Senior Technical Perfumer, Asia

Senior Technical Perfumer, Asia

Apply remote type: On-site locations Nucleos, Singapore; Shanghai, China; Mumbai, India

Time type: Full time

Posted on: Posted 6 Days Ago

Job Summary

Are you inspired to contribute your expertise to a global leading Ingredients & Fragrances organization? Are you passionate in redesigning the Fragrances of tomorrow?

At IFF, we design winning fragrance solutions that catch us unaware and transport us to places long forgotten. We are now seeking an experienced and passionate talent to join IFF Scent Asia team as Senior Technical Perfumer. Come join a Creative Leadership force and empowered people at IFF!

Your Focus

As a Senior Technical Perfumer, you will adapt IFF selling fragrances to the regulatory environment and to the latest Regional and International customers requirements, leveraging IFF unique set of ingredients to match original formula aesthetic, customer technical requirements while protecting the company margin.

The role will see you lead supply crisis reformulation efforts, foster strong relationships with internal stakeholders to deliver acceptable solutions for customers when we may face supply challenges. You will also support management by providing expertise on complex topics and contribute to assess new molecules developed by IFF R&D team.

You will manage and mentor directly the Apprentice Technical Perfumers, Junior Technical Perfumers, and Technical Perfumers based in Asia and ensure their long-term development.

This Singapore-based position will report to the VP, Global Tech Perfumery & Catalogue based in Europe and will collaborate with Singapore, China, and India Creative Center Directors for seamless execution.

How you will Contribute

1. Lead critical Regional and International reformulations projects.
2. Ensure IFF resources and required outcomes (regulatory changes, base changes, stability or technical issues resolution, complexity reduction) remain balanced and respect agreed deadlines.
3. Lead Regional supply ingredient crisis projects and collaborate with manufacturing team to develop acceptable solutions for customers.
4. Contribute to new R&D ingredients assessment by creating effective demos if required.
5. Collaborate with Procurement and Regulatory experts to ensure de-risking strategy of most critical ingredients.
6. Develop relevant and well-conceived formal presentations to raise awareness of certain topics within the organization (Creative Perfumers, Creative Center Director, Commercial team, GRA etc) and support IFF leadership on tackling specific topics requiring Perfumery expertise.
7. Manage, train, coach and occasionally support HR to recruit Apprentice, Junior and Technical Perfumers in the Asia region, to ensure effective teamwork and development opportunities for all.

What you will need to be successful

1. Master's or Bachelor Degree in Science, Organic Chemistry, Chemistry, Fragrance or any other relevant disciplines.
2. Minimum 10 years of Perfumery proven track record in Asia or International experience in the Fragrances industry.
3. Business acumen with high customer orientation, skilled in business and project management.
4. Exceptional Olfactory evaluation skills across multiple applications with strong ingredients knowledge.
5. Strong interpersonal skills with ability to influence across levels thanks to solid communication and presentation skills.
6. Problem solver and solutions driven with high self-drive.
7. Knowledge in Fragrance industry regulations.
8. Analytical expertise and knowledge. Familiarity or interest for Artificial Intelligence Technology will be a plus.
9. Fluency in English mandatory for managing projects, ability to communicate in other regional or local languages clearly a plus.
10. Willing to travel.

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.

We apply science and creativity for a better world.

With the beauty of art and the precision of science, we are an international collective of thinkers who partner with customers to bring scents, tastes, experiences, ingredients and solutions for products the world craves.

As a global leader in food, beverage, health, biosciences and sensorial experiences, we do a lot and continually innovate to do it better.

For more than 130 years we’ve been focused on finding the most innovative solutions to help bring “better for you” products to market. While we have grown over the years, we remain agile in our approach and put our customers’ needs at the forefront of our thinking.

We offer end-to-end service that few can deliver on. Our unparalleled product portfolio is the most robust in the industry and we have leadership positions across key taste, texture, scent, nutrition, enzymes, cultures, soy proteins and probiotics categories.