Baking Technician

Job Description

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.

Your missions : 

• Running yeast comparative test
• Carrying out baking test from time to time for bread improvers, mixes, and release agents to ascertain the quality of the final product before release to the market
• Reporting any non-conformance or deviations in analysis and baking test
• Maintaining records and preparing statistical reports to evaluate quality performance and sharing with respective department
• Maintaining high hygiene standards in baking lab
• Suggesting any ideas for continuous improvement in baking lab and process in general
• Dealing with complaint and preparing report to respective department
• Giving technical support to the formulator for NPD

Qualifications

• Diploma or bachelor’s degree in food science or in the bakery industry. Laboratory experience and testing ability.

Technical Skills : 

• Strong knowledge of confectionery and cake decoration
• Understanding the needs of the market & customer
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Soft Skills : 

• Ability to prioritize daily activities to meet client/internal needs within established timelines in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to monitor and report on assigned tasks, goals, and objectives
• Listening to different perspectives and showing flexibility
• Ability to work with different personalities/teams, build collaboration and consensus
• Customer oriented ideology