Roquette is a family-owned global leader in plant-based ingredients and a leading provider of pharmaceutical excipients.
Want to help us make a difference?
Using plant-based resources, we collaborate with our customers and partners to imagine and offer ingredients to better feed people and treat patients.
Each of our ingredients responds to unique and essential needs, and they enable healthier lifestyles.
Role Overview
We are seeking an experienced Team Leader – Food Application Scientist to lead our India Application (CTS) Laboratory and drive technical innovation across Savory, Baking, Dairy, Beverage, Confectionery, and Plant-Based applications. This role combines robust people leadership with hands-on application development, customer engagement, and cross-functional collaboration to support business growth and innovation.
The ideal candidate is a seasoned food scientist with deep technical expertise, strong commercial acumen, and proven experience leading high-performing teams in an international food ingredients environment.
This position will be located in Mumbai.
Our Team
Drawing insights from customer interactions, our CTS team develops, formulates, and evaluates our customers' products in the labs.
As the markets we serve at Roquette are Global, the CTS teams are globally based to better serve our customers around 4 areas (Europe, Americas, Greater Asia & China).
The CTS team builds strong partnerships with our Global R&D;, as well as our commercial and marketing teams, to enhance customer service and support.
Their mission?
To support the NBI’s business growth for Greater Asia region focusing on India with application work in the Dairy, Beverage and Confectionery Area. In addition to that, to support the technical development role India for local customers and channel partners.
Your experience and talents will make the difference to:
Team Leadership & Application Excellence
Lead and develop the India Food Application (CTS) team, fostering a high-performanc