Research Chef

Job Summary

Where You'll Make a Difference

• Serve as the primary culinary liaison for key food service accounts, delivering bestinclass customer collaboration and support.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with customer research chefs and culinary teams.
• Partner with Flavorists, Seasoning Flavorists, and Scientists to leverage IFF's technical capabilities and accelerate customer growth.
• Lead culinary innovation through full product design, applying creativity, scientific understanding, and crossfunctional collaboration.
• Independently develop marketpreferred solutions through benchtop product development, technical innovation, and consumer insights.
• Share culinary knowledge by teaching colleagues core cooking fundamentals and emerging industry trends.
• Mentor team members by providing guidance, coaching, and development opportunities for future project leadership.
• Support the regional implementation of new technologies by identifying appropriate applications and executing trials.
• Apply a clear understanding of the IFF Innovation process to ensure timely, highquality project execution.

What Makes You the Right Fit

• Minimum 10 years of experience in restaurants, hospitality, or manufacturing environments.
• Experience as a Corporate Chef preferred.
• University/College degree in Culinary Arts and/or Food Science.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent organizational and interpersonal abilities.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with crossfunctional teams.
• Ability to balance creativity with commercial understanding and customer focus.
• Willingness to travel up to 40%.

How Would You Stand Out?

• Demonstrated success supporting strategic food service customers or global accounts.
• Experience working in culinarydriven innovation environments.
• Strong ability to translate consumer insights into compelling culinary concepts.

Why Choose Us?

• A collaborative, innovative culture that values diverse perspectives.
• Global career development opportunities.
• Purposedriven work shaping the future of taste and food innovation.
• Comprehensive benefits package tailored to your region.

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