Head of Food Science

"Play a decisive role in shaping the future of Kly and our mission to tackle food waste!"

We are KLY. We are a swiss upcycling start-up founded at the end of 2021, with the vision to tackle food waste by eliminating resource inefficiencies in global grain production and inciting a transition to a more sustainable food market! The problem that we are tackling is that current food production is just not sustainable at all. One major factor is food waste, as there is a severe lack of sustainability with 30% of all food being produced going uneaten, as for example wheat bran. At Kly we use fermentation to upcycle wheat bran into sustainable and healthy plant-based ingredients for all layers of society. To achieve the desired real-life impact, we want to create different food-waste-based ingredients that will fit into our own products as well as product collaborations with sustainably-minded and forward-thinking food manufacturers. For this next phase of growth, we are searching for a motivated, hard-working, and fun food scientist like YOU to complement the existing Kly team starting in autumn 2022!

Tasks

Your mission:

● You are the driving force behind the development and scale-up of the production of fermented plant-based food products by setting the strategic and tactical direction of the food science department as well as the hands-on implementation thereof.

● You build an extraordinary food science team that designs and prototypes innovative, bran-based upcycled products that our large industrial customers truly love

● You co-develop the setting of and delivery on Kly’s food science and technology development roadmap in line with our vision to move towards a more sustainable food market

● You support the design & establishment of a state of the art fermentation value chain to upscale & manufacture foodtech innovations, which includes identifying and implementing the needed equipment for fermentation innovations.

● You enable tech transfer to research institutions, contract manufacturers and other partners.

Requirements

What you bring with you:

● You have a MSc or PhD in the field of Food Science, preferably expert know-how in fermentation, food biotechnology and/or microbiology.

● You are fluent in English or German, both written and spoken

● You have a profound technical and scientific knowledge of and proven hands-on experience in industrial food fermentations on pilot- or manufacturing-scale and the development thereof

● You are experienced in scientific prototyping as well as the subsequent upscaling of the fermentation process, including the co-development of a sustainable value chain

● You have team-leading abilities, are able to identify know-how gaps in your team and fill them with suitable candidates

● You remain solution-oriented, positive and accountable even in the face of unplanned hurdles

● You are a creative, hands-on and independent self-starter who is naturally curious and enjoys working in a fast-paced environment

● You honestly are dedicated to having a real-world impact by revolutionizing the food industry and making the world a little bit better

Nice-To-Haves:

● You are ideally based in Zurich

● You already have gained work experience in product development in the dynamic environment of a food start-up

● You are willing to travel abroad for specific projects

Benefits

What we are offering you:

● The steepest learning curve of your life. There are no limits to your development with us as we encourage you to be creative and start your own experiments!

● The chance to play a decisive role in shaping the future of Kly and responsibility and autonomy of work from day one

● The ability to build an extraordinary team filled with talented, like-minded people with the same mission to tackle food waste

● Flexible and hybrid working hours in a fun and open-minded environment without limiting hierarchies and vacations when you want or need them

● Actually owning a part of Kly through equity in our fast-growing start-up ready to disrupt the food industry

So, do you feel like becoming an integral part of our core team?

Please send us your CV and join the exciting journey at KLY!

We are looking forward to meeting you,

Kly

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