Job Summary
IFF is a global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients and health & biosciences. We deliver sustainable innovations that elevate everyday products.
Food Ingredients: Innovating improved nutritional profiles, better taste and texture, and greater cost efficiency to meet the needs of global food and beverage manufacturers.
The role is based in Tecomán, Colima (onsite). Be part of a detail-oriented, analytical, and collaborative team where you will play a key role in ensuring product quality and compliance within manufacturing operations. Your potential is our inspiration.
As a Quality Analyst II, you will execute quality control and quality assurance activities, ensuring that raw materials, packaging materials, intermediates, and finished products meet internal standards and customer requirements.
- Perform analytical evaluation of raw materials, packaging materials, intermediate, and finished products
- Execute pass/fail determinations during analytical inspections using defined controls
- Conduct confirmatory testing for non-conforming analyses
- Generate analytical documentation and accurately record data in systems and databases
- Verify, calibrate, and maintain laboratory equipment
- Prepare solutions, reagents, and manage laboratory supplies
- Provide timely and reliable analytical information to internal and external customers
- Participate in quality alerts, trainings, and continuous improvement initiatives
- Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Food Chemistry, or related fields
- Experience in quality analysis or production processes (preferred)
- Knowledge of analytical techniques and laboratory practices
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office; SAP knowledge is a plus
- Basic to intermediate English level
- Strong analytical thinking and attention to detail
- Effective communication and teamwork skills
- Results-oriented mindset with good organizational skills
- Availability to work rotating shifts (morning, afternoon, and night, 6 days on / 2 days off)
- Experience in food, ingredients, or manufacturing environments
- Familiarity with quality systems and laboratory standards
- Proactive approach to problem-solving and continuous improvement
- Opportunity to work in a global leader in food ingredient innovation
- Hands-on experience in laboratory and quality control operations
- Exposure to real manufacturing and quality processes
- Collaborative and performance-driven environment
- Learning and development opportunities
- Inclusive and diverse workplace culture
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 Chemical Engineering, Food Chemistry, or related fields
- Experience in quality analysis or production processes
- Knowledge of analytical techniques and laboratory practices
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office; SAP knowledge is a plus
- Basic to intermediate English level
- Strong analytical thinking and attention to detail
- Effective communication and teamwork skills
- Results-oriented mindset with good organizational skills
- Availability to work rotating shifts
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.
