Senior Food Technologist, Designer (Taste)

Job Summary

Looking for a role that challenges you while making an impact on products people use every day?

IFF is a global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients and health & biosciences, we deliver sustainable innovations that elevate everyday products.

Crafting unique, technology-enabled flavor designs that define the identity of food and beverage brands, shape trends in flavor building and fuel market success.

The role is based in Manila, Philippines (hybrid role). Be part of a motivated, passionate, and open-minded team where together we can achieve greatness and make a real impact. Your potential is our inspiration.

Where You’ll Make a Difference

• Create and apply savory product solutions—including instant noodles, soups, sauces, condiments, dressings, processed meats, ready meals, and plant-based meats—using International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) ingredients.
• Understand and incorporate functional ingredients such as textured vegetable protein (TVP), isolated soy protein (ISP), emulsifiers, and hydrocolloids into culinary applications.
• Develop solutions tailored to client briefs across Southeast Asian markets; maintain and update recipes, formulations, and processing reports.
• Ensure all developments comply with regulatory, religious, and customer requirements, including Global Regulatory Assurance (GRA) and Customer Information Updates (CIU).
• Manage culinary application projects independently within tight timelines; maintain a safe, clean, and well-stocked laboratory in line with IFF’s Environment, Health, and Safety (EHS) policies.
• Stay current with ingredient innovations and application technologies; troubleshoot formulation and processing issues and provide technical support to customers.
• Investigate and resolve issues related to raw materials and prototypes; initiate scale-up procedures and contribute to category innovation initiatives.
• Collaborate with flavorists and the creation team to incorporate approved IFF materials and technologies into applications for proprietary advantage.
• Engage with clients to understand their business strategies and market preferences; act as a technical partner across functions and contribute to internal trainings, workshops, and solution development.

What Makes You the Right Fit.

• Bachelor Degree in Food Science and Technology or related disciplines (such as Chemistry, Biochemistry and Human Nutrition)
• Minimal 8 - 10 years of relevant experiences in the food and flavor industry, handling flavors and ingredients with focus on savory/ culinary.
• Exposure to Snack seasonings.
• Demonstrated capability in experimental design, detailed results analysis, and sound technical judgement.
• Sound knowledge in project task and time management.
• Ability to present in-front of customer.

How Would You Stand Out?

• Demonstrated creativity and an innovative mindset.
• Good team player, embraces diversity, ability to work under pressure, be curious.

Why Choose Us?

• An inspiring and dynamic international working environment.
• The opportunity to work in a diverse, multidisciplinary team with passionate and talented professional colleagues.

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