Maintenance Data Planner

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. 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 position is for a Maintenance Planner in Philadelphia
. You will be responsible for planning and coordinating maintenance activities across the Tastepoint North (TPN) and Taste point South (TPS) manufacturing facilities with management of databases and KPIs in SAP. This position is on the day shift.

• You will be the link between operations and maintenance execution, ensuring work is properly scoped, resourced, and documented in SAP Plant Maintenance (PM).
• Maintain accurate equipment records and Functional Location (FLOC) hierarchies in SAP so all assets are properly structured.
• Review and process maintenance requests submitted by operations; prioritize, classify, and convert into actionable work, generate maintenance orders, scope the work, define crafts, and assign tasks.
• Create and maintain preventive and predictive maintenance plans and set up track equipment performance through measuring documents to support condition‑based maintenance triggers.
• Identify recurring failures and bad‑actor equipment; support root‑cause analysis and PM optimization.
• Maintain complete and accurate maintenance records to support internal audits, regulatory inspections, and PSM/Mechanical Integrity compliance.

• At least 5 years in Maintenance Planning and handling databases.
• Knowledge of a CMMS platform (SAP PM strongly preferred; experience with Limble, Fiix, Maximo, or similar acceptable with willingness to train on SAP).
• Mechanical and/or electrical aptitude sufficient to scope work, read drawings, and estimate labor and materials.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook); ability to build basic reports and schedules.
• Familiarity with safety practices including LOTO, hot work, confined space, and general PPE requirements.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; able to coordinate effectively with mechanics, operators, supervisors, and contractors.
• Strong organizational and planning skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.

• Opportunity to grow.
• Possibilities to work from home.
• Learn more about databases and KPIs.

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.