About this role
Job Summary
IFF is a global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients and health & biosciences. We deliver sustainable innovations that elevate everyday products
You are a Flavorist and wish to pioneer undiscovered world for IFF.
Innovation Re Master Vanilla proposes a dedicated Flavorist opportunity in and around the Vanilla world in a Vanilla Innovation Hub Center located at the origin of this botanical in Madagascar.
You will become the pioneering Flavorist into the Vanilla World for IFF, exploring and developing all the possibilities at the origin of Vanilla about existing species and hybrids and around Vanilla flavors. You will be involved in Innovation programs about, creating & having the wider vanilla portfolio in the world, contribute to sustainable vanilla explorations and climate change anticipation.
You’ll be working in close relation with the regional C&D communities and Sales about their specific projects initiated.
In parallel and to reinforce your knowledge of Vanilla you’ll be working and discovering the Vanilla beans world through species and varieties to complete, increase your knowledge and apply it for Creation.
Where You’ll Make a Difference
- Ensures the complete driving of a flavor creation using locally developed/created ingredients as well as the existing ingredients portfolio in the flavorist panel.
- Drive the dynamic of this unit and assure the link with the IC&D regional teams.
- Be brought in to contribute to food test protocols as they are developed.
- Interacts proactively with teams remotely from your place of activity daily.
- Considers international standards as well as internal criteria of the company to be in full alignment with our colleagues and correspondents on other sites located abroad.
- Works with senior staff in the creation of flavors.
- Develops creative skills and knowledge through evaluation of prototypes, ingredients and technologies in flavors.
- Works closely with Creation and Sales teams to learn to modify, duplicate and create successful flavors.
- Responds to internal and external customer briefs
What Makes You the Right Fit
- You have completed a Flavorist course and obtained a diploma to exercise your talents using your personal history, culture and technical knowledge in the field of human food and flavors.
- You have a creative and innovative profile regarding the use of crude and aromatic ingredients in all areas related to the culinary preparation of food, namely dairy products, chocolate products, beverages (alcoholic and non-alcoholic), pastry, etc.Good understanding of plant, milk-fermented drink, dry blended beverage, nutritional benefits in protein beverages and agglomerations would be highly regarded
- Good knowledge of food ingredients, including:
- Raw material knowledge, especially hydrocolloids, emulsifiers, protein, flavors, etc.
- Product development (incl. Formulation)
- Understanding of commercial factors that affect product cost and selling price
- English language mastered in everyday life and in all communications
- Development and follow-up of laboratory-scale protocols
- Good networking with different players of 5D process and Regional Ambassadors
- Good interface & point of contact between Regional Ambassadors and 5D process
- Good familiarity with Microsoft suite apart from Application related IT System or Application.
How Would You Stand Out
- Formulations of all type of Flavors including modulations
- Access to IFFman & TasteEditor & SAP
- Good understanding of analytical methods for specific delivery systems / technologies
- Knowledge on flavor chemistry, flavor chemistry literature
- Evaluation of raw materials & final products - Vanilla Flavor ID
- Awareness on costing guidelines - CIU
- Legal requirement – Vanilla Legislation, specificity & restrictions
Why Choose us
- Training opportunities
- Learning and development programs
- Leader in Floavors
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
Other facts
About IFF
At IFF, we make joy through science, creativity and heart. As the global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients, health and biosciences, we deliver groundbreaking, sustainable innovations that elevate everyday products—advancing wellness, delighting the senses and enhancing the human experience.
With ~22,000 employees across 65 countries, more than 110 manufacturing facilities, 100 R&D centers and 33,000 customers worldwide, we turn possibilities into reality by redefining the limits of science and nature to create a more positive, sustainable future for all.
Visit us at www.iff.com to learn how our real-deal experts approach work with an entrepreneurial mindset, working lockstep to defy expectations and create industry-defining solutions that do more good for people and planet
What you'll do
- The Flavorist I will drive flavor creation using local and existing ingredients, contributing to food test protocols and collaborating with regional teams. They will also explore and develop vanilla flavors and engage in innovation programs related to vanilla.
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