Overview

Create the change that everyone wants a taste of. Make a difference at IFF.
If you haven’t heard of IFF before (treasures are truly hard to find), it’s time to get excited. Welcome to the world’s best-kept secret and scent.
At IFF, we apply science and creativity for a better world, push past traditional boundaries and towards a more sustainable future. We are on a mission to co-create sensorial experiences that delight and go beyond the expectations of consumers everywhere.
While we have grown over the years, we remain agile in our approach and put our customers’ needs at the forefront of our thinking. We are an international collective of thinkers represented at over 110 manufacturing sites and 100 R&D centres globally.
You will have the opportunity to join IFF at a very unique moment in time (as we spearhead our digital transformation) and impact our business directly by the work you do.
How You’ll Leave Your Mark
As a Data Scientist, you will be part of our cross-functional digital team. You’ll support the team by implementing scalable and sustainable solutions for our business problems. Based on your scientific and statistical expertise, these will not only influence your base office but will expand to our global IFF network as well.
What Your Work Will Taste Like – You Will…
• Solve challenging, large-scale problems by applying advanced statistical analyses and machine-learning techniques
• Drive crucial prediction models based on large data sets from our sites
• Shape automated decision making by integrating your own models and algorithms into our business processes
• Advise our manufacturing sites by analyzing and optimizing modelling features
• Support your team to communicate complex solutions and models in an easily understandable way
How You’ll Spice Up Our Results – You…
• Have scientific expertise in chemical engineering or STEM equivalent (BSc, MSc, PhD)
• Mastered your analytical and problem-solving skills during the last 5+ years
• Are experienced in working with large data sets, SQL, Python, and R
• Are flexible and open for agile working in a constantly evolving environment
• Break down complex problems easily and make them understandable to anyone else
Why working at IFF will be the cherry on the cake of your career
We cherish your individuality. Our diversity, equity, and inclusion programs prove every day that different backgrounds and attitudes are the key factors to our success.
We know your worth. An attractive and competitive payment is a must to show you our appreciation.
We value your personal workstyle. We trust you. Whether you work remotely or on site, do what’s best for you and shape your work the way it fits into your life.
We trust your creativity. We support out-of-the-box thinking without hierarchies. On our teams, it’s the best idea that wins, not the one from the highest up.
We want you to thrive. Our IFF university will meet all your needs for personal development and growth. Because now is only the beginning.
We care about you. With our health insurance and pension plans we make sure that your well-being is secure – professionally and privately.
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