Technician I, Research

International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.; Mumbai; On-site; INR 260,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

IFF in Mumbai is seeking a Laboratory Assistant to support perfumers and run day-to-day lab operations. You will weigh fragrance formulas, manage compounding, and coordinate with requestors to meet timelines.

You'll order raw materials via SAP, maintain stock, record safety data, and prepare fragrance applications for evaluation. Strong attention to detail and teamwork are essential to ensure quality and compliance.

Qualifications

• Diploma or Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Chemical Technology, Life Sciences, Biotechnology, or a related field.
• 1–3 years of laboratory, fragrance, flavor, chemical, FMCG, or manufacturing experience.
• Familiarity with SAP or other enterprise systems for inventory, procurement and data entry.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy in weighing, compounding and documentation.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities while meeting timelines.
• Good communication and coordination skills for working with perfumers and cross-functional teams.
• Commitment to laboratory safety, quality standards, and compliance requirements.

Responsibilities

• Accurately weighing fragrance formulas and completing compounding activities within agreed timelines.
• Prioritizing compounding requests and coordinating with requestors on expected completion dates.
• Ordering raw materials, packaging supplies, and urgent laboratory requirements through SAP.
• Maintaining raw material collections, ensuring proper labeling, stock availability, and timely replacement of expiring materials.
• Recording flashpoint information and supporting SAP-related laboratory activities.
• Creating application tasks in SAP and preparing finished fragrance applications according to perfumer instructions.
• Supporting perfumers with raw material retrieval, fragrance preparation, and dilution creation for evaluations and training.
• Performing raw material approvals by assessing color, physical state, and odor consistency against existing standards.
• Preparing smelling strips and dilution samples for fragrance evaluation and approval.
• Maintaining accurate records, formula data, trial oil collections, and weekly compounding reports.
• Ensuring laboratory cleanliness, equipment upkeep, and adherence to EHS and safety guidelines.

Skills

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Multitasking

Education

Chemistry/ life sciences degree

Tools

SAP

Job description

Job Summary

Are you passionate about service excellence? Would you love to work for a global organization that is doing more good for people and planet? IFF is a global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients and health & biosciences, we deliver sustainable innovations that elevate everyday products.

Global Business Services: Delivering streamlined, scalable support - enhancing efficiency, compliance and service excellence across the company.

The role is based in Mumbai, India. Be part of a creative, solution-oriented team where together we can achieve greatness and make a real impact. Your potential is our inspiration.

Where You'll Make a Difference

As a Laboratory Assistant, you will play a critical role in supporting perfumers and ensuring smooth day-to-day laboratory operations. Your responsibilities will include:

• Accurately weighing fragrance formulas and completing compounding activities within agreed timelines.
• Prioritizing compounding requests and coordinating with requestors on expected completion dates.
• Ordering raw materials, packaging supplies, and urgent laboratory requirements through SAP.
• Maintaining raw material collections, ensuring proper labeling, stock availability, and timely replacement of expiring materials.
• Recording flashpoint information and supporting SAP-related laboratory activities.
• Creating application tasks in SAP and preparing finished fragrance applications according to perfumer instructions.
• Supporting perfumers with raw material retrieval, fragrance preparation, and dilution creation for evaluations and training.
• Performing raw material approvals by assessing color, physical state, and odor consistency against existing standards.
• Preparing smelling strips and dilution samples for fragrance evaluation and approval.
• Maintaining accurate records, formula data, trial oil collections, and weekly compounding reports.
• Ensuring laboratory cleanliness, equipment upkeep, and adherence to EHS and safety guidelines.

What Makes You the Right Fit?

• Diploma or Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Chemical Technology, Life Sciences, Biotechnology, or a related field.
• 1 to 3 years of experience in a laboratory, fragrance, flavor, chemical, FMCG, or manufacturing environment.
• Familiarity with SAP or other enterprise systems for inventory, procurement, and data entry activities.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy in weighing, compounding, and documentation.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities while meeting timelines.
• Good communication and coordination skills for working with perfumers and cross-functional teams.
• Commitment to laboratory safety, quality standards, and compliance requirements.

How Would You Stand Out?

• Experience working in a fragrance, flavor, cosmetics, or specialty chemicals laboratory.
• Knowledge of raw material handling, compounding processes, and laboratory inventory management.
• Hands-on experience with SAP transactions related to procurement, stock management, and laboratory operations.
• Strong analytical mindset with excellent organizational and record-keeping skills.
• Experience supporting product development, applications, or sensory evaluation activities.

Why Choose Us?

Be part of a global organization shaping innovative fragrance solutions. Work closely with experienced perfumers and industry experts. Gain exposure to fragrance creation, laboratory operations, and product development processes. Collaborative and inclusive work environment focused on learning and growth. Opportunities to develop technical expertise and build a rewarding long-term career.

IFF is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 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 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

At IFF, we make joy through science, creativity and heart. As the global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients, health and biosciences, we deliver groundbreaking, sustainable innovations that elevate everyday products - advancing wellness, delighting the senses and enhancing the human experience. We value an inclusive, creative workplace where all individuals can thrive and do their best work. We consider all qualified candidates equally and based on merit, without regard to religion, ethnicity, national origin, race, age, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation or disability.