New Product Introduction Analyst

IFF • South Brunswick, NJ

1d • $58,832 - $73,540

About The Position

The New Product Introduction (NPI) Analyst will support all NPI activities for IFF North America to ensure the new product needs of external and internal customers are met. This position will analyze feasibility, formulation, forecasts, and discontinuations working to resolve potential supply issues while confirming compliance with IFF NA’s s inventory strategies. The NPI Analyst will be working with Integrated Planning, Raw Material Planning, Global Procurement, Creative, Process Development & Engineering, QA, QC, Customer Service and Sales.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 5+ years of manufacturing experience
• excellent analytical skills
• extensive spreadsheet and database experience
• excellent communications and inter-personal skills
• ability to work independently and run projects
• a self-starter

Nice To Haves

• Exposure to supply chain projects with a global scope
• project management skills
• solid working knowledge of SAP and IFFMan /INNOVERSE

Responsibilities

• Ensure the smooth transition to operations of products to meet customer’s requirements
• Leverage expertise to identify and prevent potential: Scale up issues Raw material issues Production bottlenecks
• Develop systems to facilitate the transfer from bench to production which drives and implements continuous improvement to the NPI Process
• Responsible for the communication of supply and process information to and from Global Procurement, Operations, Creative and Commercial
• Accountable for the development and implementation of material supply plans that meet the needs of the business.
• Identify and resolve potential high profile scale up issues using SAP analytical tools.
• Present monthly NA NPI metrics reports that demonstrating trends and identify areas for improvement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees