Looking for a role that challenges you while making an impact on products people use every day?
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.
The role is based in Seoul, Korea. Be part of a motivated, passionate, and open-minded team where together we can achieve greatness and make a real impact. Your potential is our inspiration.
The role is responsible to conduct prototype development work using various IFF product lines and provide technical services to Korean customers in order to support IFF business in culinary as required to meet the IFF business objectives.
Where You’ll Make a Difference
- Lead culinary projects in preparing various application samples using existing products, recipes and/or processes based on needs of our customers as well as enlarge IFF solution/concept pool for future business opportunities. The target end product shall be soups (noodle, bouillon, retorted soup), and sauces.
- Provide timely technical support and knowledge, using our flavours, seasonings and food additives for internal or customers’ base, with prioritisation based on customer status and project business impact.
- Run laboratory trials referring various formulation library, as required.
- Ensure all activities are in line with IFF policies, business strategies and Global Innovation Rules as well as safe, hygienic and efficient day-to-day operations of the culinary laboratory and facilities.
- Regularly update and maintain technical self-note into relevant IFF databases that the company may develop and introduce from time to time.
- Attend and contribute to relevant knowledge meetings and various company local and regional conferences, trade exhibitions and business meetings where required. Share knowledge with others and presenting IFF products’ knowledge and application technology to internal/external customers.
- Assist and support line manager for projects/Technical-Service-Requests development and project/lab management.
- Responsible to ensure raw materials and flavour samples are well stock with fresh condition.
- Ensure bench to batch design and smooth commercialization of new wins
What Makes You the Right Fit
- Bachelor degree in Food Science or Food related field
- At least 3-4 year of relevant industrial experience in processed foods, ready meals, food ingredients, flavour industry or equivalent.
- Previous good experience in designing product formulation of processed foods (noodle, bouillon premix, sauce etc), ready meals or equivalent
- Good understanding of food ingredients/food additives, and manufacturing process, would be highly regarded
- Good knowledge of food ingredients
- Good communication skill in oral and written manners in Korean and English
- Willing to travel within our sub-region and region as and when required by project or business
- Computer literate & comfortable with IT System or Application
How Would You Stand Out?
- Logical, methodical, and analytical thought processes
- Proactive and self-motivation
- Accuracy and attention to details
Why Choose Us?
- Professional onboarding process
- Multinational and supporting environment
- Training opportunities
- Learning and development programs from day one
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
