Senior Flavor Creator - Snacks & Seasonings

IFF; Carrollton (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

IFF in Carrollton, Texas, is seeking a Flavor Creation professional to design and scale seasoning solutions for snacks. This role emphasizes benchtop development, customer collaboration, and cross-functional teamwork to deliver innovative flavors for global brands.

The candidate will lead technical execution of briefs, translate customer needs into viable technical solutions, and travel up to 20% while maintaining five-days onsite in Carrollton, TX.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Food Chemistry, or related field.
• 4+ years of experience in food manufacturing, food ingredients, seasonings, or the flavor industry.
• Experience developing and applying seasonings to food products, preferably snacks.
• Proven ability to independently formulate seasoning blends and flavor solutions in lab/benchtop.
• Willingness to travel up to 20% and work onsite in Carrollton, TX.

Responsibilities

• Develop consumer-preferred seasoning blends and flavor solutions for snack applications through benchtop product development, culinary insights, technical innovation, and consumer understanding.
• Lead the technical execution of regional and global customer briefs from concept to validation and implementation.
• Partner with customers to understand technical needs, identify opportunities, and build relationships across functions.
• Collaborate with Sales, Operations, Regulatory Affairs, Global Purchasing, and other technical teams to meet requirements.
• Lead or support strategic category and technology-platform initiatives to strengthen seasoning capabilities.
• Anticipate and resolve challenges with raw materials, flavor systems, prototypes, manufacturing processes, and scale-up.
• Deliver cost-effective flavor solutions with technical differentiation and competitive advantage.
• Provide cross-functional project leadership and coordinate with regional/global teams to improve execution and win rates.
• Contribute technical and market insights to support growth, process improvements, and category opportunities.

Skills

Seasoning development

Laboratory development

Cross-functional collaboration

Customer briefing experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Food Science/related

Job description

IFF in Carrollton, Texas, is seeking a Flavor Creation professional to design and scale seasoning solutions for snacks. This role emphasizes benchtop development, customer collaboration, and cross-functional teamwork to deliver innovative flavors for global brands.

The candidate will lead technical execution of briefs, translate customer needs into viable technical solutions, and travel up to 20% while maintaining five-days onsite in Carrollton, TX.