Applications & Innovation Coordinator | F&B | MX

EMEA3 Recruitment; Cuautitlán; Presencial; MXN 480.000 - 700.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Symrise in Mexico is seeking a dedicated professional to ensure projects move smoothly through the system as a workflow controller and lab coordinator. You will coordinate the flow of projects, track progress, monitor timelines, and support prioritization to meet customer deadlines.

You will also provide administrative support, manage documentation, and engage with cross-functional teams including Flavor Development, Marketing, and Sensory Analysis, ensuring efficient resource allocation and

Formación

• Experience in the flavor or ingredients industry with a background in project management, application laboratories, and R&D.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Chemistry, Food Chemistry, Biotechnology, or related field is required.
• Desirable English proficiency at C1 level.
• Strong knowledge of project workflow management, stage-gate processes, and commercialization.

Responsabilidades

• Ensure projects move efficiently through the system with visibility, prioritization, and operational discipline (workflow controller and lab coordinator).
• Coordinate overall flow of projects by tracking progress, monitoring active projects, updating statuses, managing timelines, and supporting prioritization.

Conocimientos

Project management

Lab coordination

Workflow management

R&D knowledge

Educación

Bachelor's in Engineering, Chemistry, Food Chemistry, Biotechnology or related field

Herramientas

CX system

Descripción del empleo

About us

Symrise is a global supplier of fragrances and flavors, cosmetic active ingredients as well as functional ingredients. Its customers include perfume, cosmetics, food and beverage manufacturers, the pharmaceutical industry and producers of dietary supplements and pet food.

With sales of around €4.9 billion in the 2025 financial year, the company is one of the world's leading providers. The Group, headquartered in Holzminden, Germany, has more than 100 locations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East, Asia, the USA and Latin America.

Together with its customers, Symrise develops new ideas and market-ready concepts for products that form an indispensable part of everyday life. Economic success and corporate responsibility are inextricably linked.

Symrise – always inspiring more...

Your role

• Ensure projects move efficiently through the system with visibility, prioritization, and operational discipline (workflow controller and lab coordinator)
• Coordinate the overall flow of projects by tracking progress, monitoring all active projects, updating project statuses, managing timelines, ensuring workflow visibility, identifying delayed projects, detecting bottlenecks, monitoring workload distribution, and supporting project prioritization.
• Support operational planning by organizing weekly planning activities, providing visibility into workload and weekly execution plans, coordinating resources, managing laboratory occupancy and resource allocation for projects, overseeing product tastings, and ensuring customer deadlines are met.
• Provide administrative operational support by maintaining project information in the CX system, preparing monthly operational reports, and organizing technical documentation.
• Coordinate cross-functional activities by participating in and taking responsibility during RCT meetings, following up on customer requests, monitoring raw material availability, and tracking dependencies with other departments, including Flavor Development, Marketing, and Sensory Analysis.
• Identify and address operational bottlenecks by monitoring overloaded applicators, raw material shortages, delayed projects, capacity risks, and issues that require escalation to management.

About you

• Experience in the flavor or ingredients industry, with a background in project management, application laboratories, and Research & Development (R&D).
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Chemistry, Food Chemistry, Biotechnology, or a related engineering or chemical sciences field is required.
• Language: desirable English proficiency at C1 level
• Strong technical knowledge is required in project workflow management, including brief management, stage-gate processes, innovation pipelines, and commercialization processes. A solid understanding of the flavor industry is also essential, including the flavor creation process, application development process, customer briefs, regulatory requirements, and sample manufacturing.

Our offer

Become part of our open and transparent culture. It will give you the opportunity to flourish and to develop inspiring experiences that contribute to the health and well-being of consumers in 160 countries around the world. Putting our employees in the focus fuels our strong company growth above market rates and makes us an excellent place to develop your career.

Come join us and embark on a fascinating journey with Symrise.