Baking Technician Job Lesaffre

Within our entity Lesaffre Kenya, you will ensure product quality and support innovation by conducting baking tests, monitoring performance, handling non-conformities, and providing technical support for new product development. You will contribute to increasing sales of Lesaffre yeasts and ingredients, through market knowledge.

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Responsibilities

• Conduct comparative yeast tests and regular baking trials
• Control the quality of improvers, mixes, and release agents before market release
• Report non-conformities and follow up on deviations
• Maintain records and quality reports
• Ensure high hygiene standards in the baking lab
• Suggest continuous improvement ideas
• Handle customer complaints and prepare technical reports
• Support R&D teams in product development projects
• Assist the sales team with industrial, craft, and in-store clients
• Identify customer needs and turn them into technical projects
• Collaborate with bakers and formulators on product development
• Lead technical trainings and product demonstrations
• Report visits and trials in the CRM system
• Share field feedback with internal teams
• Present results and recommendations to clients

Qualifications

• Diploma or bachelor’s degree in food science or in the bakery industry. Experience in craft baking, product testing, industrial bread production and laboratory analysis

Technical Skills : 

• Strong knowledge of confectionery and cake decoration
• knowledge and practices of the Kenyan breadmaking market 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

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