Job Summary
Do you have a passion for supply chain excellence and the drive to ensure materials are always available where they matter most?
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (IFF) is a global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients, health and biosciences. We deliver sustainable innovations that elevate everyday products.
Global Shared Services (GSS) plays a critical role in supporting our businesses worldwide through operational excellence, continuous improvement, and technology-driven solutions. Our team helps ensure seamless supply chain execution that enables IFF to deliver exceptional service to customers across the globe.
The role is based in 6th of October City, Cairo, Egypt, in a hybrid work model combining office and remote work. Join a dynamic, passionate, caring, and committed team where collaboration, agility, and innovation drive performance. Here, your expertise will directly contribute to customer satisfaction, operational excellence, and business success.
Where You'll Make a Difference
- Ensure global six-sigma raw material availability while supporting a 98% on-time delivery performance to customers.
- Manage daily raw material demand from manufacturing sites and execute operational purchasing activities.
- Monitor inbound deliveries, follow up with suppliers, and proactively resolve material shortages.
- Collaborate with local supply chain planners and site managers to ensure alignment across planning activities.
- Partner with procurement teams and suppliers to improve delivery reliability and strengthen vendor performance.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on inventory optimization and reduction of slow-moving and obsolete stock.
- Act as a key planning contact for Taste raw materials within cross-functional projects and initiatives.
What Makes You the Right Fit
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Operations Management, or a related field.
- Minimum 4 years of experience in supply planning, material planning, or operational buying.
- Strong knowledge of MRP systems, preferably SAP MRP, and end-to-end supply chain processes.
- Experience working in an international and matrix organization with multiple stakeholders.
- Fluency in English, both written and spoken.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Customer-focused mindset with a strong understanding of end-to-end supply chain requirements.
How Would You Stand Out?
- Proactive, dynamic, and solution-oriented approach.
- Strong sense of ownership and accountability.
- Ability to prioritize effectively and perform well in a fast-paced environment.
- Continuous improvement mindset with a focus on operational excellence.
- Strong collaboration skills and the ability to build effective relationships across functions and regions.
Why Choose Us?
- Permanent position within a global organization.
- Hybrid work model offering flexibility and collaboration.
- Professional onboarding process and structured support from day one.
- Opportunity to work with diverse teams across regions and functions.
- Access to training, learning, and career development programs.
- Exposure to global supply chain operations and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Be part of a culture that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning.
We are a global leader in taste, scent, nutrition, health, and biosciences, 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 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 religion, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, or disability.
Visit http://iff.com/careers/workplace-diversity-and-inclusion to learn more.
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 Supply Chain, Logistics, Operations Management, or related field
- Minimum 4 years of experience in planning or operational buying
- Strong knowledge of MRP systems (e.g., SAP MRP) and supply chain processes
- Proven ability to work in an international, matrix environment with multiple stakeholders
- Fluent in English (written and spoken)
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong communication and stakeholder management abilities
- Customer-focused mindset with experience understanding end-to-end requirements
- Proactive, dynamic, and solution-oriented attitude
- Demonstrated ownership, accountability, and ability to prioritize under pressure
- Experience driving continuous improvement and operational excellence initiatives
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.
