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Product Development Chef

Hoffman Estates, IL, US  
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ID dell'offerta 7371 Data della pubblicazione 10/05/2026 Categoria Ricerca e sviluppo

Chi siamo? Esperti orientati al cliente. Pensatori imprenditoriali. Collaboratori creativi. Sensient Technologies Corporation ha sede negli Stati Uniti ed è un’azienda leader a livello mondiale nella produzione e commercializzazione di coloranti, aromi ed estratti. I nostri team di Ricerca e Sviluppo plasmano il futuro sviluppando e applicando sistemi specializzati, ingredienti e tecnologie proprietarie che danno vita ai prodotti alimentari, per la cura della persona e farmaceutici dei nostri clienti.

Chi cerchiamo? Pensatori che sanno come ottenere risultati. Ogni giorno il reparto Ricerca e Sviluppo le offrirà una nuova opportunità per mettere a frutto la sua curiosità e le sue conoscenze.

Entri a far parte del nostro team Innovazione e sfrutti le sue capacità di indagine scientifica e tecnologica per sviluppare ingredienti all’avanguardia, e formulazioni e tecnologie rivoluzionarie. Sarà membro di una rete globale di scienziati Sensient che contribuiscono in modo originale allo sviluppo di nuovi prodotti in tutto il mondo.

Si unisca al nostro team Applicazioni e collabori con i nostri clienti nei nostri laboratori e presso le loro strutture per realizzare la loro visione, risolvere le loro sfide e portare sul mercato prodotti innovativi. Lavorerà faccia a faccia con clienti grandi e piccoli, dalle multinazionali con i marchi più noti al mondo alle startup all’avanguardia.

Sia nell’ambito dell’innovazione che in quello delle applicazioni, crescerà sia a livello personale che professionale, svolgendo un’entusiasmante attività internazionale nell’ambito della nostra cultura vincente.

  • Tipo di lavoro: Tempo pieno
  • Livello: Junior, Intermedio, Senior
  • Viaggio: Dipende dal ruolo

profilo di successo

Siamo alla ricerca di membri del team Applicazioni e Innovazione che siano:

  • Orientati ai risultati
  • Spirito collaborativo
  • Abili comunicatori
  • Rigorosi dal punto di vista analitico
  • Orientati ai dettagli
  • Estremamente curiosi

Il tuo percorso

percorso professionale

  • Lab Technician
  • Application Scientist (Multiple Levels)
  • Technical Service Manager (Multiple Levels)
  • Technical Director
  • Senior Technical Director oppure
  • Innovation Intern
  • Innovation Associate (Multiple Levels)
  • Innovation Scientist (Multiple Levels)
  • Innovations Manager

punti culturali

I Sensient Six sono i valori fondamentali che ci guidano nella nostra missione.

  • Spirito imprenditoriale
  • Orientamento al cliente
  • Sviluppo di sé stessi e degli altri
  • Spirito collaborativo
  • Orientamento ai risultati
  • Conoscere il proprio lavoro
Il mio lavoro mi offre l’opportunità unica di sviluppare prodotti che mi appassionano. Far parte di un team internazionale, con accesso a tanto know-how e alle tecnologie più innovative, oltre a vedere la mia soluzione di colorazione sugli scaffali dei supermercati, mi incoraggia ogni giorno a fare del mio meglio e a guidare l’innovazione.
Lisa Innovation Manager, Germania

Product Development Chef

Hoffman Estates, IL, US  
ID dell'offerta 7371 Data della pubblicazione October 4, 2026 Categoria Ricerca e sviluppo

Product Development Chef
If you are a creative culinary professional who enjoys turning food trends and culinary ideas into commercially relevant products, this role offers an opportunity to shape innovative food and beverage applications. As a Research Chef at Sensient, you will combine hands-on culinary expertise with product development, customer collaboration, and industry insight. You will work closely with culinary, technical, commercial, and marketing teams to create compelling prototypes and solutions for food manufacturers and restaurant customers.


What You’ll Do
•    Develop commercially viable culinary concepts that demonstrate the value of Sensient flavors and technologies across food and beverage applications.
•    Translate emerging culinary and savory food trends into consumer-relevant concepts and high-quality menu and recipe prototypes.
•    Lead the research kitchen, including inventory management, recipe development, food safety, sanitation, and day-to-day culinary practices.
•    Partner with commercial, marketing, application, innovation, flavor, sensory, and technical teams to deliver customer demonstrations, innovation sessions, and tailored solutions.
•    Collaborate directly with customer chefs, product developers, and research teams to understand needs and co-create innovative concepts.
•    Provide culinary guidance to flavor and application teams to help ensure authentic, trend-aligned flavor delivery in finished prototypes.
•    Represent Sensient at customer meetings, chef associations, industry events, and innovation forums while bringing culinary insights into product and commercial strategy.


What You’ll Bring
•    Formal education in culinary arts, food science, or a related field, with professional culinary certification considered a plus.
•    Significant experience in research culinary roles within food manufacturing, savory foods, restaurant menu development, or a related environment.
•    Hands-on expertise developing high-quality prototypes using commercial ingredients, flavors, and food technologies.
•    Experience within consumer packaged goods, business-to-business food manufacturing, quick-service restaurants, or contract manufacturing is preferred.
•    Experience with product applications, customer demonstrations, menu development, recipe development, and research kitchen operations.
•    Strong communication, collaboration, customer engagement, and commercial awareness skills.
•    Comfort working in both a hands-on culinary environment and a fast-paced research and development setting.


What You’ll Get
•    The opportunity to influence innovative food and beverage concepts and bring culinary ideas from development to customer application.
•    Close collaboration with culinary, technical, commercial, marketing, and research teams.
•    A fully onsite work environment that encourages hands-on collaboration with colleagues and access to the research kitchen.
•    Regular opportunities to engage directly with customers, including travel to food manufacturers and restaurant customers.
•    Opportunities to represent Sensient at industry events, innovation forums, and professional culinary organizations.
•    Competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for professional development.
•    A thorough onboarding and training experience designed to support your success in the role.

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.


The salary range for this position is $100K- $130K.  Pay within the range is based on several factors, which may include, but are not limited to, education, work experience, specialized training, and labor market conditions.  In addition to salary, Sensient is proud to offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits program to support the holistic well-being of our employees and their families.  


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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