Designer - Dairy Applications

Job Summary

IFF is a global leader in taste, scent, and nutrition, offering customers a broad range of natural solutions while accelerating sustainable innovation.

The Taste Business Unit partners with customers to create memorable sensory experiences, combining deep technical expertise, consumer insights, and creative product design to deliver impactful solutions across categories.

This Designer, Dairy Applications role is based on-site in South Brunswick, NJ, requiring daily presence in the lab and pilot plant. You will be part of a collaborative, solution-oriented, and growth-focused team where your technical expertise and creativity will directly support customer success.

Where You'll Make a Difference

- Independently manage assigned projects, timelines, and priorities to ensure high-quality delivery.

- Develop structured work plans to support efficient project execution and resource utilization.

- Design finished product formulations using IFF technologies while meeting industrial standards and country-specific requirements related to profile, legality, cost, and stability.

- Provide technical guidance and problem-solving support for unusual or complex formulation challenges.

- Execute projects for key local, strategic, and regional customers with a focus on commercial success.

- Refine and clearly articulate taste and texture attributes with project teams and stakeholders.

- Continuously expand knowledge of ingredients, materials, and processing relevant to dairy product design.

- Contribute to new concept generation and support must-win and high-impact projects through cross-functional collaboration

What Makes You the Right Fit

- Minimum of five years of experience in the industrial food, ingredient, or flavor industry, plus at least two years in a relevant area of technical expertise.

- University or college degree in Food Science and Technology or a related discipline such as Chemistry, Biochemistry, or Biology.

- Strong understanding of ingredient functionality and flavor performance across different finished dairy products.

- Proven ability to work independently while contributing effectively within cross-functional teams.

- Experience collaborating with Sales, Marketing, Flavorists, Product Excellence, Regulatory Affairs, and other technical partners.

- Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts into clear recommendations.

- Well-developed organizational and project-management skills in a dynamic, customer-focused environment.

- Willingness and ability to travel up to 30% of the time to support customer trials, troubleshooting, and project execution.

How Would You Stand Out?

- Master's degree in Food Science or a related field.

- Experience supporting customer plant trials, troubleshooting, or technical training activities.

- Familiarity with innovation processes and contributing to technical documentation or solutions literature.

Why Choose Us?

- Opportunity to work on products that shape everyday consumer experiences.

- Hands-on exposure to advanced technologies and real-world customer applications.

- Collaborative and inclusive team culture that values knowledge sharing and development.

- Professional growth through challenging projects and continuous learning.

- Strong connection to global innovation and category growth initiatives.

- A purpose-driven organization committed to sustainability and excellence.

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