and adding of flavours to food and drinks - bakery, Confectionery and beverages (Work experience). Show less

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  Sensient technologies corporation

  Jul 2014 - Jul 2015

  Junior beverage applications technologist
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  Premier foods

  Apr 2016 - Aug 2017

  Product development technologist

  Premier Foods create some of the UK’s largest household food brands. I was working within the Grcoery division based at Worksop. I worked as part of the Batchelors brand team focusing mainly on soups.• Generating new concepts for the Batchelors Brand in line with briefs• Creating costings, recipes and supporting documentation• Leading and participating in benchmarking sessions• Checking of specifications and artwork for Batchelors products.• Contributing member to the ingredients team – includes training colleagues on labelling and storage of ingredients, along with monthly audits throughout the R&D facility• Managed innovation sessions for the Batchelor Brand• Managed Sharwood Poppadom development and potentitial line extension• Assissted in shelf-life testing for soups, carbohydrates and poppadoms.• Participated in external training opportunities including COSHH and Supplier Visits • Initiated and led a visit to Givaudan with regards to development work• Supervision of Batchelors Placement Student• Participating member of the COSHH sub team• Investigated new ingredients in products• Co-ordinated and participated in sensory sessions for product testing• Presented and led NPD and EPD concept tastings to marketing on numerous occassions• Attended retail presentations including ASDA• Inspired colleagues with regards to flavours for development concepts• Attended product trials/production for soups Show less

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  Ulrick & short

  Aug 2017 - Oct 2024

  - Bakery specialist - Customer focused development work - Assisting sales with customer visits and application samples- Research projects into new and emerging areas of the food industry- Continual technical support and customer visits to overseas customers- Training overseas customers and distributors on U&S ingredients - New recipe development- Project highlights: include 100% egg removal in cakes, gluten free cake improvers, vegan meat analogues- A participating member of the HACCP team- investigating and testing new ingredients Show less

  • Technical Sales (Bakery)

    Feb 2024 - Oct 2024

  • Technical Sales - Yorkshire & Lancashire

    Jul 2022 - Mar 2024

  • R&D

    Aug 2017 - Jul 2022
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  Brenntag

  Nov 2024 - now

  Technical sales manager - food