Let’s color the world!

We are GNT, an ambitious 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 the GNT Group we are looking for a fulltime:

Application Specialist (Food Scientist)

The Application Specialist will report directly to the Applications Manager. Together, the Applications Team works with Technical Sales to provide natural color solutions to food and beverage manufactures in a variety of application categories such as beverages, confections, dairy products, snacks, bakery, cereal, etc.

What do we expect of you?

The position is located in Dallas, NC. Duties for the Application Specialist will include the following:

Provide color match/color recommendations for customer’s food and beverage products. This may include performing various trials to model the customer’s formulation and/or process and conducting stability testing.
Develop and execute demonstration samples that showcase EXBERRY® natural colors across a variety of products for customer meetings and tradeshows.
Design, perform, analyze data demonstrating performance of EXBERRY®, and provide technical recommendations to the Sales Team.
Maintain organized and clean lab space.
Operate pilot plant equipment.
May require some travel.

What can you offer us?

The prospective candidate should have fundamental knowledge of food science, engineering, and scientific principles. Minimum requirement:

Bachelor's Degree in Food Science/Food Engineering.
3+ years of experience in Product Development, preferably ready to drink beverages

Additional characteristics/skills we are looking for are the following:

Background/interest of food process systems.
Strong organizational and communication skills.
Creative, can “think-outside-the-box” yet also be detailed-oriented.
Natural problem solver.
Strong willingness to learn new things.
Enjoys working independently and within a team.

What do we find important?

The GNT values are the basis of our daily activities. That's why we think it's important that we fit together. GNT employs people who are enterprising and take responsibility. Customer and service orientation is of course paramount! We always take that extra step to offer our external and internal customers the best service. In addition, we do everything as sustainably as possible. We are open and honest with each other and bring out the best in each other.

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. 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 resume, as well as your cover letter, salary expectations and earliest possible start date to: hschwark@gntusa.com. You will soon find out if you will be invited for an introductory meeting (in Dallas, NC or online).

Of course, we handle your personal data with care. All applications will be treated equally.

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