Flavorist 1

Independently develops flavors on mid-level briefs in response to profitability, compliance and strategic priorities.

Are you inspired to contribute your expertise to a global leader in taste, scent and nutrition, offering customers a broader range of solutions for the food & beverage industry?

We have an exciting opportunity for a dedicated and passionate individual to join our Tastepoint by IFF team as Flavorist, Sweet.  Your focus will be creating great tasting products by working on some of the most exciting projects in the flavor and sweet products industry today.

This is an incredible opportunity to help bring new flavors with proprietary technologies to our customers. You will collaborate with other technical experts to develop flavors that will win in the marketplace. In this role, you will have opportunities to contribute to the business growth via enhancement of IFF Flavor product portfolios. On this role, you will continue to develop own flavors skills.

• Works independently on mid-level briefs, and within project teams to create, duplicate, or modify flavors in order to improve profitability, support on-time delivery, and ensure regulatory / quality compliance. Works closely with sales to translate customer requests into flavor technology solutions.

• Utilizes technologies and knowledge from Innovation platforms

• Proactively evaluates and determines value of new and unique materials

• Creates production ready formulas that align with regulatory, quality and manufacturing

• Expands and strengthens customer relationships

• Leads technical presentations to internal and external customers

REQUIREMENTS

• Experience (Min Requirement) 6- 10 years’ experience as Flavorist

• The preferred candidate will have expertise in sweet categories, which may include dairy and/or beverages. Experience in modulation is a plus.

• Minimum entry level is a science degree (Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Life Sciences, etc.), preferably a master’s degree in food technology, Chemistry, Life Sciences, Food Engineering and/or Chemistry Engineering.

• Able to translate customer needs into flavor technology solutions

• Willing to travel to meet customer project needs

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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