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, natural colours 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.

At Sense Colour we develop, market and produce a wide array of colour solutions from our 17 colour manufacturing sites globally. 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 colour sale enhances the visual appeal for food and beverages. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.

Our comprehensive knowledge of natural colours, global footprint and strategic insights ensure close partnerships with our customers. With a customized approach to product creation, recent strategic alignment, and the launch of our 2025 strategy, the Sense Colour Taste and Wellbeing Division is a powerhouse of knowledge, innovation, and creativity equipped to surprise customers and consumers with fresh, unique ideas and solutions. We create natural colour experiences that touch emotions across segments including beverages, sweet goods, savory and snacks, and food service.

Demonstrate strong ownership, drive, and energy for improving business results including developing & empowering people

 You?

• Located in Louisville, KY.
• Develop a thorough understanding of all departmental operations and serve as a backup for others on the plant staff as neededWork in a team environment as the leader of plant management supporting and developing other members
• Lead the safety, health, and environmental effort to achieve expected results and ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements
• Act as the main site contact for Givaudan Sense Colour – All EHS complaints and incidents will be directed as such
• Support plant safety initiatives, attend and facilitate plant safety team meeting – lead by example
• Provide leadership to plant maintenance staff and reliability manager
• Authorize requests for resources, whether financial or human, to ensure the plant needs are communicated to Senior Management
• Communicate plant metrics at monthly Communication Meetings and Awareness Days
• Ensure that routine internal inspections (CBW audits, GMP audits, Departmental Safety Audits, Master Disinfection Schedule) are carried out and organize any remedial actions necessary
• Ensure that the Health and Safety Objectives and Targets are met
• Compliance to EHS permits and legal requirements as required by the Register of Legal and Other Requirements Procedure
• Coordinate inspection of railcar fleet and lease acquisition of rail tank cars
• Ensure customer expectations are exceeded with the highest quality products and services
• Lead all associates in continuous improvement activities to achieve productivity goals.
• Effectively manage the production schedule to meet customer needs with minimum inventory.  Assist with Production Planning
• Coordinate the engineering of new equipment installations and process innovations.
• Effectively manage all spending and control at or below budget levels.
• Develop strategic and annual business plans for the Louisville operations with Director of Manufacturing
• Safety Snap program champion
• Daily check-in with production to ensure order fulfillment
• Completion of Weekly Manufacturing Report
• Lead Louisville Leadership Team meetings, organize agenda – (monthly management review)
• Submit reports to MSD – (Quarterly SMR / Monthly Wet Weather)
• Provide facility inspections as needed
• Cap Ex Project review / update / submittals
• Leader of MOC process at the plant level
• EPL plant manager and production scheduling
• Weekly meetings with Supply Chain / Production Scheduling to ensure materials are in place to meet production schedule

Benefits include health, dental, vision, paid holidays, vacation, 401K, paid life insurance, short term medical, long term medical, and tuition assistance.

At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful colour, taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives.

You work within an inspiring teamwork culture – where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions.

Every essence of you enriches our world.

Diversity drives innovation and creates closer connections with our employees, customers and partners.

Givaudan embraces diversity and is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone impacts our world.

Apply online below.