RD&A Technologist-Snack (Dubai, DU, AE)

Kerry Group
Dubai
Workplace: OnsiteContractFunction: SalesExperience: 2-4 yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Project management","Communication","Sensory evaluation","Flavour formulation","Documentation"]

Develop and optimize savoury snack seasonings and noodle flavour systems for the Middle East market, from bench concepts through customer trials to commercial scale-up. Work closely with sales, marketing, and operations to turn customer briefs and trend insights into cost-competitive, regulation-compliant taste solutions. Lead sensory evaluation, formulation management, and R&D documentation, and provide technical support during plant trials and commercialization.

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RD&A Technologist-Snack (Dubai, DU, AE)

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Job Summary

Develop and optimize savoury snack seasonings and noodle flavour systems for the Middle East market, from bench concepts through customer trials to commercial scale-up. Work closely with sales, marketing, and operations to turn customer briefs and trend insights into cost-competitive, regulation-compliant taste solutions. Lead sensory evaluation, formulation management, and R&D documentation, and provide technical support during plant trials and commercialization.
Location: Dubai
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Contract
Job Function: Sales
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Develop cost-competitive snack seasonings using flavour expertise to meet business and customer requirements.
  • •Design and develop seasoning systems for extruded snacks, potato chips, nuts, crackers, puffed snacks, and noodles.
  • •Conduct bench-scale trials and sensory evaluations, performing iterative optimization to hit taste, texture, colour, cost, and regulatory targets.
  • •Translate customer briefs and trend insights into commercially viable seasoning concepts; maintain raw material library.
  • •Support commercialization by providing technical support during customer plant trials and driving new product development from concept through factory scale-up.

Key Requirements

  • •B. Tech or M.Sc. in Food Science/Technology (or equivalent).
  • •2–4 years hands-on experience in snack seasoning formulation, noodle flavour development, or savoury flavour applications.
  • •Solid understanding of dry seasoning systems, including spice blending, flavour release, coating adhesion, and Maillard/process flavour interactions.
  • •Proficiency in sensory evaluation and clear documentation of flavour profiles.
  • •Strong project management and communication skills, with ability to manage multiple briefs; Arabic proficiency is an advantage.
Experience:2-4 yearsFood scienceSnack manufacturingFlavour houseFood ingredients
Education:Bachelor's in Food Science/Technology
Skills:Project managementCommunicationSensory evaluationFlavour formulationDocumentation
Languages:Arabic

Company Brief

Kerry Group
Kerry Group is a global taste and nutrition company supplying ingredients, flavours and integrated solutions to the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries, serving manufacturers with product development, technical support and supply chain services.
Industry: FoodTech
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Tralee, Ireland
Founded: 1972
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