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Non Alcoholic Beverage Applications Manager

Hoffman Estates, IL, US  
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Job ID 4650 Date posted 08/10/2024 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

Non Alcoholic Beverage Applications Manager

Hoffman Estates, IL, US  
Job ID 4650 Date posted August 8, 2024 Job Category Research and Development

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

We are looking for a Beverage Applications Manager (Non-Alcoholic) to join our team. You will manage the non-alcoholic beverage team of application scientists and develop high quality applications for our customers. As a key member of the Sensient team, you will be required to push boundaries and innovate onsite at our Hoffman Estates campus, 5 days per week. 

What you will do: 

  • Manage, coach and develop a high performing team while fostering a collaborative environment.
  • Manage complex projects which includes leading beverage applications and prototype development in products coupled with providing excellent flavor applications support for Non-Alcoholic Beverage Customers.
  • Interface with customers, Research & Development teams, and assist in responding to specific project requests with a sense of urgency.
  • Investigate and assess new ingredients and technologies.
  • Assist and leverage the development of new flavors/ingredients and new methodologies and contribute to technically driven business development activities in the Non-Alcoholic Beverage applications area.

What you will bring:

  • 10+ year of experience in the food and/or flavor industry including 3+ years of beverage applications in a flavor house and/or beverage product development within a consumer products company.
  • 2+ years of management experience, with history of motivating and developing teams and building high-performing organizations.
  • Strong experience with beverage flavors and finished product development which includes knowledge of beverage industry ingredients, manufacturing processes, quality assurance programs and food regulations.
  • Superior project management skills with a track record of achieving results in a fast-moving, complex environment. 
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Food Science/Technology, or a related field.

What you will get: 

  • An opportunity to make a direct impact upon a large and complex business within a global organization.
  • An excellent salary, benefit offering and development opportunities.
  • A thorough and effective training experience during onboarding and beyond.
  • To be a key member of the Non-Alcoholic Beverage Applications management team.
  • Opportunity to work with an innovative team in a fast-paced collaborative environment.

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. 

Third Party Agency: 

Any unsolicited submissions received from recruitment agencies will be considered property of Sensient Technologies, and we will not be liable for any fees or obligations related to those submissions. 

Sensient is an Equal Opportunity Employer, headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. 

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