Specialist IV, Food Designer

IFF

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Are you passionate about designing innovative food solutions that shape the future of taste and technology? IFF is a global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients and health & biosciences. We deliver sustainable innovations that elevate everyday products. Taste: Crafting unique, technology-enabled flavor designs that define the identity of food and beverage brands, shape trends in flavor creation, and fuel market success. The role is based on-site (laboratory/pilot plant environment). You will be part of a creative, solution-oriented, and collaborative team where together we make a real impact for our customers and consumers. Your potential is our inspiration. In this role, the Senior Designer works with established internal and external customer networks to share and leverage products and techniques in the associated category. They act as a leader and collaborator to contribute to the regional and global technical strategic projects and innovation programs, working independently on tasks with responsibility for high value projects.

Requirements

Minimum 10 years in industrial food, ingredient, or flavor industry, including 5 years in a specialization
Bachelor’s degree in Food Science or related discipline
Proven independent project management experience
Strong formulation and ingredient functionality knowledge
Cross-functional collaboration experience
Strong communication skills
On-site lab/pilot plant availability 5 days per week
Willingness to travel up to 20%

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree or PhD in relevant field
Experience leading cross-functional teams
Strong creativity and commercial success in innovation projects

Responsibilities

Lead and manage complex finished product development projects from ideation through scale-up and commercialization
Develop finished product formulations using IFF technologies
Partner with Production and Quality teams to support trials, scale-up, QA and QC activities
Provide technical expertise on complex formulation and process challenges
Contribute to regional and global innovation programs
Collaborate with internal and external customer networks
Deliver technical services such as plant trials and customer training
Present technical concepts to customers and internal stakeholders