Job Summary
IFF is a global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients and health & biosciences. We deliver sustainable innovations that elevate everyday products.
Health & Biosciences: Channeling our passion for nature and bioscience into sustainable, life-enhancing technologies that power innovative solutions across healthcare, food, consumer and industrial markets.
The role is based in Melbourne, Australia (onsite role). Be part of a proactive, customer-focused and 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
Coordinate end-to-end logistics operations, including third-party logistics (3PL) warehouse management, import customs clearance and local delivery.
Manage logistics for temperature-sensitive food products, including cold-chain and deep-freeze products, to maintain required storage and transport conditions throughout the distribution process.
Process logistics transactions in SAP and prepare accurate customs-clearance documentation for timely submission to brokers.
Monitor import customs declarations, resolve operational issues and escalate risks promptly when required.
Manage logistics key performance indicators (KPIs), service performance and cost verification with third-party logistics providers to support on-time delivery at the right cost.
Monitor warehouse and transport processes for efficiency, product integrity, traceability and compliance with applicable food-safety and quality requirements.
Partner with Sales, Customer Service, Planning, Finance, Quality and external service providers to ensure smooth logistics execution.
Lead logistics process and cost-optimization projects, and investigate customer complaints or temperature-excursion issues to implement effective corrective actions.
What Makes You the Right Fit
Bachelor's degree in Logistics, Supply Chain, Business or a related field.
Profound knowledge and experience in Logistics operation, over 5 years in logistics management and at least 5 years of import/export experience, local distribution, warehousing, etc
Hands-on and good communication skills with proactive working attitude.
Solid experience managing food cold-chain and deep-freeze logistics, including temperature-controlled storage and transportation requirements.
Good communication and negotiation skill.
High accountability and good team spirit.
Logical and systemic thinking, project management skill.
How Would You Stand Out?
Experience in a multinational food, ingredients, health, biosciences or chemical environment.
Knowledge of food-safety or quality-management requirements relevant to cold-chain and frozen products.
A collaborative, detail-oriented and continuous-improvement mindset.
Experience in chemical industry MNC and SAP is preferred.
Why Choose Us?
- Professional onboarding process
- Multinational and supporting environment
- Training opportunities
- Learning and development programs from day one
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
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Logistics, Supply Chain, Business or related field.
- Over 5 years in logistics management with at least 5 years import/export experience, local distribution, and warehousing.
- Hands-on, proactive working attitude with strong communication skills.
- Solid experience managing food cold-chain and deep-freeze logistics, including temperature-controlled storage and transport.
- Experience preparing customs-clearance documentation and monitoring import customs declarations.
- Experience processing logistics transactions in SAP.
- Ability to manage logistics KPIs, service performance, and cost verification with 3PL providers.
- Logical and systemic thinking with project management skills.
- Good negotiation skills, high accountability and team spirit.
IFF Family of Companies Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about IFF Family of Companies and has not been reviewed or approved by IFF Family of Companies.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered competitive in many roles and locations, and compensation is often described as good.
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Parental & Family Support — A global minimum of 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave for all new parents is in place. This policy is positioned as a notable component of the overall package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Core offerings include paid time off, sick days, holidays, and sabbatical leave. Flexible scheduling options such as compressed workweeks and hybrid/remote arrangements are available where feasible.
IFF Family of Companies Insights
What We Do
Meet IFF: We boldly bring together science and creativity to create what the world needs. An industry leader in food, beverage, health and biosciences, we create essential solutions – from global icons to unexpected innovations and experiences. Equal parts outspoken and analytical, our international collective of thinkers working with customers to bring scents, tastes, experiences, ingredients and solutions for products people crave. With 24,000 employees across 65 countries, more than 110 manufacturing facilities, 100 R&D centers, and 33,000 customers across the world, we’re poised to make a difference on an unprecedented scale. Without our boundary-pushing passion and end-to-end expertise, the future wouldn’t be the same. Visit us at www.iff.com to learn more about how our talented people and new technology are challenging the expected, championing creators and doing more good for people and planet. Explore what sets us apart.
