Dairy Flavor Scientist II

International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.; Philadelphia, Northern (Philadelphia County, KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401(k)

Vacation

Holidays

16 weeks paid parental leave

Annual bonus plan

Job summary

International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (IFF) seeks a Dairy Designer II / Scientist II in Philadelphia to lead dairy and dairy-alternative product development from concept to commercialization.

You will plan projects, create formulations, and collaborate cross-functionally to meet sensory, regulatory, and cost targets. The role emphasizes hands-on scale‑up, pilot plant collaboration, and strong communication with customers and internal teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Food Technology, Dairy Science, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biology, or related field.
• Minimum seven years in the food, ingredient, flavor, or consumer products industry, ideally with two years of dairy/dairy alternatives experience.
• Experience developing products from concept through prototype development, scale-up, manufacturing, and commercialization.
• Understanding of ingredient functionality, flavor systems, texture design, formulation principles, and flavor interactions in dairy and dairy alternative applications.
• Proven project management and project planning skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Experience supporting manufacturing environments, pilot plants, production trials, and commercial product launches.
• Excellent verbal, written, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to work onsite in laboratory and pilot plant environments five days per week.

Responsibilities

• Lead dairy and dairy alternative product development projects from concept through commercialization, delivering best-in-class solutions.
• Develop finished product formulations using IFF technologies while meeting sensory, regulatory, cost, and customer requirements.
• Collaborate with Production, QA, and QC teams to execute scale‑up trials and support launches.
• Apply expertise in taste and texture design to create innovative prototypes and commercially successful solutions.
• Continuously expand knowledge of ingredients, customer needs, manufacturing, flavor interactions, and market trends.
• Evaluate emerging technologies, ingredients, and consumer trends and incorporate them into development activities.
• Deliver product demonstrations, technical presentations, workshops, and training sessions for customers.

Skills

Project management

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Food Science

Master's degree in Food Science

Tools

Pilot plant experience

MicroThermics equipment

HTST/UHT processing

Job description

International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (IFF) seeks a Dairy Designer II / Scientist II in Philadelphia to lead dairy and dairy-alternative product development from concept to commercialization.

You will plan projects, create formulations, and collaborate cross-functionally to meet sensory, regulatory, and cost targets. The role emphasizes hands-on scale‑up, pilot plant collaboration, and strong communication with customers and internal teams.