**Job Location: Alba (CN)**:
**Company description**:
Ferrero is a family-owned company with a truly progressive and global outlook and iconic brands such as Nutella®, Tic Tac®, Ferrero Rocher®, Raffaello®, Kinder Bueno® and Kinder Surprise®. As the love for our brands continues to grow, so too does our global reach. Represented in more than 50 countries, with products sold in more than 170, the Ferrero Group is loved by generations around the world. The secret to our global success? 38,767 dedicated employees who celebrate care and quality to craft a business, careers and brands we are proud of. Join us, and you could be one of them.
**Diversity Statement**:
Ferrero is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture in which all employees feel welcomed and appreciated and have the same opportunities. We believe all of our people are equally talented in their own way. In nurturing the curiosity and natural abilities of our employees, we provide them, generation after generation, the means to succeed personally and professionally, enabling them to craft their journey at Ferrero. The diversity of our talents is what makes our work environment multicultural, innovative and highly rewarding.
**About the Role**:
**Main Responsibilities**:
- To provide the development laboratories with the best raw materials available in the market
- To research and tweak ad hoc raw material to be used in the development of finished products
- For raw materials supports the preparation and issuing of the related specifications and analyses the data of experimental testing and taste, suggesting modification, and participating to the taste analyses to assess shelf life
- Verifies the used raw materials possible improvement, through the study of technological-productive interventions among suppliers and through the study of alternative raw materials, supporting R&D Raw materials Group
**Who we are looking for**:
- Knowledge of raw materials, ingredients production and applied technologies, 1-3 years of experience in similar roles is appreciated
- Master Degree in Food Technology or related fields
- Problem-solving, flexibility, team work, adaptability and aptitude to teamwork
- Good fluency in English
- MS Office (Excel, Power Point, Word)
**How to be successful in the role and at Ferrero**:
Consumers, quality and care are at the heart of everything we do. So, to be successful at Ferrero, you'll need to be just as consumer and product centric as we are - dedicated to crafting brilliant results for consumers around the world.
Strong analytical mind, attention to details on one hand, and ability to cooperate with employees at all levels and great organisational skills on the other, would be key to success. Employee contribution and engagement at Ferrero is based on the individual, team and organisation dimension, so you should have the ability to work independently, as a part of the team and build good relations with stakeholders at all levels. Being flexible and dealing with a dynamic working environment as well as the ability to embed new knowledge and skills in existing competencies will definitely help you to become high performer here.
**Requisition ID**
61681
**Job function**
Research & Development
**Country**
Italy
**City**
Alba