Application executive (Bakery)

About the Company

Novasol Ingredients Pvt. Ltd. is a food ingredient supplier and solution provider with a legacy dating back to 1985 . With 30+ years of experience, 80+ team members, 1,500+ clients and 1,000+ products , Novasol serves diverse food and beverage segments through specialty ingredients, technical expertise and application solutions.

Driven by innovation, technology and customer-centric solutions , Novasol provides end-to-end support including product development, formulation optimization, pilot testing, market trials and commercialization support . Its R&D centre, Gujarat Food Web Pvt. Ltd. , brings together food scientists, technical experts and advanced pilot facilities to develop innovative food and beverage applications.

About the Role

Conduct laboratory, pilot scale and industrial trials to evaluate ingredient functionality and ensure successful scale-up to commercial production.

Responsibilities

• Develop, optimize and innovate formulations for bakery products including breads, buns, cakes, muffins, cookies, biscuits, brownies, bakery premixes and other baked products. Design and optimize formulations using hydrocolloids, emulsifiers, enzymes, starches, fibres and other functional ingredients to achieve desired quality, shelf life, texture, processing efficiency and cost optimization.
• Provide technical support to customers by troubleshooting product and process challenges, conducting plant trials and assisting in commercialization.
• Collaborate closely with the sales, procurement, quality and production teams to understand customer requirements and deliver commercially viable application solutions.
• Evaluate new raw materials and supplier ingredients, perform benchmarking of market products, and identify opportunities for product improvement and innovation.
• Prepare technical documentation including formulations, product specifications, trial reports, application reports and customer presentations.
• Support the development, evaluation and technical execution of other Food & Beverage application projects, as and when required, to meet business and customer needs.

Qualifications

B.Tech./B.E. in Food Technology/ Food Science OR B.Sc./M.Sc. in Food Science & Technology with relevant bakery application experience.

Required Skills

1. Strong knowledge of bakery science, baking technology, dough rheology, and bakery manufacturing processes.
2. Hands on experience in bakery formulation development with a thorough understanding of the functionality and interactions of bakery ingredients, including emulsifiers, hydrocolloids, enzymes, starches, fibres, and bakery improvers.
3. Expertise in optimizing product quality, texture, shelf life, moisture retention, processing efficiency, and cost without compromising product performance.
4. Experience in laboratory, pilot-scale, and industrial bakery trials, including process troubleshooting, scale-up, and product commercialization.
5. Strong analytical, problem solving, communication, documentation, and customer interaction skills with the ability to work collaboratively across cross functional teams.
6. Product benchmarking and reverse engineering capability.