Food Technologist

Role Overview: As a Food Technologist at Ingredion in Gurgaon, you will play a crucial role in providing application support to promote Ingredion's Texture and Healthful solutions. Your responsibilities will involve combining technical expertise with customer engagement to deliver innovative solutions that meet market needs. By leveraging your product and application knowledge, you will identify customer solutions, conduct experiments, and build collaborative relationships with customers and internal teams. Your role will also focus on supporting the implementation of Ingredion's Sugar Reduction & Specialty Sweetener Strategy, including marketing campaigns and new product launches. Additionally, you will engage in strategic customer interactions, manage key accounts, collaborate with distributors, and work closely with various teams within the organization to support customer queries and provide technical documentation. Key Responsibilities: - Provide technical support for a broad range of food applications. - Apply product and application knowledge to identify customer solutions. - Execute well-defined experiments and prepare food prototypes. - Build collaborative relationships with customers and internal teams (Sales, Marketing, Quality, Applications). - Support implementation of Ingredion's Sugar Reduction & Specialty Sweetener Strategy, including marketing campaigns and new product launches. - Understand customer strategies and translate them into actionable technical requirements. - Identify opportunities for customers to enhance and diversify their product offerings using Ingredion's solutions. - Manage assigned key accounts and collaborate with distributors to drive business growth. - Train distributor teams to promote products and implement portfolio-based concepts. - Work closely with consumer insights, marketing, business segments, quality, regulatory, and R&D teams. - Support customer queries and provide technical documentation. Qualifications Required: - B.Tech/M.Sc in Food Science, Food Engineering, or Chemical Engineering. - 8 years of experience working in food formulations, food processing specifications, pilot plant procedures, etc. - Experience in the beverage or dairy category is preferred. - Good sensory skills. - Computer literacy in Microsoft Office. Additional Details: Ingredion is a global powerhouse across more than 60 industries, harnessing the potential of natural ingredients to transform lives. The company values a wide range of perspectives and is committed to shaping a better world with every product created. As an employee, you will have access to comprehensive benefits, wellness support, career growth opportunities, an employee recognition program, and an employee referral program. Ingredion utilizes AI-enabled tools in the recruitment process to match candidate skills to job requirements and ensure fairness and compliance with applicable laws. Note: Relocation is not available for this position.,