Senior Designer/Application Technologist, Culinary

Location: Hilversum (Liebergerweg), Netherlands; full-time, lab-based role with approximately 10–20% travel.

Company

hirify.global develops flavors, fragrances, health, and bioscience solutions, with a focus on sustainable innovation for food and beverage products.

What you will do

• Develop and commercialize savory culinary applications, including soups, sauces, condiments, bouillon, cubes, and wet sauces.
• Translate customer needs into relevant flavor and application solutions and communicate hirify.global capabilities as practical customer value.
• Use pilot-scale equipment to validate technologies, build lab capabilities, and resolve application-related challenges.
• Lead customer engagements, technical and commercial presentations, and visits to the Hilversum Creative Center.
• Identify market trends, consumer insights, category innovations, and opportunities for proactive customer concepts.
• Collaborate with Creative Centers, Application teams, Flavorists, Sales, Marketing, and R&D while mentoring junior talent.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Food Science, Chemistry, Biochemistry, or a related scientific discipline.
• 5–10 years of experience in the food, ingredient, or flavor industry, including at least 5 years in the savory or culinary category.
• Proven experience developing and commercializing products and leading projects from concept through commercialization.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration, organization, time management, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Professional customer-facing presentation skills and willingness to travel approximately 10–20% of the time.
• Fluent English and successful completion of hirify.global’s internal sensory and discriminative organoleptic skills assessment are required.

Nice to have

• Project management experience in complex commercial development projects.
• Knowledge of food safety, quality, and food regulations for the savory category.
• Expertise in proteins, hydrocolloids, fermentation, dairy, or related food science disciplines.

Culture & Benefits

• 8% holiday allowance, annual bonus scheme, and Long-Term Incentive Plan for eligible roles.
• Individual Choice Budget, 25 vacation days, and additional ADV days.
• Commuting allowance of €0.23/km up to 72 km one way or full reimbursement of second-class public transport.
• Competitive pension scheme, company-paid disability insurance, and enhanced parental leave.
• Employee Assistance Program, employee resource groups, workshops, sports events, volunteering, and social activities.