Senior Flavorist

About the role

IFF, a global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients and health & biosciences, is hiring a Senior Flavorist in Tlalnepantla, State of Mexico. The role sits within a creative, customer-focused and collaborative Creative & Design team, developing consumer-preferred flavors for the food and beverage industry. It combines scientific expertise with creative innovation to design and optimize flavor profiles across beverage, sweet goods and dairy applications.

Key responsibilities

• Design and formulate innovative, market-leading flavors for food and sweet applications using GRAS and FDA-approved materials.
• Create, develop and optimize flavor profiles across beverage, sweet goods and dairy applications.
• Lead creative development projects from concept through launch, meeting timelines, specifications and quality standards.
• Apply analytical data, sensory science and technical expertise to develop, characterize and match flavor materials.
• Develop flavors that comply with Mexican and international regulations, including those for alcoholic beverages.
• Collaborate with Applications, R&D, Marketing, Sales and Operations teams to support project execution, commercialization and scale-up.
• Partner with account managers to understand customer needs, give technical support and solve complex flavor challenges.
• Mentor and train junior colleagues and collaborate with global innovation teams on new technologies.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Chemistry or a related scientific discipline.
• 10+ years of hands-on flavor creation and development experience across sweet, dairy and beverage categories.
• Fully certified flavor chemist credentials, such as certification from the Society of Flavor Chemists, or an equivalent recognized qualification.
• Ability to manage multiple customer and internal projects while keeping quality, accuracy and timelines.
• Strong communication skills and foundational leadership experience mentoring junior professionals.
• An advanced degree (master's or doctorate) stands out.

Required skills

• Strong scientific knowledge of food science, chemistry, aroma molecules, natural extracts and flavor manufacturing.
• Ability to identify, characterize, formulate and match flavor materials using analytical and sensory evaluation techniques.
• Working knowledge of Mexican and international flavor regulations and experience with approved flavor materials.
• Clean label and natural flavor development experience is a plus.