TEST BAKER

TEST BAKER

As a global key player in yeasts and fermentation, Lesaffre designs, manufactures and markets innovative solutions for Baking, Food taste & pleasure, Health care and Biotechnology.

Family group born in northern France in 1853, now a multi-national and a multicultural company, Lesaffre is committed to working with confidence to better nourish and protect the planet.

In close collaboration with its clients and partners, Lesaffre employs 10 000 people in nearly 80 subsidiaries based in 50 countries.

Lesaffre achieves a turnover of 2 billion euros.

• Assisting in NPD and EPD projects 

• Carrying out the baking trials and reporting 

• Taking care of bakery equipment and determination of the needs  

• Creating &updating of the test protocols 

• Providing technical support to customer requirements in line with the Lesaffre UK & Ireland commercial strategy through bakery process advice  

• Participation in trade fairs and customer events 

• To train fully and lead/support technical training for internal colleagues and external partners/customers for the Lesaffre expertise in bakery processes, yeasts, sourdough, ingredients, and mixes. 

• Staying up to date on market trends, and movements: customers, competition, products 

Qualifications

• Bakery college degree, university degree in food technology or a background in the baking industry 

• More than 2 years of baking experience and/or experience on industrial lines. 

• Customer-oriented, high level of commitment, confident and convincing 

• Ability to organize, prioritise, be proactive, react, and manage issues effectively.  

• Ability to work in a team, and collaborate with other departments within the company and in the Group. 

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills. 

• Willing to travel 

• Has advanced level MS Office (Word, Excel and power point)