Job description

Your role ensures that our customers receive products with high quality and taste. You professionally support research and application development and quality in the laboratory with taste tests, recipe preparation and testing of products in application (food), based on instructions. You prepare sensory tests according to current procedures and instruction from the Sensory Panel leader. You ensure sample dispatch from application in the computer system to dispatch, weighing, mixing, packaging and shipping recipes.

Objectives

QC sample room

Prepare sensory analyses for batch variation and expert panel.
Result processing sensory sessions.
Archiving samples + raw material materials.
Stock management to instruction Sample Room.
From A-Z dispatch of samples to (potential) customers.

Research & Development, Technical Application and Sample Room

Supporting and preparing application testing in food products.
Supporting the Sensory Panel leader in the organisation and execution of taste tests.
Preparing samples based on mixing recipes.
Sending samples to internal and external customers in a timely manner.
Performing or assisting with research work at the R&D lab.
Organising raw material stock for the application and R&D teams.

Your responsibilities

Sufficient stock of standard raw materials and Exter ingredients for the application and R&D team and sample room.
That hygienic work can be carried out in the application and R&D rooms.
Preparing powder samples based on mixing recipes.
Sending samples to internal and external customers in a timely manner.
Organising and supporting taste tests (including sensory panel and application testing).
Supporting the application and R&D teams in the development of new products and applications.
Testing Exter products in standard applications as instructed by the Technical Application Specialist.
Documenting all activities, results and data retrieval and processing.
Administrative support to the QC and application team.
Following proper procedures, guidelines and hygiene and safety standards.

Profile candidate

You hold a relevant college degree (HBO) or an MBO laboratory degree with relevant work experience.
Familiar with food sample preparation (products and applications).
You are a pleasant colleague who enjoys working in a small and close-knit team and maintains contact with different levels in the organisation and diverse cultures.
Experience with food industry applications and raw materials.
Works accurately and has an eye for detail.
Experience with computers and processing results in, for example, Word or Excel.
Good administrative skills.
Able to assess products sensorially and describe taste.
At least: Fluency in English and Dutch is a must.

What we Offer

This position offers the chance to work in a challenging, innovative environment within a small but internationally growing company. Exter operates globally in the savoury flavours market. As a result, you will be in regular contact with our local partners and customers. We offer a varied job and the opportunity to grow professionally and personally.

Naturally, we offer a salary in line with your experience and good fringe benefits such as 30 days’ holiday and a good pension.

Contact

If you have any questions specific to the job, call us and ask for:

Charlotte Fonkert, Product Manager: +31 6 22381188
Ernst Hoogendijk, Team Lead Technical Application Specialist: +31 6 57455526
HR Department: +31 75 670 0041

Does the job apply to you? Please send us an email or a letter including a short motivation and a CV addressed to:

Sonja Sikkes, HR Manager
Gerrit Bolkade 10
1507 BR Zaandam
sonja.sikkes@exter.com

Apply now

Exter company profile

Exter is a leading global supplier of specialty (added-value) savoury taste ingredients to major global food manufacturers. Our ingredients are known for over 70 years for quality, cost effectiveness and innovation, providing customers with a broad array of customized solutions to enhance consumer differentiation. The company has experienced tremendous growth since their divesture and MBO (Management Buy Out) several years ago from a leading publically traded, best in class, value added ingredient supplier. The business is niche oriented and is well positioned for strategic growth, building on its existing customer base and demand for their products and services. Exter has a worldwide network of distributors and dedicated sales forces to support their long term growth objectives.

We are famous throughout the world for the traditional method we use to prepare savoury taste ingredients: slow reduction and then roasting in the oven. Slow cooking, where we take the time to let the ingredients do their job. Home cooking but on a professional scale, serving the food industry. Enjoying the genuine taste of traditional cuisines. That is what Exter represents: pure flavours from authentic cuisines, using ingredients that come straight from the land and the farm. Fuss free. Prepared with passion and love – just like grandma used to, but now on an industrial scale.

We’re looking for you!

Lab and Kitchen Assistant QC & Product Development