Application Scientist

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

Are you passionate for sustainability? Would you like to make a difference with your Chemistry development knowledge and experience? Do you want to know more about Corbion’s mission to Preserve what Matters? Corbion, a global leader in sustainable ingredient solutions, is seeking a dynamic and experienced Application Scientist to join our Functional Ingredients and Solutions (FIS) business-unit, focused on our Biochemicals segment at our location in Gorinchem. This is the largest R&D site of Corbion world-wide with labs, office space and a pilot plant. We focus on three key segments: Food, Biochemicals, and Lactic Acid to PLA. In this role, you will be collaborating closely with business developers, customers, and the R&D team to translate customer problems into research projects. This involves technical business support, including literature/patent studies, and practical lab work, particularly in formulation and stability tests. 

As a renowned fermentation powerhouse, we pride ourselves on providing innovative, natural alternatives to synthetic ingredients while enhancing food preservation and functional systems. You will be a dynamic working environment with diverse type of activities/topics to handle and where you will have contact with many internal colleagues from various disciplines. You will report directly to our Senior Manager Application Centre Biochemicals in Gorinchem. Join us in our mission to Preserve What Matters and be part of a diverse team making a meaningful impact in the industry

Responsibilities
 

Your mission will be to provide excellent technical business support and to be able to provide alignment between business requirements and application activities. With a strong focus on fulfilling a key role in supporting business development, sales teams, product management & customers by providing theoretical and practical support. Continuously transferring business/customer related questions into application activities & conduct execution thereof. In terms of innovation, new ideas/value propositions are proposed for further screening within application projects a.o. based on discussions with business development, sales or customers.

Key accountabilities

• Handling of technical support questions coming from business development, sales & customers.
• Transferring business related questions into (short/mid) research activities; including
  • Conducting internal application research
  • Develop (technical) application/product propositions
• Responsible for technical introduction of new developed concepts/value propositions and support implementation at customers.
• Disclosure of technical background information to business development & sales team
• Present engaging (technical) lectures to customers
• Identify IP opportunities

Requirements

• (BSc or) MSc in relevant technological area for our biochemicals segment;
  • Preferably chemistry background
  • FIS-Global key accounts – Biochemicals has three market segments: Home & Personal Care; agrochemicals and semiconductor industry.
• 3- 5 years technical and experimental experience in (customer driven) product/ application development
• Basic B2B marketing knowledge and insight into IP and patents
• Identiy IP opportunties
• Hands-on and project-like approach
• Experience with project management / leading small tech project teams
• Practical knowledge of Biochemicals products, functionalities and market(s)
• Good communication skills and a pro-active attitude, fluent in English

KEY RELATIONSHIPS (CUSTOMER AND STAKEHOLDERS)

• Develop and maintain relationships with other Corbion functions like R&D, Business Development, PM, RA and OPS
• Engage directly with customers at the R&D level

About Corbion 
 

Corbion is the global market leader in lactic acid and its derivatives, and a leading supplier of emulsifiers, functional enzyme blends, minerals, vitamins, and algae ingredients. We use our unique expertise in fermentation and other processes to deliver sustainable solutions for the preservation of food and food production, health, and our planet. For over 100 years, we have been uncompromising in our commitment to safety, quality, innovation and performance. Drawing on our deep application and product knowledge, we work side-by-side with customers to make our cutting-edge technologies work for them. Our solutions help differentiate products in markets such as food, home & personal care, animal nutrition, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and bioplastics. In 2023, Corbion generated annual sales of €1,443.8 million and had a workforce of 2,727 FTE. Corbion is listed on Euronext Amsterdam. For more information: www.corbion.com

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