Technical Applications Manager – Enzymes / Yeast Food Manufacturing at Prostaff Holdings (Pty) Ltd

Minimum requirements for the role:

• A tertiary qualification in food science and or technology or related field, is essential for this role.
• Previous experience having worked in the field of enzyme application would be an advantage but is not essential.
• Previous experience and or knowledge of baking (industrial plant baking) and cereal chemistry is preferred for this role.
• Must have excellent communication, presentation and report-writing skills.
• Must have excellent planning and organisational capability, without the need for direct supervision.
• Must be computer literate and able to use Microsoft 365, Word, Excel, etc with confidence.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Managing and overseeing all technical applications and new product development aspects dealing with customers within the food manufacturing industry.
• Manage and drive various applications and technologies to perform product development on several types of food products, rendering technical support for commercial and sales objectives within the bakery specialities business.
• Planning and executing product development projects (yeast, enzymes, speciality ingredients).
• Compiling and presenting reports with regard to formulation changes etc.
• Testing the baking of product samples and raw materials against set internal specifications (iso 9001) and providing feedback to manufacturing partners and suppliers.
• Performing internal auditing of 3rd party manufacturers from time to time.
• Supporting the product group managers with product formulation (new and improved) and technical problems.
• Ensuring that optimal assistance is given to the promotion and selling of their products at the customer level.
• Developing products, executing the NPD work and driving projects for various customers.
• Sourcing of raw materials and packaging costings as per project briefs, ad-hoc requests etc.
• Managing quality control by test baking and inspection of product samples / raw materials against internal requirements, and providing relevant feedback to suppliers, manufacturing partners and internal customers of outcome.
• Supporting the business managers in areas of technology and applications transfer at various customer levels, in line with business unit strategy.