Senior Product Development Scientist - Sense Colour

Givaudan • Cincinnati, OH

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About The Position

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with our customers, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions. There's much to learn and many to learn from, with more than 16,000 employees around the world to explore ideas and ambitions with. In the USA, we develop, market and produce a wide array of solutions from our 25 most innovative sites, based across the country. Stretch your skills, create and get inspiration from passionate colleagues. Every day, your energy, your thirst for knowledge, and your creativity will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature. Reporting to the Sense Colour Senior NPD Manager for Americas, you will lead Natural color development projects, direct research initiatives and support knowledge sharing to promote our growth.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Food Science, Chemistry, Biology or other science area.
• 5+ years' experience in colors with training in color blending and testing in finished product for performance and stability.
• Experience with Natural colors with an advanced level of understanding for colors and their botanical sources.
• Knowledge of color raw materials and related ingredients with the ability to formulate blends to achieve performance for customer briefs, problem solving processes, research and development needs.
• Knowledge of local and regional regulatory requirements for Natural colors.

Responsibilities

• Prepare color samples for customer briefs, applications needs, technology performance assessment, QC standards, and physical testing.
• Formulate new color creations or modify existing to meet customer requirements, internal testing needs, or new technology development.
• Coordinate the evaluation of color materials developed internally or from external sources and assess potential for color development.
• Lead customer visits.
• Participate in large research, customer, and internal technical projects to create innovative colors.
• Be the technical expert to marketing, sales, and customers for discussions on Natural color performance, raw materials and botanical sources, and stability aspects of multiple natural color sources.
• Provide technical support to resolve color production issues and customer complaints with complete ownership of created colors.
• Build a diverse and inclusive environment that leverages differences in styles, thinking and approaches.
• Maintain a safe, clean and organized lab environment observing EH&S policies and hold others accountable for following these guidelines.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, Dental, and Vision plans
• High matching 401k

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Food Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree