Application Specialist - Dairy Formulations (Cheese, Yoghurt & Beverages)

Application Specialist - Dairy Formulations (Cheese, Yoghurt & Beverages) Westland Milk Products, part of the Yili Oceania group, produces high-quality dairy products for global markets and is focused on becoming a world-class health food provider. We are seeking an experienced Application Specialist – Dairy Formulations to join our Innovation team and support dairy applications across cheese, yoghurt and beverages. This customer-facing technical role partners with Sales, Marketing, Innovation, Quality and Manufacturing to support B2B customers, lead trials, troubleshoot formulations and convert technical opportunities into commercial outcomes. About the role As Application Specialist, you will translate dairy ingredient functionality into practical, high-performing formulations, supporting customer demos, prototypes, troubleshooting and tailored solutions. You will also feed application insights into the Innovation pipeline, helping guide ingredient development, formulation optimisation and future customer opportunities. What you’ll be doing Partnering with Sales and Product Managers to progress technical sales opportunities. Leading customer trials, demonstrations and workshops across cheese, yoghurt and beverages. Developing prototype formulations and benchmark samples for customer briefs. Troubleshooting application challenges such as texture, stability, flavour and processing issues. Creating technical sales materials, including guides, recipes, FAQs, demo kits and prototypes. Supporting sensory evaluation, competitor benchmarking and market application insights. Ensuring application work aligns with regulatory, quality and food safety requirements. About you You will bring practical dairy formulation experience, ideally across cheese, yoghurt and/or beverages, with the confidence to work directly with customers and turn technical concepts into commercial solutions. You will also have: Hands-on product development or customer-facing technical support experience. Strong knowledge of dairy ingredients, stabilisers, hydrocolloids, emulsifiers and cultures. Understanding of processing technologies such as mixing, homogenisation, pasteurisation, UHT, fermentation and aseptic filling. Strong communication skills and confidence engaging with technical and commercial stakeholders. A practical, organised and solutions-focused approach. This is a unique opportunity to combine dairy science, customer innovation and commercial growth while supporting global dairy ingredient opportunities across cheese, yoghurt and beverage applications. You will join a collaborative Innovation team that values excellence, accountability, innovation, partnerships and respect. If you are a technically strong dairy formulation specialist who enjoys customer engagement, problem-solving and turning ingredient capability into commercial success, we would love to hear from you. #J-18808-Ljbffr