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Bon Vivant is France’s pioneering fermentation-based dairy products company. Our mission is to accelerate transition to a greener and more human tomorrow. Thanks to our technology we can create tasty, nutritious, and functional dairy products without using animals.We are building an international team of dairy products lovers that want to reinvent the food industry. Bon Vivant is a venture-backed, fast-growing company and following our seed round we are looking for a Food Scientist Senior (M/F) in Lyon to contribute to the development of Bon Vivant's protein ingredients. What You Will Be Doing

• Demonstrating the functional properties of Bon Vivant ingredients through the development of suitable analytical methods, through food applications and in particular cheese applications (characterization of functional properties, development of food applications (formulations/processes) adapted to BV ingredients, recommendations for specific implementation of ingredients)
• Leading research and development work on the suitability of recombinant milk proteins for food processing (design of experiments, and reporting of results)
• To transfer expertise in food science (in particular the structure-function-application aspects) to the R&D teams in charge of the upstream engineering of strains or USP/DSP, in order to objectify the selection of proteins of interest and their manufacturing processes
• Generate intellectual property around these missions to build the competitive advantages of Bon Vivant
• Supporting sale teams and management in promoting proteins to customers (technical and marketing support, proof of concept)
• Transpose customer requests into laboratory and pilot experiments
• Carry out studies and technological monitoring in the alternative proteins sector

About You

• You are passionate about Bon Vivant’s mission
• You have +6 years of experience in the dairy industry/ ideally in cheese production
• You are fluent in French and English both written and spoken
• Clear attention to detail and personal drive to produce consistently accurate work PhD Food science, specialization in Dairy Science with a focus on physical chemistry/biochemistry/process engineering (PhD "application" in partnership with a company, ideally through a CIFRE or in a research program involving an industrial/application component)

What We Offer

• A competitive salary and participation in Bon Vivant’s ESOP (Employee Stock Option Plan)
• A caring company culture with a dual mission i) to build the future of the dairy industry ii) to attract and develop exceptional people

In concert with our culture, Bon Vivant includes everyone and that means embracing the strengths of diversity, connectedness, and inclusion. Through conscientious efforts, we celebrate cultures, perspectives, and experiences from all over the world to support our platform that is built for all regardless of race, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, age, neurodiversity, disability status, citizenship, veteran status or any other aspect which makes an individual unique or protected by laws and regulations in the locations where we operate. Thus, Bon Vivant is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace, and we commit to continue this throughout our processes for recruitment, compensation, benefits, performance, promotion, and all other conditions and terms of employment.