Flavorist Assistant

Job Summary

IFF is a global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients and health & biosciences, delivering sustainable innovations that elevate everyday products.

Taste Business Unit:
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 role is based in South Brunswick, NJ (onsite). Be part of a collaborative, detailoriented, growthminded team where together we can achieve greatness and make a real impact.

Where You'll Make a Difference

• Support Technical Flavorists in the modifications of formulations to support various business needs.
• Accurately compound flavors following established formulation processes.
• Handle raw materials, ensuring proper measuring, labeling, documentation, and storage.
• Maintain organized laboratory conditions and support raw material and flavor stock transfers.
• Prepare raw materials for internal evaluation.
• Follow laboratory and plant safety rules as well as GMP requirements.
• Interface with Applications, Sales, QC, and Sensory teams as needed.
• Apply flavors into bases and participate in tasting sessions and product evaluations.
• Build understanding of the flavor creation-toapplication-toscaleup process.
• Develop knowledge of C&A and R&D libraries and digital tools within the IFF toolbox.

What Makes You the Right Fit

• Strong computer skills, including SAP, Microsoft Office, and other IFF systems.
• Practical math skills (e.g., dilutions, calculations for flavor preparations).
• Excellent communication skills for internal and external interactions.
• Ability to taste and assess sensory properties of flavors and applications.
• Strong willingness to collaborate and learn.
• Fluent in English.
• Organized, selfdriven, detailoriented, accountable, and safetyfocused.
• Strong desire to learn new skills and operate in a dynamic environment.
• BS/BA in Biological or Chemical Sciences with 1-2 years of lab experience, OR a minimum of 3 years of industrial laboratory or chemical industry experience.
• Motivation for continued education, learning, and professional development.

How Would You Stand Out?

• Positive, flexible, and passionate approach to work.
• Consistent attention to detail and accuracy.
• Demonstrated curiosity and eagerness to learn "how we do it."

Why Choose Us?

• Opportunity to work closely with senior Flavorists and multidisciplinary teams.
• Exposure to innovative technologies within the global Taste organization.
• Learning and professional development opportunities across R&D and Applications.
• A collaborative culture focused on scientific excellence, safety, and innovation.
• A diverse, inclusive workplace where every employee can bring their authentic self.

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