Job Description

Reference ID: 43085

Are you interested in high-quality, natural, and tasty nutrition?

We are! It’s our ambition to shape the future of nutrition.

Döhler is a leading global producer of natural ingredients and solutions for the food, beverage, lifestyle and nutrition industries. We use innovative technology to process plant-based raw materials and enrich products such as lifestyle drinks, cereals, dairy, and confectionery goods for almost every well-known brand. Close to 10.000 dedicated employees in more than 70 countries share one common goal - to ensure that millions of people around the world enjoy the products created by us.

We strive to inspire and empower our employees in everything we do, and we invite you to join our team – together WE BRING IDEAS TO LIFE.

We are seeking a passionate, energetic, and hands-on Product Developer to shape the next generation of our Specialty Ingredients and innovative Dry Systems. In this role, you will spearhead formulation design, delivering everything from advanced liquid matrices to high-performance powders, granulates, and customized shapes.
Bridging product design, functional ingredient interactions, and industrial execution, you will leverage core technologies like spray, freeze, and vacuum belt drying to engineer maximum functionality, stability, and sensory performance for global manufacturers.

Your Role

• Innovative Product Development: Take ownership of developing new recipes and adapting formulations from liquid preparation to final dry systems, for both innovation and dedicated customer projects. You will balance physical attributes with outstanding sensory performance to ensure processability and functionality, while managing your projects to translate briefs into successful B2B technical solutions.
• Formulation & Matrix Stabilization: Utilize functional ingredients (hydrocolloids, emulsifiers, fats, proteins) to design liquid or frozen pre-mixes, mastering rheological properties to maximize matrix stability during processing, e.g. granulation, and shaping.
• Product/Process Development: Apply your understanding and hands-on experience in core liquid and drying technologies (spray drying, freeze drying, and vacuum belt drying) on process development and optimization.
• Scale-Up Support:. Support technical transfer from lab/pilot plant to global production, collaborating with Supply Chain to resolve processing challenges.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate closely with Application teams to ensure that the product delivers a perfect technical fit for the final end-use, while also aligning with stakeholders like Business Units, Market Segments, Sales, Production and Quality.
• Drive Continuous Improvement & Data Governance: Actively contribute to R&D digitalization initiatives, optimize system-based workflows, and ensure smooth operational data governance by maintaining recipes, product data, and raw material attributes within SAP system.

Your Profile

• Successfully completed studies in Food Technology, Food Chemistry, Dairy Technology, Food Science, or a comparable scientific field.
• 2–5 years of hands-on product development experience in the food industry, ideally within dairy, ice cream, or emulsified systems, combined with a solid understanding of downstream drying technologies (e.g., spray, freeze, or vacuum drying).
• A passionate, highly motivated team player with a genuine excitement for innovative food products, a creative mindset, and a strong drive to build great products together with the team.
• A hands-on, proactive, and solution-oriented way of working, combining sharp analytical skills with the ability to navigate complex matrices and cross-functional interfaces with confidence.
• Fluent in both German and English to ensure seamless communication with local production plants and cross-functional teams.

As an employer, we offer:

• Work with passion:
  We foster a culture where you can act with heart and mind, take pride in your work and inspire others through positivity and commitment.
• Lead with purpose at every level:
  For us, leadership is not defined by titles. It is about taking ownership, driving change and bring-ing meaning to what you do.
• Grow your way:
  With flexible development opportunites across departments and a global team, you can broaden your skills, discover new strenghts and actively shape your own path.
• Global collaboration:
  Join an international team bringing together multiple cultures, languages and perspectives to spark new ideas and inspiration.
• Shared strength:
  We build real connections and grow together. By sharing knowledge and valuing each other’s strengths, we create a culture where trust and team play lead to shared success.

Equal opportunities for all

We welcome applicants, who are just as diverse as we are - regardless of age, ancestry, disability, ethnic origin, gender, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, social background or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.

Become a part of our team and apply online trough our career portal to the attention of Luisa Rhein. Please note that we are unable to consider or return application documents sent by mail.