Associate Scientist II, Inventive

Job Summary

Are you ready to take your skills to the next level and make a real impact?

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

Food Ingredients: Innovating improved nutritional profiles, better taste and texture, and greater cost efficiency to meet the needs of global food and beverage manufacturers.​

The role is based in Zhaoqing City, Guangdong (onsite 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

• Develop product formulations which meet industry standards, national specific requirements and customer demands (profile, legal, cost and stability requirements).
• Lead and coordinate customer project execution, ensure all resources are in place to maximize new win rate.
• Identify new opportunities for creating inclusions in our target categories, formulate ideas as to how these can be turned into new products for customers.
• Guide to develop new products of confectionary and sauce categories, from concept to final product, while evaluating risk of every stage.
• Independently lead new projects in close dialogue with other departments such as Commercial, Operations, Quality, Customer Service, Procurement.
• Support commercial team in complex customer projects (product, regulatory compliance, scale up etc.) to design the right solution for the customer.
• Visits key and high potential accounts with the Commercial team for pro- and reactive projects on need.
• Provide (on time) together with Commercial, Marketing, Sensory Consumer Insight, all information necessary for the service of the accounts. This includes: Concept/product samples for customer visits / workshops / Innovation days.

What Makes You the Right Fit

• Ability to communicate effectively with all relevant parts of the organization as well as external stakeholders and customers as required.
• A strong background in developing products in confectionary and sauce categories.
• The position requires a thorough knowledge about food ingredients and inclusions and uses of the products to recommend appropriate technical solutions to customer problems.
• Bachelor’s degree in food science and technology or related disciplines (such as chemistry, biochemistry and human nutrition).
• At least 5 years of experience in the food industry, including at least 2 years in a specific professional field as confectionary and/or sauce manager, etc.) and 2 years in people leadership role.
• Specific knowledge about the food areas most important are Beverages, Bakery, Dairy, Frozen desserts, Confectionary

How Would You Stand Out?

• A creative attribute and an openness to others creative / innovative ideas.
• Energetic self-starter with a “can do” attitude, high degree of autonomy and flexibility.
• Fluent in Cantonese, Mandarin and English & familiar with interacting with different cultural backgrounds.
• Familiar with Data bases / IT on a user level.

Why Choose Us?

• Multinational and supporting environment
• Cafeteria, health insurance
• Training opportunities
• Learning and development programs from day one

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