We Are:

Griffith Foods is a global manufacturer of food ingredients. We provide a wide range of taste and texture components for customers throughout the world. Our products include seasoning blends, flavors, sauces, coating mixes and food bases that are used in an extensive variety of savory applications from snack food and processed meat, fish, poultry, vegetables to ready meals.

We combine consumer insight, industry experience, science and creativity to make the world's food better - and our customers' business more successful.

Founded in 1919, Griffith Foods is a privately held, fourth-generation entrepreneurial family business with headquarter in Chicago. Griffith Foods proudly serves the international food industry with coverage in all major markets with manufacturing facilities, sales locations, development & culinary centers and more than 3000 employees worldwide.

Today Griffith Foods Europe has a vacancy for a talented Principal Food Technologist with experience in protein/meat technology.

Your Role : Develop new products for our targeted customers

• Create innovative functional seasonings, sauces & coating systems for protein-based substrates

• Be the technical contact for our customers in Continental Europe

• Develop presentations, organise and execute workshops in cooperation with sales and marketing

• Conduct raw material evaluations

Your Profile:

• Master/bachelor in Food Science or Technology with min. 3 years of experience in meat processing. If not complying with degree, a candidate with a proven track record in meat processing is also eligible

• Language skills: fluent in English and Italian

• Computer skills: MS Office

• Culinary experience is a plus

You Are:

• Passionate about food

• Strong team player and able to work independently on product development projects

• Self-confident and enthusiastic in presenting product concepts to customers

• Creative, efficient and well-organised

• Flexible in willing to travel within Europe to support our customers with the application of our products in their factories

Working at Griffith Foods

We are a caring family company where everyone has the opportunity to grow, follow their own personal Purpose and find fulfillment in their work. We support each other, demonstrate mutual respect and nourish people's well-being.
We believe in doing the right thing, especially when it is hard to do and recognize that our success depends on our customers' success consequently, we work together, leveraging our skills, knowledge and ideas to create exceptional products and solutions.
We value diversity at our company and celebrate our cultural and personal differences, knowing that together, we create a unique source of strength. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, or age.
If you need assistance or an accommodation due to disability you may contact us at recruiting@griffithfoods.com

Other details

• Job Family Product Development
• Job Function Commercial
• Pay Type Salary
• Employment Indicator ESP - PermanentFullTimeOrdinary [100]
• Travel Required Yes