CAREERS

Ajinomoto Omnichem is 1 company, part of Ajinomoto since 1989, serving 4 brands, on 6 locations, enthusiastically driven by 1200 colleagues.

Vacancies

Jobs in Belgium

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Recruitment process

Apply

You find an interesting job vacancy? Apply!
You didn’t find your dream job yet?
Apply through an open application!

Reviewing your resume

After reviewing your application, you will receive more feedback within 2 weeks.

Phone conversation

If we find your application interesting, we will contact you to have an initial conversation by phone.

Time to meet!

After a positive phone screening we will invite you to our office to have a face-to-face interview.

Next steps

Depending on the job type, we organise a second interview or you will have a site tour. For some functions we organise an external Assessment Center.

Get feedback from us

We will provide you with feedback during the different steps of the hiring process.

Contract proposal

If we offer you a contract proposal, we will invite you to talk through the specifics and answer any questions you might have.

Welcome!

The HR team, your line manager and colleagues give you a warm welcome on your first day!

Helping to Improve the WELL-BEING of Humankind

Do you want to know what drives us every day working for Ajinomoto?

Our purpose & vision

At Ajinomoto Omnichem our purpose is to contribute to the well-being of all human beings, our society and our planet by science. Our ultimate goal is to provide adaptive solutions, responsive service, trusted partnerships and peace of mind to our customers.

The success of our company is based on our profound application knowhow for tannins, biostimulants, co-formulants and amino acids, in combination with a deep expertise in organic & green chemistry, incl. extraction technologies and access to fermentation.

We are committed to supplying the highest quality products and services with a focus on sustainability.

Our values

In order to achieve our company vision and mission, we identified 6 company values: Customer Focus, Innovation, Accountability, Communication, Compliance & Teamwork.
These values are inspiring, motivational and aspirational as they are the intrinsic elements that underpin the behaviour and mindset of our co-workers. It is important to recognise that these values aren’t just written words at Ajinomoto Omnichem. We consistently communicate and share them to ensure that they are well understood and integrated into our daily lives.

Our History:

Ajinomoto Omnichem has a long history of providing high quality products and services in Belgium and beyond. Since our beginnings, our goals have not changed, we continue to be dedicated to serving our customers, employees and the communities where we operate.

2024

Ajinomoto Omnichem launches 2 new brands, i.e. Ajinomoto Agro Solutions as well as Ajinomoto Sustainable Solutions

2024

Both the next continuous flow installation for green manufacturing on industrial scale, as well as the oligonucleotide manufacturing based on the AJIPHASE ® technology on industrial scale becomes operational in Belgium.

2023

The doubling of the capacity of the site in Vizag-India becomes operational.

2022

Ajinomoto Omnichem becomes 100% owner of the sites in Valencia and Montaverner, and thus of the biostimulants business.

2021

We finalized the debottlenecking of our operations in Belgium. New OEB4/5 facilities, as well as new development labs for early phase and green chemistry became operational.

2020

Ajinomoto Omnichem becomes 100% owner of the site in Vizag-India.

2018

Ajinomoto Omnichem Pharmaceutical Fine Chemical division joins Ajinomoto Althea in the US to create Ajinomoto Bio-Pharma Services, a fully integrated, global CDMO for large and small molecules.

Agrochemicals, Botanical extraction and Amino Sciences remain a part of Ajinomoto Omnichem.

2017

Continuous flow technology launches at Wetteren site.

In 2017 we acquired a majority stake in the Spanish company Agro2Agri S.L., a Spanish agrochemical consortium specialized in the production and marketing of bio stimulants.

2016

High Potency API capabilities expansion takes place at the Wetteren site.

2014

Granules Omnichem in India begins API and intermediate manufacturing operations.

2012

The Wetteren site expands its synthesis capabilities to include highly potent (OEB 5) API and cryogenic manufacturing.

2011

Ajinomoto Omnichem and Granules India form a 50:50 JV to manufacture APIs in India.

2004

Ajinomoto’s Amino Science Division is incorporated into the newly named S.A. Ajinomoto Omnichem N.V.

1996

API and intermediate production at the Balen site begins.

1993

A collaboration between Omnichem and Ajinomoto leads to a sterile production unit for amino acids.

1989

Omnichem is acquired by Ajinomoto Co., Inc.

1988

The Balen site, specializing in nitration activities and agrochemicals, is incorporated into Omnichem.

1980

Omnichem is created with the merging of the Wetteren site and Omnium Chimique (in Louvain-La-Neuve), a company specializing in alkaloid chemistry for the pharmaceutical industry.

1975

Production of synthetic intermediates and bulk actives for the pharmaceutical industry begins.

1946

Manufacturing activities switches to tannic acid and botanical extractions.

1778

Black powder manufacture authorized to begin at current Wetteren site.