Senior Food Scientist, Beverage

Job Summary

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.

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. The role is based on-site (laboratory/pilot plant environment) in Philadelphia, PA.

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.

• 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

• 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%

• Experience leading cross-functional teams
• Strong experience with beverage
• Strong creativity and commercial success in innovation projects

• High-impact global innovation projects
• Cutting-edge food technologies
• Inclusive and collaborative culture
• Professional development opportunities
• Customer-facing technical role
• Purpose-driven company focused on sustainability and innovation

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.

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