Fermantation Specialist

Company Description

At Lesaffre, we are driven every day by a common mission: working together to better nourish and protect the planet. Join us.

Lesaffre, which is a global reference in the yeast industry with its more than 170 years of accumulated knowledge, has been transmitting its international experience to Turkish bakery industry since 1992.
We unite the Lesaffre experience with our wide-spectrum user population by means of our over 600 employees and our production facilities, including our production facility in Lüleburgaz, which we have incorporated into our structure in 2015, in addition to our production facilities in Ceyhan and in Amasya, which have been in use since 1992, the year we started operating in Turkey.
We work to become the closest business partner of our users with the help of our brands which specifically address diverse needs. For bakers and home users, we produce yeast in different forms. In addition to yeast, we also provide baking solutions like bread improvers, bread mixes, and blends to bakery sector. The products that we produce are used with confidence in more than 80 countries, including Turkey.
In order to be able to fulfill our social responsibilities regarding the environment and our society by means of our R&D activities, we annually allocate approximately 30% of our industrial investments to policies on the protection of the environment.
As the key player of the global bread industry, our vision is ‘to delight people with innovative bread making and nutrition solutions for a better planet’. And our mission of ‘working together to better nourish and protect the planet’ carries Lesaffre to the future.

Job Description

Would you like to join us as a team member to manage and improve fermentation processes? Based at our Lüleburgaz facility, the Fermentation Specialist will optimize fermentation operations to support production goals and ensure compliance with quality and safety standards. In this role, you will oversee the production processes of fermentation products, coordinate team activities, and contribute to process improvement projects. You will motivate your team, support their development, and deliver solutions to enhance the efficiency of production processes.

• Ensuring timely and appropriate quality production by the production program,
• To intervene in production recipes (recipe) according to laboratory results and quality parameters,
• To control the use of energy and raw materials within the scope of the consumption budget. Monitoring and reporting the use of raw molasses on a weekly and monthly basis,
• To make reports according to production and senior management requests and to follow the update process,
• To prepare recipes for the production of the desired product within the scope of new product trials, to test these recipes, and to report the results of the trials,
• Carrying out studies to improve quality, increase production, and reduce costs,
• To realize colleagues' training processes and follow up on their development, to ensure that the performance system is carried out effectively, and to support them,
• To support the progress of the project in the investments related to the department,
• To take an active role in realized projects.

Qualifications

• Graduated from Chemical Engineering or Food Engineering departments of universities,
• Have an excellent command of spoken and written English and Turkish,
• Good command of Office programs, especially advanced Excel skills,
• Preferably able to use Sap and QDMS programs effectively,
• Effective internal communication and effective collaboration with other departments,
• Ability to carry out effective planning and organization processes with other teams,
• Very good work follow-up skills, experienced in work prioritization processes,
• Will be able to carry out reporting processes,
• High level of detail and attention,
• Preferably with team management experience,
• Analytical thinking and solution-oriented will adapt to teamwork,
• Conscious of occupational health and safety and food safety processes.

Additional Information

What do we offer?

• Feeling valued and rewarded: Transportation, meal allowances and mobile phone, laptop are provided for the duration of your employment with Lesaffre
• We care about your health; private health insurance package for you
• Personal growth & challenging work with endless opportunities: to learn, to innovate, and to grow as one Lesaffre team
• Developing yourself with global "Lesaffre Academy" (LEA) opportunities
• Participating in regional and global projects 

Contact: [email protected]
Please note that this role requires Turkish language.