Seasoning Flavorist

Job Summary Are you passionate about creating seasonings that turn everyday snacks into memorable consumer experiences?

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 building and fuel market success.

This role is based in Carrollton, Texas (5 Days onsite) in a laboratory environment. Join a creative, customer-focused, and collaborative Flavor Creation team where your technical expertise and commercial insight will help develop innovative seasoning solutions for a key global customer. Your potential is our inspiration.

Where You’ll Make a Difference Develop consumer-preferred seasoning blends and flavor solutions for snack applications through benchtop product development, culinary insights, technical innovation, and consumer understanding

Lead the technical execution of regional and global customer briefs, from concept development through validation and commercial implementation

Partner directly with customers to understand technical needs, identify new opportunities, and build strong relationships across multiple functions and organizational levels

Collaborate with Sales, Operations, Regulatory Affairs, Global Purchasing, and other technical teams to deliver solutions that meet customer, regulatory, manufacturing, and business requirements

Lead or support strategic category and technology-platform initiatives that strengthen IFF’s 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 meaningful 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 that support business growth, process improvements, product optimization, and proactive category opportunities

What Makes You the Right Fit Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Food Chemistry, or a related scientific discipline, or an equivalent combination of education, technical training, and relevant experience4+ years of relevant experience within food manufacturing, food ingredients, seasonings, or the flavor industry

Demonstrated experience developing and applying seasonings to food products, preferably within snack applications

Proven 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% and work onsite five days per week in Carrollton, Texas How Would You Stand Out?

Master’s degree in Food Science, Food Chemistry, or a related discipline

Experience leading cross-functional projects or strategic category and technology-platform initiativesA creative, solution-oriented approach that combines technical expertise, consumer insight, and commercial awareness Why Choose Us?

Opportunity to create seasoning solutions for high-profile regional and global snack…