Job Description

At Corbion, we exist to champion preservation in all its forms, preserving food and food production, health, and our planet.

MISSION AND KEY ROLE FOCUS

• Providing analytical expertise and support to the internal customers for approved projects
• Partnering with the other R&D teams, Applications and Technical Service, providing analytical support to Corbion prioritized projects
• International collaboration and knowledge exchange with other locations within R&D and technical community.
• Sustaining Corbion's business through excellent innovation and customer support

• In collaboration with the internal customers (R&D teams, Application, Tech services, QC, Product managers, Business development managers, Sales, etc.) coordinates, prioritizes, and delivers support for innovation and customers projects for SFS LATAM
• Works with internal and external customers on collaborative projects, developing customer partnerships, and provides analytical expertise as part of project support
• Represents Corbion Analytical Services group to external customers

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Define, plan and execute projects with teams based on business goals. Set deliverables
• Set-up, validation and execution of analytical methods,
• Collaborate with other departments and labs on purchasing of new equipment.
• Analyze results generated by technicians and labs.
• Ensure documentation and reporting of procedures and results according to the Corbion standards.
• Support and work together with the business in providing technical knowledge/input on (customer) projects.
• Literature research, and keeping the knowledge on level, send updates on competitor products, new technologies and trends.
• Actively builds open and collaborative teamwork between the analytical R&D and QC groups globally.
• Participates effectively on cross functional project teams, which may include, but not limited to, colleagues from R&D, Application, Sales, Technical Services, Business, Marketing, Operations, etc. as the needs of the projects requires.
• Contributes (with other subject matter experts in technology and application teams and from external party/network) to the quality of the R&D input towards supported projects, provides technical overviews of analytical techniques employed, and insights from industry (technology trends, best analytical techniques, alternative analyses, new methodology, etc.)
• Brings in and translates scientific knowledge to projects and the overall business
• Liaison to Universities, Research Institutes, external labs, and consultants

• Actively participate in maintaining the facilities, equipment, and safety in the labs
• Support onboarding of colleagues

May need to travel up to 5% of working days.

KEY SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES

• The ideal candidate will be a broadly trained analytical chemist with experiences relevant to chemical analysis of Corbion's ingredients
• BSc with 5-10 years of experience or MSc with 2-7 years of experience in analytical method development in a relevant industry.
• Experience with analytical techniques as gas chromatography and liquid chromatography.
• Experience with method development & validation and trouble shooting in a broad range of analytical techniques
• Experience in or affinity with chemical analyses in natural food ingredients
• Experience in method implementations
• Strong understanding of the principles of analytical techniques and lab equipment
• Possesses a customer focus, drive for results, and can-do mentality. Works with high motivation and passion to deliver results
• Strong people skills related to leading a project team, working with peers, and upper management. Open and easy communicator
• Able to initiate projects and bring new ideas into the organization. Capable of self-management, and multiple projects and tasks management
• Team-player: Builds on expertise of others, and is able to connect the dots to drive for optimal results for Corbion
• Ability to handle and manage change and ambiguity
• Pragmatic and drive for success
• Being flexible & stress resistant
• Taking care of safe working environment in labs
• Bring new ideas into the organization.
• Multiple projects/tasks management skills.
• Advanced in planning the activities

KEY RELATIONSHIPS (CUSTOMER AND STAKEHOLDERS)

• R&D Teams: in leading/supporting/advising the various projects for effective and efficient Analytical Service
• Application, Tech Service, Sales BDM: To provide the highest level of Analytical Service to customers requests and projects according to the priorities and approval process.
• Other Corbion functions and locations according to the needs and opportunities, in line with the prioritization approach.
• Customers, suppliers, technical institutions, and academia

About Corbion

What makes Corbion truly special is our talented global team of people, who are consciously dedicated to connecting the work we do together with the difference it makes in the lives of consumers, including our own friends and families. At Corbion, innovation is in our DNA; we explore, we discover, we create, and then we do it all over again, finding ever-better ways to help the world solve some of its most pressing challenges. When you come to Corbion, you will find that for us, sustainability is not simply a corporate program, it is at the very heart of our business, giving direction to our work, our investments and our creativity. We exist to preserve what matters.

As a company where day-to-day priorities and decisions are shaped by a shared purpose and vision, we enjoy a working environment energized by empowerment and opportunity. By joining Corbion, you can be part of :

• A culture open to great ideas wherever they come from, and where your work can make a real difference in the world
• An organization that values diversity of thought, background and experience
• A company ready to invest in you, helping you grow toward your personal ambitions
• A workplace that's friendly and informal, while being focused and professional
• An international team small enough to stay agile, but large and talented enough to make an impact today, and for future generations

Our corporate values - Collaboration, Care, Courage and Commitment - define what it takes to overcome obstacles and create the sustainable breakthroughs the world sorely needs. As a member of the Corbion team, you'll see these values put into action every day, and you'll have the chance to make your own unique contribution to our collective achievements.

Corbion does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third party recruiting agencies in response to job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to hiring managers. All candidates must be submitted by approved Corbion vendors who have been expressly requested to make a submission by our Talent Acquisition team for a specific job opening. No placement fees will be paid to any firm unless such a request has been made by the Corbion Talent Acquisition team and such candidate was submitted to the Corbion Talent Acquisition Team.