Application Scientist III

Sensient•St. Louis, MO

5h•Onsite

About The Position

At Sensient Technologies, the Application Scientist III supports Food Colors North America by providing technical customer support and contributing to revenue growth and business strategy. The role focuses on identifying product opportunities, improving product-line profitability, and managing product lifecycles. The position works with food and beverage customers to optimize color-system performance, troubleshoot color and process challenges, and support successful product implementation. It leads customer-site plant trials and production support, conducts laboratory and production trials, and contributes to formulation development, ingredient recommendations, and product optimization. The role also supports innovation through new product and concept development, raw-material evaluation, communication of color technologies, and resolution of technical customer complaints across Sensient’s food ingredient portfolio. The role is onsite five days per week and includes collaboration with colleagues and customers, an excellent salary and benefits offering, development opportunities, and thorough onboarding and ongoing training. Sensient cannot offer visa sponsorship; candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without employment visa sponsorship.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Food Science, or a related technical field.
Experience in a manufacturing environment, preferably within the food ingredients or packaged food industries.
Analytical, results-driven approach, proactive mindset, and strong desire for career growth and advancement.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
Strong manufacturing acumen and an entrepreneurial mindset.
Ability to serve as a critical link between commercial and manufacturing teams, foster cross-functional alignment, and drive business unit growth.
Authorization to work in the United States without employment visa sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

Manufacturing experience in the food ingredients or packaged food industries.

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 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.
Support new product and concept development, evaluate raw materials, and resolve technical customer complaints across Sensient’s food ingredient portfolio.
Identify new product opportunities, improve product-line profitability, and manage product lifecycles.
Support revenue growth and the overall Food Colors North America strategy.