Seasoning Flavorist

IFF • Carrollton, TX

3d • Onsite

About The Position

IFF is seeking a Seasoning Flavorist to develop innovative seasoning blends and flavor solutions for snack applications for a key global customer. The role is based in Carrollton, Texas, and is performed onsite five days per week in a laboratory environment. The Flavor Creation team is creative, customer-focused, and collaborative, and the position combines technical expertise with commercial insight to deliver seasoning solutions.

The Flavorist leads technical execution of customer briefs from concept development through validation and commercial implementation. The role works directly with customers and collaborates with Sales, Operations, Regulatory Affairs, Global Purchasing, and regional and global technical teams. It also supports strategic category and technology initiatives, troubleshoots issues involving materials, flavor systems, prototypes, manufacturing, and scale-up, and contributes technical and market insights to support innovation and business growth. Travel of up to 20% is required.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Food Chemistry, or a related scientific discipline, or an equivalent combination of education, technical training, and relevant experience.
• At least 4 years of relevant experience in food manufacturing, food ingredients, seasonings, or the flavor industry.
• Demonstrated experience developing and applying seasonings to food products, preferably in snack applications.
• Ability to independently formulate seasoning blends and flavor solutions through hands-on laboratory and benchtop development.
• Experience responding to customer briefs and translating customer needs into commercially viable technical solutions.
• Experience supporting proactive category initiatives and evaluating or implementing new technologies.
• Strong understanding of raw materials, flavor systems, product development, scale-up, and manufacturing-related problem solving.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with customers and cross-functional, regional, and global stakeholders.
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 20%.
• Ability to work onsite five days per week in Carrollton, Texas.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Food Science, Food Chemistry, or a related discipline.
• Experience leading cross-functional projects or strategic category and technology-platform initiatives.
• Creative, solution-oriented approach combining technical expertise, consumer insight, and commercial awareness.

Responsibilities

• Develop consumer-preferred seasoning blends and flavor solutions for snack applications using benchtop product development, culinary insights, technical innovation, and consumer understanding.
• Lead technical execution of regional and global customer briefs from concept development through validation and commercial implementation.
• Work directly with customers to understand technical needs, identify opportunities, and build relationships across functions and organizational levels.
• Collaborate with Sales, Operations, Regulatory Affairs, Global Purchasing, and other technical teams to meet customer, regulatory, manufacturing, and business requirements.
• Lead or support strategic category and technology-platform initiatives to strengthen seasoning capabilities and accelerate innovation.
• Anticipate, investigate, and resolve challenges involving raw materials, flavor systems, finished prototypes, manufacturing processes, and initial scale-up activities.
• Deliver cost-effective flavor solutions while creating technical differentiation and competitive advantage.
• Provide cross-functional project leadership and coordinate with regional and global technical teams to improve project execution and customer win rates.
• Contribute technical and market insights supporting business growth, process improvements, product optimization, and proactive category opportunities.

Benefits

• Opportunity to create seasoning solutions for high-profile regional and global snack opportunities.
• Direct exposure to a key global customer and collaboration with technical and commercial stakeholders.
• Hands-on involvement across the innovation process, from early formulation through scale-up and commercialization.
• Access to IFF’s global technical expertise, flavor technologies, culinary insights, and consumer understanding.
• Opportunities to lead strategic category initiatives and influence the future of seasoning innovation.
• Collaborative environment supporting professional growth, creative problem solving, and meaningful business impact.
• Inclusive workplace that values diversity and enables colleagues to bring their authentic selves to work.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level