Job Summary
IFF is a global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients and health & biosciences. We deliver sustainable innovations that elevate everyday products.
Global Operations: Ensuring excellence in execution—from procurement to supply chain and reliability—delivering quality, safety, efficiency and sustainability across the value chain.
The role is based in Leiden, hybrid. Be part of a collaborative, detail-oriented, and internationally focused team where together we can achieve excellence and make a real impact. Your potential is our inspiration.
Our Global Quality Assurance team is looking for a Quality Assurance Specialist for a project-based assignment of approximately two years. In this role, you will work independently while collaborating with global teams across Quality Assurance, Supply Chain, Sales, Regulatory, and Manufacturing to maintain quality systems and support both internal and external customer and regulatory requirements.
Where You’ll Make a Difference- Maintain and update SAP material master data and product documentation
- Support quality and regulatory documentation systems
- Assist with product registrations, deviations, and change requests
- Maintain and continuously improve quality databases and management processes
- Collaborate with global stakeholders across Quality Assurance, Supply Chain, and Regulatory
- Respond to internal and external customer and regulatory documentation requests
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives within Quality Assurance throughout the project
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, a technical field, or relevant Quality Assurance / Quality Control experience
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in IT applications is preferred
- Experience with SAP, Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS), SharePoint, and Microsoft Office
- Strong written and verbal communication skills in English
- Solid technical writing capabilities
- Knowledge of biotechnology, fermentation processes, and relevant regulatory frameworks
- Strong organizational skills with high attention to detail
- Ability to work independently in a global, project-driven environment
- Experience supporting customer quality documentation and regulatory dossiers
- Proven ability to quickly absorb training from regional Quality Assurance and Regulatory teams
- Experience working in cross-functional and international project teams
- A project-based assignment of approximately two years in a global environment
- Opportunity to make a tangible impact on global quality processes
- Exposure to diverse stakeholders across regions and functions
- Continuous learning and development opportunities
- An inclusive culture where individuality is valued
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 Business, a technical field, or relevant Quality Assurance / Quality Control experience
- Bachelor's degree or higher in IT applications
- Experience with SAP, LIMS, SharePoint, and Microsoft Office
- Strong written and verbal communication skills in English
- Solid technical writing capabilities
- Knowledge of biotechnology, fermentation processes, and relevant regulatory frameworks
- Strong organizational skills with high attention to detail
- Ability to work independently in a global, project-driven environment
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.
