Job Summary

Are you inspired to contribute your expertise to a global leader in taste offering customers a broader range of solutions for the food & beverage industry?

We have an exciting opportunity for a dedicated and passionate individual to join our Creation & Design (C&D) team as Associate Flavorist, Sweet.

Your Focus

As an Associate Flavorist at IFF, you will contribute to creating great tasting products by working on some of the most exciting projects in the flavor and sweet products industry today. You will work alongside senior staff in the creation of acceptable flavors. Further develop creative skills and knowledge. Work closely with Creation and Sales teams to learn to create, duplicate, etc. Responds to internal and external customer briefs.

How You Will Contribute

Key Accountability

Work alongside of more senior staff in flavor creation and within project teams by collaborating with other cross functional teams to develop winning flavors.

Take responsibility for creative project tasks within a project, under supervision.

Ability to modify formulations to meet customer or business criteria.

Manage project data for all assigned tasks.

Evaluate new raw materials along with the flavor creation team and assess potential for future use in creating new flavors.

Collaborate with internal and external customers to provide insightful partnership and leverage trusting relationships.

Start to demonstrate original thought in creations; comes up with new and unique idea.

Understand relationship among creative process & decisions on cost, product performance & constraints in developing flavors.

Constantly listen to the voice of the customer and deliver above expectations.

Interface with manufacturing and operations or IFF functions as necessary to ensure a smooth bench to batch development and commercialization process.

Strategy & Business knowledge

Strong understanding of global capabilities, effective global & regional network to leverage technical knowledge.

Understands regional markets’ taste differences & preferences and create Flavors accordingly.

Foster cross category collaboration and knowledge sharing to provide technical solutions to internal and external customers.

Build awareness of broad business environment & dynamics.

Increase knowledge of IFF R&D strategy.

Job Requirements

What you will need to be successful

Minimum entry level is a science degree (Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Life Sciences, etc.) Preferably a Master’s degree in Food Technology, Chemistry, Life Sciences, Food Engineering and/or Chemistry Engineering

Graduation of IFF Flavorist School or external equivalent.

Minimum 2-3 years working as a trainee within a flavor creation environment.

We are a global leader in taste, scent, and nutrition, offering our customers a broader range of natural solutions and accelerating our growth strategy. At IFF, we believe that your uniqueness unleashes our potential. We value the diverse mosaic of the ethnicity, national origin, race, age, sex, or veteran status. We strive for an inclusive workplace that allows each of our colleagues to bring their authentic self to work regardless of their religion, gender identity & expression, sexual orientation, or disability.

Visit IFF.com/careers/workplace-diversity-and-inclusion to learn more