Food Applications & Process Technologist

Employment: Full time

06 November 2023

Let’s color the world!

We are GNT, an ambitious, sustainable and innovative family-run business with a colorful character! With our EXBERRY® brand, we are the market leader in the field of Coloring Foods. Our colorings are 100% natural and are made from fruits, vegetables and plants. We are world champions when it comes to utilizing the bounty of nature and strive to continuously innovate and improve natural color ingredients for the consumer. By carefully preserving all of nature’s beauty and goodness, we are able to offer our clients the highest quality and most reliable products. This is what continues to motivate us every day. The most important ingredients for GNT’s success are our employees and the cooperation that exists between them. We believe in teamwork and we are there for one another, our clients, our suppliers and our partners. That is what makes us GNT.

Due to the growth of GNT UK Ltd as a subsidiary of the GNT Group we are seeking a:

Food Applications & Process Technologist (M/F, FT 35 hrs)

What do we expect of you?

This is a rare opportunity for an ambitious individual to work in a unique position that combines both process knowledge and food applications technical abilities. The right person will join our local Applications team and work closely with Technical Sales colleagues to showcase GNT’s EXBERRY® Coloring Food products and their application in recipes, to demonstrate value to customers and support business development. Whilst our work can be in response to customer briefs, we are also looking for someone who can identify and create new business opportunities and assist in the smooth running of the laboratory.

Job description

Apply food processing knowledge and food science understanding in order to support customers when using our portfolio of Coloring Foods and grow meaningful business opportunities.
Create proactively new product applications ideas in order to stimulate category growth and translate them into attractive food concepts (sweet and savoury) while keeping in mind food industry processes and limitations.
Present created concepts or project results to customers in an engaging, knowledgeable, and friendly manner.
Manage internal and customer projects concurrently and prioritise between a variety of business initiatives within tight deadlines but to the highest standards.
Provide application/technical support using our portfolio of Coloring Foods in a wide range of food applications, evaluate cost impact, performance (taste and stability) over shelf life and troubleshoot technical issues.
Keep up to date on new ingredients, new formulations, new technologies to enhance capabilities and technical knowledge in order to provide our customers with cutting edge solutions.
Attend relevant conferences and keep up to date with latest food trends, natural colors market evolution and industry challenges in beverages and many other food applications.
Work closely with the Global Applications Technologist Team and UK Sales Team.
Communicate with cross-functional teams at group level to share technical knowledge, strengthen GNT knowhow and ultimately to support business growth.
Enter and maintain accurate records of work, including project status, formulations, process instructions, evaluations, as well as supporting documentation such as technical data sheets.
The position may require occasional travel both within the UK and to our European facilities.
Office based role in Derby area but some flexibility with opportunity to work from home occasionally.

What can you offer us?

The ideal candidate will meet the following criteria:

Degree or higher education qualification in food science or food technology
A person with a clear passion for food, flavors, recipes, and trends
3-5 years’ experience in the food industry within NPD functions on a food manufacturing site would be great, preferably in dairy industry but confectionery or beverage category would also be of interest
Demonstrating good project management and time management skills with the ability to multi-task, prioritize, plan, and deliver projects on time to a high standard
Proven ability to follow protocols and document projects with good attention to details
Able to work with a high degree of autonomy and self-motivated individual with very good interpersonal and communication skills
Good understanding of market requirements across food & drink categories would be an advantage (especially dairy, confectionery, non-alcoholic drinks, alcoholic drinks, bakery, plant based)
Knowledge of food ingredients, formulations, ingredients interactions and broad awareness of food and beverage industry processes across the key categories highlighted would be a benefit
Capable of working on pro-active initiatives and designing such brief with commercial relevance to develop new business opportunities in line with market trends, while at the same time providing reactive customer support as required
Ability to operate lab tools (bench top & pilot) and maintain a safe and clean working environment

Personal Skills

Creative mindset
Problem-solving / troubleshooting skills
Keen attention to details and processes
Ambitious, Driven
Enthusiastic, can do attitude
Proficient with Excel and PowerPoint
Effective communication
Strong presentation skills
Team player
Willingness to travel occasionally
Fluent in English, basic understanding of German would be an advantage

What do we find important?

We operate globally, yet are an independent, family-owned business committed to investing in products, technology and importantly, our people. The people who work for GNT are flexible, friendly, supportive and passionate individuals that work collaboratively to deliver service, expertise and ultimately grow sales and market share.

What do we offer you?

GNT wishes to retain the current harmonious working environment and therefore welcome team players with a positive outlook and promising future perspective. In return for all your hard work, you will be rewarded with a competitive package of benefits (salaried position, bonus scheme, pension contributions, health and wellness). Starting salary will be commensurate with experience and position. This role is office-based in Derby area (Mickleover), we offer flexible hours and opportunity to work from home occasionally. We offer unlimited access to online training courses so that you can continue to work on your personal development. Sustainability is very important to us. That is why we – as part of our terms of employment – compensate for the carbon footprint of all our employees.

We color the world, do you?

If you believe you satisfy our desired profile and would be interested in applying for this position, please contact us in writing including your CV and preferably a cover letter to Emilie Humbert, Applications Manager at GNT UK (hrm@gnt-group.com).

Renske Swinkels

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GNT Privacy Statement - Employee data

Version 09-05-2018 This privacy statement relates to the processing of your personal data as an employee or ex-employee of GNT International B.V. or GNT Group B.V. (hereafter referred to as ‘GNT’, ‘our’ or ‘we’). This personal data will be processed according to the General Data Protection Regulation (‘GDPR’) and local legislation and regulations (together referred to as ‘the privacy legislation’). It may of course be the case that you are concerned about the amount of data from you that we process. For that reason, we are clearly explaining in this statement what we do. However, if you still have questions about this, you are always welcome to ask. This statement is meant to inform you about the way in which we process your personal data and which rights you have in this respect. The following topics are explained below:

What is personal data?
For what purposes does GNT process your personal data?
With whom does GNT share your personal data?
How long does GNT store your personal data?
How is your personal data safeguarded?
How can changes to this privacy statement be made?
What are your rights?
Who can I contact about this?

1. Personal data and purposes

What is personal data?

Within the privacy legislation, mention is made of personal data. This could for instance be a name or telephone number, but also a date of birth, email address or membership of a trade union. When we refer to employee data, we mean the personal data of GNT employees. For what purposes does GNT process your personal data? We process your personal data only if this is allowed according to the privacy legislation. Below you can read which personal data GNT collects and for which purpose. This may involve more than your own data. Sometimes it is necessary to collect and process your partner’s data, or data of your family members, such as your children. In this case, the same rules apply: GNT will only collect and process their data if there is a good reason for doing so, for example:

A) In order to implement an employment agreement

We process the following personal data related to the employment agreement, including details concerning contact with the employer, assessments of the employee’s performance, salary payments, pension payments and other payments due to the employee:

Name, address, telephone number, email address, gender, date of birth, marital status ordetails of registered partnership or other form of cohabitation;
Citizen’s Service Number (‘BSN’ in Dutch), copy of passport or identity document, passport photo, handicap (if applicable);
CV, education, diplomas, witness statements, data concerning your performance;
Periods of leave, time recordings, staff benefits;
Details about the use of your lease car, such as fuel use (see car regulations); and
Bank details, pension details and insurance details.

The above data is necessary in order to enter into the employment agreement with you. After all, we need to know who is working for GNT and how we should pay salaries. If you do not provide us with these details, no employment agreement can be drawn up or the possibility may arise that you may for example not receive sums of money that you are entitled to.

B) Legal requirements

Besides this, we process the personal details below in order to fulfill the legal requirements to which GNT is subject, for example due to the Sickness Benefits Act (Ziektewet), Pension Act (Pensioenwet) and tax and Customs legislation:

Name, address, telephone number, gender, date of birth, marital status, handicap (if applicable);
Citizen’s Service Number (BSN), copy of passport/identity document;
In certain cases, a Certificate of Good Conduct (‘VOG’ in Dutch); and
Staff benefits, bank details, pension and insurance details.

The above data is necessary in order for us to fulfill our legal obligations. If you do not provide us with these personal details, GNT cannot fulfill its legal obligations.

C) Legitimate interest

In addition to the above, GNT makes use, on a limited scale, of security cameras at the entrances and exits of the buildings. GNT has a legitimate interest in deploying these security cameras in order to be able to guarantee the safety of its employees and of its products in the production and testing areas, and in order to protect its property. There is no question of using this camera supervision to track employees.

2. With whom does GNT share your personal data?

GNT may possibly provide the above-mentioned personal data to:

The Health & Safety Service (Arbodienst) if GNT is obliged to do so on the basis of the Sickness Benefits Act (Ziektewet) and the Eligibility for Permanent Invalidity Benefit [Restrictions] Act (Wet Verbetering Poortwachter);
Governmental institutions such as the Employment Insurance Administration Agency (UWV) and the Dutch Tax Office (Belastingdienst), including the Customs authority (Douane) to the extent that this is necessary in order to comply with legal obligations; and
The police, judiciary and bailiffs, to the extent that GNT is legally obliged to cooperate with the requests and claims of these parties.

GNT may in addition also make use of other parties in respect of carrying out the collection and processing of employee data, such as the company that processes the salaries, or the company that arranges collective insurance policies for us. These other parties are ‘processors’ for GNT, and process your data solely on behalf of us, and not for any other purpose. In this instance, GNT remains responsible for the processing. Finally, GNT may also supply your personal data to other companies within the GNT Group. These may be located within the European Economic Area or outside it. This will only ever happen if it is necessary in order to maintain contacts within the GNT Group. GNT has concluded an agreement with its group companies in which suitable safeguards have been taken in order to protect privacy. In order to view this agreement, you may get in contact with us by using the contact details below.

3. Storage period

The law states that personal data may not be stored for any longer than necessary. Our position on this matter is as stated below:

How long does GNT store your personal data for?

Data in your personnel file concerning your CV, education, diplomas, witness statements and performance will be destroyed two years after the end of your employment;
The other details in your personnel file will be stored for 5 years, based on the storage requirements set out by law;
The copy of your passport will be stored for 5 years, based on the storage requirements set out by law;
For specific financial data, the fiscal storage requirement will be adhered to for 7 years, based on the General State Taxes Act (Algemene Wet inzake rijksbelastingen).

4. Safeguarding of your personal data

We have taken the necessary technical and organizational measures to safeguard your personal data against loss or another form of unlawful processing. GNT shall report a possible data leak in a timely manner and, if necessary, inform you of this.

Changes to this privacy statement

We may change this privacy statement from time to time if there is a reason to do so. If this happens, we shall communicate this information in the usual manner. You can always find the latest version of this privacy statement on GiNA, next to the older versions.

What are my rights?

It’s important for us to be able to keep your personal data up to date in order to avoid communication errors. You can therefore get your personal data updated, corrected or removed at any time. In addition, according to the law, you have the right to ask us to:

let you view your personal data;
lodge an objection against the processing of your personal data;
limit the processing and transfer of your personal data; and/or
transfer your personal data to yourself or to a third party.

We shall assess your request in accordance with the privacy legislation. GNT will then, as soon as possible, but in any case within a month after receiving your request, provide you with information about the activities that we have undertaken with regard to your request. In special circumstances, we may extend this deadline by two months, for example in connection with the complexity of your request or with the number of requests that GNT receives. In that case, GNT will keep you informed. In addition, you have the right at any moment to submit a complaint to the Supervisory Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens).

5. Contact

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, please contact:

Annet van Leenders

GNT Group B.V.

Industrieweg 26
5731 HR Mierlo
Netherlands
Phone: +31 40 7800 300
Fax: +31 40 7800 309

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