- Domaine d'activité
- Marketing
- Activité
- Baking
- Localisation
- İstanbul, Türkiye
- Type de contrat
- Permanent Contract
- Experience
- 5 to 10 years
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A quoi ressemblera votre quotidien ?
As a Bakery Formulator, you will be responsible for developing innovative formulations, optimizing product cost & performance, identifying new raw materials and ensuring alignment with market and customer needs. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to drive product innovation and excellence.
FORMULATION
- Develop, test, and refine formulations for targeted products and optimize recipes.
- Conduct rigorous testing, including lab trials, sensory evaluations, and production-scale assessments, to validate product consistency, quality, and market readiness in full collaboration with Baking Center and sales teams.
- Ensure compliance with performance and cost specifications defined in collaboration with the Sales and Baking Center teams to enhance product competitiveness and efficiency.
- Communicate selected recipes to the relevant production units and integrate them into the production process.
- Work closely with sales, production, and marketing teams to ensure new formulations align with both technical feasibility and commercial objectives, while maintaining local and global regulatory compliance.
- Support the production, purchasing, and quality teams in evaluating raw materials and suppliers.
- Integrate new formulas into our IT systems and inform the relevant production sites.
- Oversee the storage and preparation of finished product samples for trials.
- Provides an advisory role on product performance complaints to quality teams and is a driving force in proposing corrective actions including process improvement
- Propose innovative ideas to enhance the value of our product portfolio and improve formulation processes.
- Monitor market expectations, conduct competitive intelligence, and provide strategic insights.
- Leverage Lesaffre’s global resources to develop analytical capabilities for flour and baking
REPORTING
- Share a weekly detailed checklist, including key observations, formulation performance, and customer feedback.
- Prepare a monthly comprehensive report for the Baking Center Manager, covering product trials, customer interactions, competitive insights, and key formulation developments.
- Track and report on the performance of newly launched formulations, identifying areas for improvement and optimization.
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Ce qui fait de vous le candidat idéal
EXPERIENCE
- Diploma in food science / MSc in Food technology, ideally specialized in the grain industry
- Min 8 years of working experience in product development fields of Baking or Milling businesses
- Turkiye Baking Industry knowledge, but international experience is a plus
SOFT SKILLS
- Open-minded
- Curiosity and creativity
- Rigor
- Great communication
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work in a team
- Fluent in Turkish & English. French would be a plus.
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Ce que nous vous apportons
This position requires domestic and occasional international travels to provide on-site technical support, oversee trials, and collaborate directly with stakeholders and customers and production facilities.
Contact: b.yildirim@lesaffre.com & b.tureci@lesaffre.com
Please note that this role requires Turkish language.
Relevons ensemble les défis de demain
Are you passionate about product formulation, innovation, and market-driven solutions? As the Bakery Products Formulation Manager, you will play a key role in developing innovative formulations, optimizing product cost and performance, and identifying new raw materials to align with market and customer needs. You will report to the Baking Center Manager Türkiye and collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including sales, production, and marketing to drive product excellence.
Why join us?
- Feel valued and rewarded: Transportation, meal allowances and mobile phone, laptop are provided for the duration of your employment with Lesaffre
- Working in a hybrid model where we can choose our flexible days
- We care about your health; private health insurance package for you and your family
- Work in a collaborative environment with opportunities for professional growth and development.
- Develop yourself with global « Lesaffre Academy » (LEA) opportunities
- Participate in regional and global projects
If you are driven by innovation and want to be a part of a company that shapes the future of baking solutions, apply now and take the next step in your career with Lesaffre Türkiye!