Job Description

Are you ready to grow your commercial and technical expertise while contributing to the development of innovative and exclusive scent ingredients?

IFF is a global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients and health & biosciences. We deliver sustainable innovations that elevate everyday products.

As Global Account Executive – Scent Ingredients, you will support our global account teams in driving sustainable, profitable sales and market share growth through the development and adoption of new exclusive ingredients. This role offers a unique opportunity to work at the intersection of customer partnership, ingredient innovation, and perfumery expertise, while building strong relationships both internally and externally.

Together, we can shape the future of scent innovation. Your potential is our inspiration.

Where You’ll Make a Difference

Project Management & Support – Ingredient Innovation Program

• Support leadership in selecting and prioritizing ingredient candidate materials aligned with customer needs

• Provide tools and frameworks to develop action plans and track progress

• Contribute to the development of compelling Value Propositions for new exclusive ingredients in close collaboration with Marketing

• Support ingredient demonstrations and evaluations, ensuring timely follow-up on actions

• Prepare meetings and translate outcomes into clear, actionable plans

Customer Partnership

• Map internal and external stage gates and timelines for ingredient innovation platforms

• Build strong relationships with customer decision makers and influencers by attending regular meetings under the leadership of the Senior Account Director Ingredients

• Develop a deep understanding of customer decision-making criteria

• Accurately document customer visits, feedback, and insights

Account Strategy – Drive Ingredient Adoption & Usage

• Support the promotion of new ingredients internally and externally by continuously collecting insights from perfumers and evaluators

• Consolidate insights across olfactive, performance, regulatory, technical, and synergistic dimensions

• Translate these insights into strong Value Propositions for existing, new, and candidate ingredients

What Makes You the Right Fit

• Bachelor’s degree in Sciences, Engineering, or a related field

• Minimum of 3 years of relevant industry experience with demonstrated success

• Strong drive for results with the ability to support ingredient introduction, adoption, and usage

• High level of perseverance, accountability, and ownership in project execution

• Strategic mindset with the ability to assess future scenarios and competitive landscapes

How Would You Stand Out?

• Solid understanding of perfumery fundamentals and ingredient applications

• Passionate interest in fragrance and olfactive evaluation

• Ability to smell, evaluate, describe, compare, and recognize scents across categories

• Strong communication skills to translate olfactive needs into clear inputs for internal and external stakeholders

• Ability to offer a fresh perspective to perfumery teams by connecting ingredient value to customer and market realities

Personal Development

• Demonstrate IFF Culture Principles and Values every day

• Collaborate across functions, geographies, and cultures to achieve shared objectives

• Build meaningful professional networks across the organization

• Proactively seek feedback to accelerate personal and professional growth

• Continuously develop the expertise required to independently manage projects and deepen knowledge of perfumery and ingredients

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