Application Scientist III — Food Color & Flavor Innovation

Sensient Technologies Corporation; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site 5 days a week

Competitive salary and benefits

Rigorous onboarding and training

Job summary

Sensient Technologies Corporation is seeking a strategic thinker to identify new product opportunities, improve product line profitability, and manage product lifecycles in the Food Colors North America segment. You will drive revenue growth and support overall strategy while collaborating with cross-functional teams across manufacturing and commercial functions.

The role emphasizes technical support, trial leadership, and innovation in color systems for food and beverage applications, with

Qualifications

• Provide technical customer support to optimize color system performance in food and beverage applications.
• Analytical, results-driven leader with a proactive mindset and strong desire for career growth and advancement.
• Ability to serve as a critical link between commercial and manufacturing teams, fostering cross-functional alignment.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical customer support to optimize color system performance in food and beverage applications.
• Partner with customer EHS, Quality, Engineering, and Operations teams to troubleshoot and resolve color and process challenges.
• Lead customer-site plant trials and production support, ensuring successful implementation and performance of finished products.
• Conduct laboratory and production trials to diagnose process issues and develop effective technical solutions.
• Support application projects through formulation development, ingredient recommendations, and optimization of customer products.
• Communicate and demonstrate new color technologies and application solutions to improve product performance and customer outcomes.
• Drive innovation by supporting new product and concept development, evaluating raw materials, and resolving technical customer complaints across Sensient’s food ingredient portfolio.

Skills

Technical support

Color systems

Cross-functional liaison

Communication skills

Entrepreneurial mindset

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Food Science, or a related technical field

Job description

Sensient Technologies Corporation is seeking a strategic thinker to identify new product opportunities, improve product line profitability, and manage product lifecycles in the Food Colors North America segment. You will drive revenue growth and support overall strategy while collaborating with cross-functional teams across manufacturing and commercial functions.

The role emphasizes technical support, trial leadership, and innovation in color systems for food and beverage applications, with