Job Summary

Would you like to work in an international environment and contribute to the safety and quality of our food ingredients?
Are you an enthusiastic, motivated, and detail-oriented professional with a desire to work in a team of colleagues with great technical competences within production, regulation and processes? Then you might be the right person to work as our new Quality & Food Safety Specialist.

As part of the IFF Health & Biosciences organization, we service a broad range of IFF’s products in a global work environment. You will be impressed to discover our world of high-quality food ingredients and their importance for the quality of food.

We are looking for a competent colleague with both technical and business sense who like to work in a busy area with varied daily tasks. On a daily base you are interacting with the starter cultures production departments at Health & Biosciences manufacturing sites and provide support to find sustainable solutions in the scope of food safety and quality requirements.

Food safety and microbiological understanding and expertise are necessary in the position.

You will be responsible for the coordination of various tasks to ensure regulatory, technical and customer specific compliance. The major tasks are:

Management of technical commercialisation including
- risk assessment and approval processes for intermediates, finished materials, raw and packaging materials,
- coordination of intermediates exchanges between sister sites globally and
- labelling information under consideration of regulatory, production related and customer specific requirements
Coordination of the documentation and maintenance of products in our production systems, including SAP
Technical approval of Product Descriptions, statements and other product related documents to our customers
Technical coordination and implementation of customer requirements
Handling of deviations

Qualifications:

Academic background in Microbiology, Chemistry, Biosciences, Food Technology, or related science fields, or equivalent experience
preferably with microbiological understanding, experience within food safety and food product documentation/traceability
competency in using IT-systems; familiarity with SAP will be a plus
Ability to work independently and to prioritize effectively
Ability to build and maintain strong working relations with a variety of stakeholders across borders and cultures
Ability to communicate in a clear and precise manner
excellent communication skills in English
Native level of German or French

You are analytical, systematic and pay attention to details. As a person, we emphasize that you are service minded, have good interpersonal skills and are in high spirits.

Please submit your CV in English.

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

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