Application Specialist - Food Ingredient
Lantmännen Biorefineries AB · Norrköping · 6 månader eller längre · Deadline 2026-11-22
Lantmännen Biorefineries AB is seeking an **Application Specialist - Food Ingredient** for a **temporary position covering parental leave**, with the possibility of extension. Working with ingredients derived from oats, wheat, and peas, the specialist acts as a technical expert connecting products with real-world food applications. Core responsibilities include developing and optimizing ingredient formulations, designing and executing functional evaluation trials, and leading projects from initial concept through prototyping to commercialization. The role also provides customer support through demonstrations and technical troubleshooting, evaluates analytical data, identifies opportunities from food trends, and collaborates across sales, production, quality, and product development while maintaining compliance with food safety regulations. Candidates should hold a **BSc or MSc in Food Science or Food Technology**, or possess substantial hands-on experience in food application development alongside deep expertise in ingredient functionality and food systems, particularly regarding meat and dairy analogues. Experience in product development, technical service, application development, or ingredient innovation is required, as is knowledge of food processing, GMP, quality systems, laboratory practices, and R&D project management. Excellent English communication skills are essential, while Swedish is considered an advantage. Final selection involves assessments, competency interviews, a background check, and alcohol and drug testing.
Help Shape the Future of Sustainable Food
At Lantmännen Biorefineries, we develop sustainable ingredients from oats, wheat, and peas that help shape the future of food. As an Application Specialist, you will apply your expertise in ingredient functionality and food systems to develop food applications that demonstrate the full potential of our ingredient portfolio. Combining scientific expertise, creativity, and a hands-on approach, you will turn ideas into practical applications that create value for customers and support business growth. This is a temporary position covering parental leave, with the possibility of extension
This is what you will do
You will be the technical expert connecting our ingredients with real-world food applications.
Your responsibilities include:
- Developing and optimizing applications for existing and new food ingredients.
- Designing and conducting trials to evaluate product functionality and performance.
- Supporting customer projects through technical guidance, demonstrations, and troubleshooting.
- Leading application-related projects from concept through prototyping and commercialization.
- Evaluating analytical results and translating insights into product recommendations.
- Identifying new opportunities through customer feedback, market insights, and emerging food trends.
- Collaborating with Sales, Product Development, Production, and Quality teams to deliver successful solutions.
- Ensuring compliance with food safety, quality, and regulatory requirements.
This is what you need to succeed
You have:
- BSc or MSc in Food Science or Food Technology. We also welcome candidates with substantial hands-on experience in food application development, and deep expertise in ingredient functionality and food systems, especially within the field of dairy and meat analogues.
- Experience in application development, product development, technical service, or food ingredient innovation.
- Knowledge of food ingredients, functionality, and food processing.
- R&D project management capabilities.
- Knowledge of GMP, quality systems, and laboratory practices.
- Excellent communication skills in English. Swedish is an advantage.
You are:
You combine a strong scientific mindset with practical food application expertise. Whether your expertise has been gained through formal education or hands-on experience, you understand the relationship between food ingredients, processing, structure, texture, and product performance. You can translate this knowledge into food products with the right texture, stability, and eating experience. You are systematic and analytical, while remaining practical and results-oriented in your approach. You use logical thinking and sound judgement to solve problems and drive projects forward efficiently. You are curious and open-minded, yet grounded and pragmatic You balance technical depth with practical execution, delivering results effectively without waiting for every detail to be fully understood
You share our values - Openness, Holistic view, Drive - and our promise of taking responsibility from Field to Fork.
What we offer you
At Lantmännen, sustainability, innovation, and long-term thinking are at the heart of everything we do. We offer an opportunity to work with industry-leading ingredients, contribute to the future of food, and grow within an international group that is continuously investing in innovation and people development.
That is how we make it matter, from field to fork.
Sounds interesting?
We hope so! You can apply for the position online by attaching your CV or LinkedIn profile. To ensure a more objective and inclusive recruitment process, we ask you to answer a number of screening questions as part of your application instead of submitting a cover letter.
The recruitment process includes assessments and competency-based interviews. For the final candidate, a background check as well as alcohol and drug testing will be conducted.
We look forward to receiving your application!
Lantmännen is an agricultural cooperative and Northern Europe’s leader in agriculture, bioenergy and food products. Owned by 17,000 Swedish farmers, Lantmännen has more than 10,000 employees, operations in over 20 countries and an annual turnover of SEK 60 billion. With grain at the heart of the operations, Lantmännen refine arable land resources to make farming thrive. Some of Lantmännen’s best-known food brands are AXA, Kungsörnen, Scan, GoGreen, FINN CRISP, Schulstad and Vaasan. The company is founded on the knowledge and values acquired through generations of farmers. By engaging in research, development and operations throughout the value chain, Lantmännen takes responsibility from field to fork.
Lantmännen Biorefineries is the only large scale producer and supplier of grain-based fuel ethanol in Sweden and is owned by Lantmännen. The company offers attractive, profitable and sustainable protein, ethanol and carbon dioxide products that are produced in a responsible way. The plants are located in Norrköping and Lidköping. Biorefineries has approximately 300 co-workers and an annual turnover of almost SEK 4,5 billion.
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