Senior Baker - Technical Application

About the role

Lesaffre, a global leader in yeasts and fermentation, is hiring a Senior Baker in Beijing. The role combines technical support for seminars and workshops, business development and new application development, and event support for baking centres.

Key responsibilities

• Prepare seminars and workshops with other functional teams, give proactive technical support, write reports on initiatives and follow them up
• Support business development: plan and run customer visits, analyse competitor processes and advantages, carry out comparative tests in customer R&D or workshops, develop and promote new applications, and write visit reports with test results, customer feedback and next steps
• Troubleshoot technical issues when required
• Organise events and baking centre activities, promote Lesaffre innovations with customers, distributors and baking schools, and manage equipment and materials before and after events

Required profile

• 5 years or more of bakery technical service or application development experience; experience with large bakery ingredient manufacturers or stores preferred
• Good knowledge of industry trends, technology, production processes, parameters, raw materials and customer expectations
• Hands-on experience in recipe development and troubleshooting
• Good presentation and communication skills, strong teamwork, ownership and execution, and a results- and business-oriented approach