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Application Scientist

Buckinghamshire, England, GB  
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Job ID 4520 Date posted 08/28/2024 Category Research and Development

Who are we? Customer-focused experts. Entrepreneurial thinkers. Creative collaborators. Headquartered in the United States, Sensient Technologies Corporation is a leading global manufacturer and marketer of colors, flavors, and extracts. Our Research and Development teams shape the future by developing and applying specialized systems, ingredients, and proprietary technologies that bring to life our customers’ food, personal care, and pharmaceutical products.

Who are you? A big thinker who knows how to get results. Every day in Research and Development will bring a new opportunity to put your curiosity and knowledge to use.

Join our Innovation team, and you will use your scientific and technological investigation skills to develop state-of-the-art ingredients and revolutionary formulations and technologies. You will be part of a global network of Sensient scientists who make original contributions to new product developments around the world.

Join our Applications Team, and you will partner with our customers in our labs and at their facilities to achieve their vision, solve their challenges, and bring innovative products to market. You will work face to face with customers large and small, from multinationals with the world’s best-known brands, to cutting-edge startups.

Whether in Innovation or Applications, you will grow personally and professionally while doing exciting international work as part of our winning culture.

  • Job Type: Full Time
  • Job Level: Entry, Mid, Senior
  • Travel : Depends on Role
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success profile

We are looking for Applications and Innovation team members who are:

  • Results-focused
  • Collaborative
  • Skilled communicators
  • Analytically rigorous
  • Detail-oriented
  • Intensely curious

Your journey

career path

  • Lab Technician
  • Application Scientist (multiple levels)
  • Technical Service Manager (multiple levels)
  • Technical Director
  • Senior Technical Director or
  • Innovation Intern
  • Innovation Associate (multiple levels)
  • Innovation Scientist (multiple levels)
  • Innovations Manager

cultural points

The Sensient Six are the core values that drive us in our mission.

  • Entrepreneurial
  • Customer focused
  • Develop self and others
  • Collaborative
  • Results driven
  • Know your job
My job gives me the unique opportunity to develop products that I feel passionate about. Being part of an international team, with access to so much know-how and the most innovative technologies, encourages me every day to do my best and to drive innovation.
Lisa Innovation Manager, Germany

Application Scientist

Buckinghamshire, England, GB  
Job ID 4520 Date posted August 27, 2024 Job Category Research and Development

This position will assist in the development and creation of high quality market ready products showcasing the Sensient range of unique and innovative flavours and extracts. A successful Application Technologist will have the practical skills, creativity and knowledge to create & produce a wide range of sweet products across dairy, bakery & confectionery categories using Sensient flavors, colours and ingredients. 

The Jobholder will have some understanding of the complex nature of the interactions between flavors, ingredients, colours and manufacturing processes used in the bakery, dairy, confectionery & beverage industries and will be able to exploit this knowledge, translating it into great tasting market viable products that exceed the customer’s expectations. The ability to rapidly understand and act / respond upon customer’s feedback are vital for the jobholder to be successful. 

What you’ll do:

  • Hands on laboratory work to create new sweet products that are of a high market-ready standard
  • Responsible for daily flavour and colour selections that meet customer, technical, regulatory & commercial requirements. 
  • Responsible for raw materials stock management & general lab technician duties 
  • Work with sales & marketing departments to be ahead of latest food trends & be able to creatively apply these trends into application products. 
  • Contribute to the local, regional & global product flavour libraries ensuring information is accurate & up to date 
  • To provide support to the European Account Managers for technical customer presentations. This may include some European travel. 
  • Maintain a safe, clean and organized laboratory environment, in accordance with our health and safety policies. 

What you’ll bring: 

  • BSc in Food Science or similar scientific remit. 
  • Competence in the scope of flavors, colours, ingredients, manufacturing processes and regulations of the bakery, dairy, confectionery and beverage industries. 
  • Practical lab and culinary skills to make food products. 
  • Creative Flair to be able to create new ideas for products for customer presentations 
  • The ability to communicate with people of all levels, both written and verbally and attention to detail.
  • Experience in a food applications lab, preferably focused on Sweet market categories 
  • Strong Project management skills.  

What you'll get:

  • Opportunity to collaborate with your colleagues, onsite 5 days per week 
  • An excellent salary, benefit offering and development opportunities 
  • A thorough and effective training experience during onboarding and beyond 

ABOUT SENSIENT FLAVORS: 

Sensient Flavors offers innovative, global taste solutions and specialized flavor delivery systems that help bring life to your food and beverage products. Our leading-edge technologies reflect our core philosophies to be dynamic and innovative and to add value to your applications. 

ABOUT SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION: 

Sensient Technologies Corporation is a leading global manufacturer and marketer of colors, flavors, and extracts. Sensient employs advanced technologies at facilities around the world to develop specialty food and beverage systems, cosmetic and pharmaceutical systems, specialty colors, and other specialty and fine chemicals. The Company's customers include major international manufacturers representing most of the world's best-known brands. 

We are an equal opportunities employer. http://www.sensient.com

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