Job Title : Application Director ISC - Taste Texture Health

Work Location: Mumbai, India

In this Role you will lead and manage a team of Application Managers, Flavour Food Technologists, Technicians and Assistants to develop and nurture a best-in-class application team delivering outstanding solutions for clients. This role is part of Indian Sub Content, TTH IMA region and reporting to VP Creation Application, Principal Flavorist IMA.

Your key Responsibilities:

- Develop, nurture, and maintain a working environment that allows the application team to optimal answer to client briefs.
- Lead the application team and ensure individual coaching and support to the team.
- Establish training development programs.
- Setting objectives, conducting feedback and progress reviews; ensure proper skill set and training with the use of equipment and develop industry conform top quality applications.
- Facilitate team approach and secure implementation of tools (systems, equipments)
- Build strategic partnership with Creation, Regional Segment team, Marketing, Collection Management, Sales, and other dsm-firmenich groups, and promotes team-oriented team work to meet needs and deliver on the strategy and client requirements.
- Active participation through Morning meetings.
- Manage application teamwork load, project follow-up, challenge submissions and quality.
- Drive collection usage in briefs and foster team collection knowledge via regular tastings and gap feedback.




- Lead key strategic and technical projects like Tenders, rationalizations
- Technical support through markets and category teams, ensures right value proposition is put behind defined opportunities through effective project management vitality, in line with regional Statergy, Operational Rules, Client Segmentation and Category Focus.
- Actively participate in Customer Reviews and Account plans for key clients from the technical angle. Client visit based on the needs.
- Assures that laboratory and its equipments are regulatory serviced and maintained according to local regulations and dsm-firmenich SHE policies; Support audits and SHE initiatives.
- Provides technical support /enquiries to internal and external customers.

You bring:

- MSc. in Food Science or equivalent
- + 10 years of experience in the Food/Flavour industry (preferably in technical field) with strong technical skillset.
- Experience in Beverage, Sweet Goods and Savory segments.
- Experience and knowledge of food ingredients (Hydrocolloids, Enzymes, Culture, Functional System)
- Proven Leadership abilities and demonstrated experience in managing a team.
- Strong project management skills
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including sound influencing skills, and at ease working cross-functionally.
- Customer Service mindset; Senior level with technical credibility and gravitas facing customers.
- Open-minded; flexible and organized.
- English language is mandatory.

📌 Application Director ISC TTH (Mumbai)
🏢 DSM Firmenich
📍 Mumbai