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Innovation Scientist, Personal Care Asia

Singapore, SG
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Job ID 4495 Date posted 06/28/2024 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

Innovation Scientist, Personal Care Asia

Singapore, SG  
Job ID 4495 Date posted June 27, 2024 Job Category Research and Development

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

Are you interested in natural colors and you believe environment friendly and natural ingredients are the future? Come and join our team of experts in sensorial ingredients to develop our NPD program for natural colorants and pigments.

We are seeking for a self-motivated and driven Innovation Scientist for our Personal Care and Specialty Market (PCSM) Asia business unit. You will be working with a team of experts from Sensient and all over the world to deploy their technologies from food, flavor and beverage to cosmetics and industrial applications. In this role, you will report to PCSM Asia Innovation and Product Manager, integrate a team of experts to drive our Natural Color R&D platform for Cosmetic Division. 

What you’ll do: 

  • Build the sourcing, biomass selection for natural colors, and extraction processes knowledge inside Sensient, in collaboration with other BUs and Group, with emphasis on upcycling if possible or with our agronomist to develop internal biomasses
  • Following marketing priorities, Initiates innovation projects for natural cosmetic color taking in account ISO 16128 standard, cost efficiency, manufacturing processes, formulation lab, regulatory, quality & IP constraints.
  • Develop new technologies to use and stabilize in cosmetic application the natural colors extracted from Biomass (R&D and pilot scale) and help to industrialize the process with our scale up Engineers.
  • Capacity to conduct or assist analytical validation and characterization in order to assess new natural colors with cosmetic potential.
  • Evaluate, analyze and interpret data and results with the help of Sensient application experts in skin care, make-up, hair care & color and toiletries applications. If necessary, improve quality of the new ingredients until they achieve the required level of performance. 

What you’ll bring: 

  • Master Degree, PhD or equivalent in the field of chemistry from an accredited university required. 
  • Minimum 5 years of experience in analytical methods, extraction, process, knowledge in natural color and / or in cosmetic is a plus
  • Fluent in English and ideally fluent in Chinese
  • Hands on laboratory work
  • Ability to work in a structured and diligent manner with a high degree of precision. 
  • Drive project work to completion in a timely manner to support business objectives. 
  • Proactivity, organization, curiosity, sense of responsibility and ability to work independently and in a global team. 

What you’ll get:   

  • Comprehensive and competitive remuneration package.
  • Plentiful career development opportunities at a company that gives you a platform to do amazing things.
  • A thorough and effective training experience during onboarding and beyond.
  • The ability to work with amazing and dedicated people around the world. 

About Sensient New Global Innovation Center in Singapore:

Sensient new global innovation center GIC will bring together scientists and technologists from many different Sensient business units, including : Food colors and flavors – Pharmaceutical - Sensient natural ingredients – Bionutrients - Cosmetics. With a focus on new product development and application extension, the Center will exemplify deep collaboration and cross-pollination of Sensient Groups. This will allow the teams to innovate in a broader sensory context of flavor, color, texture and sight. 

About Sensient Colors: 

Sensient Color Group is a leading developer, producer and supplier of natural and synthetic color systems for customers around the globe. The Company's high-performance products play a central role in the manufacture of foods and beverages, cosmetic and pharmaceutical colors and coatings and colors for agricultural uses, household cleaners and paper products. The Color Group is located in St. Louis, Missouri. 

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