Junior Liquid Developer / NPD Technologist
An award-winning international spirits company dedicated to distilling and crafting the world’s best alcohol brands for consumers and customers globally, Quintessential Brands is the name behind gins such as Bloom, Greenall’s and Opihr and The Dubliner Whiskey. Producing new drinks for consumers to enjoy is at the forefront of what we do and we're now looking for a Junior Liquid Developer to join our NPD team and help to bring those new ideas to the supermarket shelves.
A Flavour of the Job
This is a new and exciting role in our Liquid Development team. The successful candidate will learn how to create spirits, liqueurs, ready to serve and non-alcoholic liquids and the training and development we'll provide you with will teach you how recipes are formulated and also give you an understanding of the legalities around spirit production. You'll work closely with the liquid development team to understand the requirements for new liquids, maintaining the day-to-day cycle of liquid development and developing a confidence in organoleptic skills.
But this role isn't about making (and tasting) gin all day, you'll need to maintain accurate records and customer specifications, assist with investigating issues found during the trial phase, manage liquid development resources and support the team in managing customer samples. Above all, you'll act as an ambassador for the craft of distilling, conducting plant tours and sharing your passion for spirits.
A Taste of the Business
We are a unique blend, a 9 year-old business with a 250 year heritage, a pioneering company with ambitions to grow and share our passion for spirits with generations to come. We’re not perfect, we still have processes and systems to implement and improve and as a company we operate in a lean and agile way, but we are getting there. Joining QB (as we’re known to our friends) is a unique opportunity to roll your sleeves up, get stuck in and really help to shape the business as we expand. Are you up for the challenge?
A Bit About You
- You'll have a nose for a good idea, literally! The ability to translate customer briefs in to samples that are the expected flavour profiles is an essential part of this role so strong organoleptic skills (that's sensory skills to you and me) are key.
- You'll be curious, creative and innovative with a technical, methodical mindset and love of problem solving.
- Communication is key. You'll feel comfortable dealing with people at all levels and putting your ideas across in a clear and concise way.
So if you want to join a fast paced business with ambitions to grow (and a great staff shop), apply today!
- Team
- Innovation
- Locations
- G&J Distillers (Warrington)
- Yearly salary
- 22000 GBP
- Employment type
- Full-time
Our Culture - The Essence of Quintessential Brands
We're an 'all hands on deck' kind of place where you'll have the opportunity to get involved in end to end projects, implement systems and process. We're fast, agile and entrepreneurial but, most importantly, our people are at the heart of what we do.
While we do work hard, we do it with a sense of fun, pride and passion that you won't find anywhere else.
Are you never shaken and very rarely stirred? More Cosmopolitan than Old Fashioned? Approach everything you do with a dash of creativity and a squeeze of positivity? Then we need you!
About Quintessential Brands Group
Established in 2011, Quintessential Brands Group is one of the most successful spirits companies to emerge from the UK in the last decade. The company offers a complete range of services and products to its customers across the world; producing and distributing some of the world's most-loved spirits brands, including Greenall's, the Original London Dry Gin, Opihr Spiced Gin and BLOOM Gin, as well as developing and producing some of the most commercially successful retailer brands of recent years for trade customers, and co-packing for some of the world’s most well-known spirits brands.
Recognised by the industry as International Spirits Challenge Gin Distiller of the Year five times in the last six years, Quintessential Brands is renowned for its unrivalled gin distilling capabilities heritage dating back to 1761 and is emerging as one of the most dynamic new entrants in the Irish whiskey market with the Dublin Liberties Distillery. With world-class product development and manufacturing at four world-class production sites across Europe and an award-winning premium brand portfolio comprised of English Gins, Irish Whiskeys, Irish Creams and Liqueurs, Quintessential Brands is committed to being the indispensable spirits partner of choice to its customers across the world, with customers and insights at the heart of everything we do.
Junior Liquid Developer / NPD Technologist
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