Job Description

This role is responsible for overseeing and optimizing warehouse and logistics operations to ensure inventory integrity, regulatory compliance, and operational excellence. The position plays a key role in monitoring shelf life, managing storage and transfers, coordinating destruction processes, and driving continuous improvement initiatives across internal teams and third-party logistics providers. Acting as a central operational partner to the Warehouse Manager, the role ensures seamless execution of warehouse activities in line with GMP, safety, and business requirements.

Where You’ll Make a Difference

• Monitor inventory shelf life and collaborate with Quality Control and Planning to determine extension or destruction actions for near-expiry batches.
• Ensure correct material storage based on stock placement principles, continuously improving location accuracy.
• Coordinate material transfers with affiliates for SLOB and Overmax items and follow up on all related actions.
• Manage and execute the official destruction process in full compliance with regulatory and GMP requirements.
• Oversee 3PL warehouse performance, driving continuous improvement initiatives to increase operational efficiency.
• Lead cycle count planning and execution, ensuring inventory accuracy and completeness.
• Anticipate warehouse capacity needs, conduct efficiency and performance analyses, and propose data-driven process improvements.
• Monitor return-to-order batches and ensure seamless execution of all related workflows.
• Provide comprehensive operational and administrative support to the Warehouse Manager and ensure cross-functional alignment with Production, Planning, QA/QC, Technical Services, Procurement, Marketing, and Sales.

What Makes You the Right Fit

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Business Engineering, Business Administration, or Logistics.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in logistics and warehouse management, preferably within the food industry.
• Strong hands-on experience working in an SAP environment (5+ years).
• Solid understanding of GMP regulations and compliance requirements.
• Proven knowledge of occupational health and safety (OHS) and environmental management systems.
• Excellent English communication skills, both written and spoken.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications.
• Demonstrated ability to conduct capacity analysis and performance measurements.

How Would You Stand Out?

• Experience leading process improvement projects with measurable efficiency gains.
• Proven team management capabilities and strong cross-functional communication skills.
• A highly organized, results-oriented mindset with excellent coordination and planning abilities.

Why Choose Us?

• A role with end-to-end ownership and real impact on warehouse and supply chain operations.
• A collaborative, cross-functional environment with strong alignment between operations and quality.
• Opportunities to drive continuous improvement and operational excellence initiatives.
• Exposure to international standards and collaboration with global affiliates.
• A quality-focused organization operating under GMP-regulated conditions.
• Strong potential for professional growth and development within operations and logistics.

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.

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