Application Development Specialist

FrieslandCampina has a significant contribution to the worldwide market of ingredients for Performance, Active Nutrition market. At FrieslandCampina Ingredients, our mission is to provide specialized nutrition people need to get most out of life, always. We are innovation and application partner in proteins and prebiotics. We are dedicated to help our customers to create differentiating and efficacious products that consumers in early life, active, performance, medical nutrition and biopharma. For our Application and Technical Expert team we are looking for a collaborative, proactive, creative application developer who enjoys practical work for our nutritional applications with technical background in food technology.

In this role, you will be responsible for developing application recipes using our ingredients and expanding our application knowledge base. You will develop applications with FCI products, such as Ready to Mix protein powder shakes and nutritional supplements (like powder sticks, fast melts, gummies). You use your technical knowledge, in- and external network to meet customer requirements and build, report and share knowledge. You use your creativity to inspire our customers with new applications. And like to co-create with our customers in our labs. You enjoy practical application work, analysis and take care of planning and reporting. You are capable of working independently, but you excel as a team player.

Are you passionate about nutritional applications and have a creative, collaborative, and proactive mindset? If so, we encourage you to apply.

What we ask

You must have an applied technical background with practical experience in the area of Food Technology / Product Development. Preferably ingredient application know how on Adult Nutrition applications (Like ready to Mix, Ready to Drink, Bars, Functional Food, Supplements), and/or its ingredients (GOS, DHA, dairy proteins etc.) with a minimum of post-secondary education: Bachelor (more than 3 years of work experience) or WO (Food technology/Pharma).

You should enjoy practical work and learning new things, as we expect you to work with a very broad range of application (consumer products). Therefore, this role requires proven experience in product development, strong analytical skills, a proactive and solution-oriented mindset, creativity, and excellent communication abilities.

You are capable of independently planning and executing practical experiments, including analysis and reporting. At the same time, you are a strong team player who enjoys working closely with colleagues.

What we offer

You are part the FrieslandCampina Ingredients development team of about 60 R&D colleagues. Within this larger team you work in an international team of Technical Sales Specialists and Application Developers, who work on the different ingredients and applications we offer. Protein bars is one of our strategic application segments.

This position is located at the Innovation Center in Wageningen, but you will also work regularly in our office in Amersfoort to cooperate with our Sales and Marketing colleagues. Additionally, you may be required to go for supplier or customer visits whenever necessary.

Your salary is based on the weighting of your job, your experience and your training. FrieslandCampina offers not only a competitive salary but also training and education on the job because it's important for our people to continue to grow.

Vacancy description

In this role, you will be responsible for developing application recipes using our ingredients and expanding our application knowledge base:

• You develop nutritional applications using the broad portfolio of FCI products, such as high-protein shakes, functional foods, and nutritional supplements (e.g., gummies, sticks).
• Plan and carry out practical application work, including analysis and reporting.
• Increase application knowledge through experiments and external networks.
• Capture and share knowledge with colleagues to strengthen expertise.
• Collaborate closely with regional and global Technical Sales Specialists (TSS) to provide customers with tailored application solutions.
• Carry out co-development or development work at customer sites.
• Work with the product development team on applications for new ingredients and on designing new combinations of ingredients for specific applications.
• Build and maintain relationships with external partners, such as producers of application samples and suppliers of ingredients.
• Support the preparation of samples for clinical studies.
• Manage and keep stock of application samples up to date.

Staying true to who you really are, that is your starting point at FrieslandCampina. Because it is precisely by embracing our differences that we can grow together. We want to create a working environment that allows all employees to bring their best and authentic selves. If who we are suits you, but you're not sure if you're the best fit for the role, we still encourage you to apply so we can help you find the role that fits you best.

Team Details

For thousands of people every day, we are more than just a dairy company. To our farmers, our employees, the communities we serve, the businesses we work with and the people to whom we bring happiness, FrieslandCampina means something more. For them it's not just about what we do, but who we are.

We value talented people from any background who want to contribute to something bigger than themselves. We encourage all of our employees to make decisions that benefit our entire company. At FrieslandCampina we own our own career and act accordingly. We trust you to make a difference in your job and influence the bigger picture. Working at FrieslandCampina means you are contributing to a better world.