Job Summary
IFF is a global company in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients, and health & biosciences, delivering sustainable innovations that elevate everyday products.
Taste: We create flavor solutions for food and beverage products used by consumers around the world.
The role is based in Haverhill, United Kingdom and is an on-site position. You will work within the Flavors Sensory department, carrying out sensory evaluation, sample preparation, panel preparation, laboratory record keeping, and daily sample tracking activities. This role works closely with laboratory procedures, Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP), flavor retain systems, and sensory testing processes.
Where You’ll Make a Difference
- Prepare and manage multiple daily sensory panels to maintain laboratory workflow.
- Evaluate flavor samples against quality standards and customer requirements.
- Use the flavor retainer system for sensory evaluation preparation.
- Order retain samples from affiliate sites when required.
- Run daily lists and spreadsheets to track samples and on-time processing.
- Maintain laboratory records, sample information, and sensory documentation.
- Follow Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) requirements during daily laboratory activities.
- Oversee external laboratory testing and related sample tracking.
- Maintain laboratory organization, cleanliness, and site procedure standards.
What Makes You the Right Fit
- Bachelor Degree in Food Technology, Food Science or related,
- Experience in a Food Technology, Food Science, Flavor, or related laboratory environment.
- Knowledge of sensory evaluation, flavor assessment, or laboratory testing processes.
- Good attention to detail when handling samples, records, and laboratory information.
- Good verbal skills for daily laboratory and panel-related activities.
- Experience using spreadsheets, sample lists, or laboratory tracking tools.
- Ability to follow laboratory procedures, safety standards, and quality requirements.
- Comfortable working in a busy laboratory environment with several daily tasks. Good organization and time management skills.
- Familiarity with Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) requirements.
How Would You Stand Out?
- Previous experience with sensory panels or flavor evaluation activities.
- Experience using flavor retain systems or laboratory sample tracking processes.
- Experience with external laboratory testing or sample coordination.
Why Choose Us?
- Work in a sensory laboratory within a global flavor business.
- Gain exposure to flavor evaluation, sample preparation, and sensory panel activities.
- Build practical knowledge of laboratory processes, GMP, and sensory documentation.
- Work with flavor samples used in food and beverage applications.
- Be part of an on-site laboratory environment with clear daily processes.
- Develop technical knowledge in sensory evaluation and flavor testing.
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 Degree in Food Technology, Food Science or related
- Experience in a Food Technology, Food Science, Flavor, or related laboratory environment
- Knowledge of sensory evaluation, flavor assessment, or laboratory testing processes
- Good attention to detail when handling samples, records, and laboratory information
- Good verbal skills for daily laboratory and panel-related activities
- Experience using spreadsheets, sample lists, or laboratory tracking tools
- Ability to follow laboratory procedures, safety standards, and quality requirements
- Comfortable working in a busy laboratory environment with several daily tasks; good organization and time management skills
- Familiarity with Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) requirements
- Previous experience with sensory panels or flavor evaluation activities
- Experience using flavor retain systems or laboratory sample tracking processes
- Experience with external laboratory testing or sample coordination
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.
