R&D Assistant (m/f/d)

Permanent employee, Full-time · Zurich

Role description

At Senovia, we fuse our long-standing reputation with a continual push for progress. A rapidly expanding company in the flavour industry, Arethia specialises in delivering innovative taste solutions and co-creating products that consumers love. For more than 70 years, Arethia has been known for its close collaboration with customers and the highest quality standards. With over 250 employees spread across Germany, Switzerland, Dubai, and Indonesia, we aim to shape the future of flavours with a culture that values agility, transparency, and talent.

At our R&D headquarters in Horgen, we are looking for an organised and proactive Administrative R&D Assistant to support the Head of R&D and the wider research team.This role is essential in ensuring the smooth operation of the R&D department by managing administrative tasks, coordinating internal communications, and supporting project documentation and the KPI process.

Your Mission

Project coordination and administration: Assist and support Head of R&D.
Workplace safety: Assist in documenting, implementing and monitoring procedures and policies.
Global R&D SOP and WOW: Translate, verify, or elaborate and implement process documents.
Portfolio and knowledge management: Support R&D IT Projects.
Flavour catalogues: Support Application Manager and Product and Portfolio Manager with the compilation of technical information.
Collaboration: Productive collaboration with Procurement, Quality Assurance and other internal departments.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Science, or a related field.
Experience in an administrative or coordinator role, preferably in a scientific or technical environment.
Strong organizational and multitasking skills with attention to detail.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to work independently and handle sensitive information with professionalism.

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Science, or a related field.
Experience in an administrative or coordinator role, preferably in a scientific or technical environment.
Strong organizational and multitasking skills with attention to detail.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to work independently and handle sensitive information with professionalism.

Why you'll love working here

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Science, or a related field.
Experience in an administrative or coordinator role, preferably in a scientific or technical environment.
Strong organizational and multitasking skills with attention to detail.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to work independently and handle sensitive information with professionalism.

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About us

Senovia is an internationally oriented, globally leading, medium-sized company in the chemical industry, specialized in the development and production of flavors. For over 65 years, we have been developing customized product solutions in collaboration with our customers from our location near Hamburg. As an expanding and agile company with a highly motivated team, we are continuously growing and looking for new team members.

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We look forward to hearing from you!

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