Imagine we have the right production lead role for you… Imagine the impact you can have.
Our new Operations Supervisor interacts with all production employees, particularly with the group leader, to ensure compliance with production plans in terms of volumes and product quality. You monitor the quality parameters of intermediate and extracted products and assess any variations in variable production. In addition, you verify the correct functioning of production machines and help to identify solutions in collaboration with the maintenance team.
This is a fulltime, on-site job in our production facility in Reggio Emilia, where you will find a dynamic environment, and work with the following technologies: extraction, purification, concentration and drying.
What you’ll do:
Ensure the implementation of production as defined in plans and programs, in compliance with volumes, quality standards, production times and costs, also in collaboration with other production and production planning managers
Coordinate a group of employees and ensure their development (management of 3-shift cycles)
Ensures the effective and efficient execution of production activities, assigning production quotas to individual production lines or departments and verifying their execution in compliance with the defined parameters
Collaborate with the Quality and EHS Managers to ensure production quality, compliance and safety standards
Propose process-based engineering solutions to improve production efficiency and efficacy
What you’ll bring:
A degree in a chemical or engineering discipline
Minimum 2–3 years leadership experience in a manufacturing environment
You speak and write Italian at native level and have upper intermediate skills (B2 level) in English
Although this is generally a day-job, you will bring flexibility to also oversee other shifts
Ability for limited travel (max 10%)
You are an Italian citizen, or have the permit ‘permesso di soggiorno’. We are not able to sponsor visa/work permit
What you’ll get:
Opportunity to collaborate with interdisciplinary teams, onsite 5 days per week
Possibility to deepen your technical knowledge and experiment with new ideas
An excellent salary, benefit offering and development opportunities
A thorough and effective training experience during onboarding and beyond
A long-term opportunity in a secure job environment
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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 Colors:
Sensient Colors 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 vital 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 salary range for this position is € 40.000,- to € 65.000,-. 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 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.
Skills Required
- Degree in a chemical or engineering discipline
- Minimum 2-3 years leadership experience in a manufacturing environment
- Native-level Italian speaking and writing
- Upper-intermediate English (B2)
- Ability to work on-site full time at Reggio Emilia (5 days per week)
- Flexibility to oversee other shifts and manage 3-shift cycles
- Ability for limited travel (maximum 10%)
- Must be an Italian citizen or hold a permesso di soggiorno; employer cannot sponsor a visa/work permit
Sensient Technologies Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Sensient Technologies and has not been reviewed or approved by Sensient Technologies.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Fair pay is frequently highlighted as aligning well with job responsibilities, and base compensation is often framed as competitive for the industry. The overall package is commonly characterized as good when considering pay together with benefits.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance are consistently described as comprehensive, with day-one eligibility and strong employer premium cost-sharing noted for U.S. salaried employees. Low premiums are repeatedly emphasized as a differentiator in the health offering.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support is reinforced by a 401(k) match with immediate vesting and the presence of additional retirement vehicles such as an ESOP, with certain locations also referencing pension arrangements. This stack is presented as a meaningful component of total rewards beyond base salary.
Sensient Technologies Insights
What We Do
We Bring Life to Products. Our name communicates what we do: Enhance SENSory experiences through specialized ingredIENTs, delivered through proprietary TECHNOLOGIES. Sensient Technologies Corporation is a leading global manufacturer and marketer of colors, flavors, essential oils and extracts. Sensient employs advanced technologies at facilities around the world to develop specialty food and beverage systems, cosmetic and pharmaceutical systems, colors, natural ingredients, and extracts. The Company’s customers include major international manufacturers representing most of the world’s best-known brands. Sensient has some 75 operational sites in 35 countries and customers in more than 150 countries worldwide. Learn more about how Sensient can help you discover your next color, flavor and specialty solutions at www.sensient.com








