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International Flavors and Fragrances

Senior Application Scientist

International Flavors and Fragrances, Madison, Wisconsin, us, 53774


Job SummaryHealth & Biosciences is one of the four business divisions within IFF. Inspired by nature and distinguished by its world-class bioscience and microbiome capabilities, IFF's Health & Biosciences division is a leading innovation partner for customers across a broad range of end-markets, including home & personal care, animal nutrition, grain processing, microbial control, food, and dietary supplements. Our portfolio includes animal health solutions & feed enzymes, cultures for plant-based food, dairy cultures, dietary fibers, food enzymes, and enzymes and yeast for fermentation alcohol.

The Health business within Health & Biosciences develops functional natural health and nutrition ingredients, including our premium HOWARU probiotic products, used in dietary supplements, functional food, infant and elderly nutrition, cosmetics, personal care, and other over-the-counter products. We continually develop new formulas to meet changing consumer preferences and customer needs.

The Senior Application Scientist is a critical role in the Health Applications team supporting new application and formulation development for customer and internal innovation projects. The Senior Application Scientist will independently manage various projects working with existing and new Bioscience ingredients and will make an impact with customers.Essential Duties and ResponsibilitiesTo succeed in this position, the candidate should be able to perform the following tasks, including but not limited to:Independently manage technical projects, coordinating with other professionals and driving the new innovation projects from research stage to application.Implement standards across the projects and communicate the project progress and outcomes.Ensure good documentation of technical development plans, project risks, compliance, product-related documents, etc.Identify, assess, develop, and modify application concepts and/or technologies for new Bioscience ingredients, including packaging and excipients selection to address new market needs.Study the interaction and evaluate the performance of new Bioscience ingredients with the existing product portfolio.Design technical experiments in collaboration with R&D and application teams across global business units.Assist the organization with environmental and regulatory product issues, product improvements, competitive positioning of existing product offerings, and New Business Developments into Bioscience.Work closely with marketing by providing VOC relative to science, product performance, and expectations of product attributes.Act as a technical resource for the new Bioscience ingredients to sales professionals, customers, and other internal/external partners, for example, contract manufacturers, quality, regulation, and operation.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 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 selves to work regardless of their religion, gender identity & expression, sexual orientation, or disability.Visit

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