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Flavorist - Senior

Buckinghamshire, England, GB  
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Job ID 5319 Date posted 02/25/2025 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

Flavorist - Senior

Buckinghamshire, England, GB  
Job ID 5319 Date posted February 24, 2025 Job Category Research and Development

At Sensient Technologies, we are experts in the science, art and innovation of colours and flavours. We are market-savvy and visionary. We are problem solvers. And we will be better with you.

We are looking for an innovative, detailed and passionate Senior Flavorist to be part of the EU Savory Category in Sensient Flavors Europe. We offer you a great opportunity to take your career to the next level with us! You will be creating unique solutions for the food industry and will be involved in the formulation side of innovative new technologies. You will take the lead to efficiently and successfully complete projects starting with creative development, through to pilot plant application trials, and finally into the manufacturing department.

What you'll do:

  • Develop liquid, spray dry, reaction, and long flavors to meet customer guidelines/business needs.
  • Work closely with Application teams to deliver winning concepts to our customers.
  • Successfully execute Flavor Matching projects.
  • Actively participate in the Flavorist Training Program modules.
  • Support plant/procurement as part of cross-functional teams.

What you'll bring:

  • A Bachelor's degree in Chemistry or Food Science/Technology is preferred but not essential.
  • Successful completion of SFC or internal equivalent certification exam.
  • Experience as a certified flavorist.
  • Self-motivation, creativity, and a high attention to detail.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication, with a proven history of success in presentations and communications with personnel of diverse technological backgrounds.

What you'll get:

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

About Sensient: 

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.

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.

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