Technical Specialist - Vendor Quality

Job Description

IFF – where Science and Creativity meet. IFF is a world leader in food, beverage, scent, home and personal care, and health. We apply science and creativity for a better world. We bring our expertise in bioscience, chemistry, flavors and fragrances to partner with customers of all sizes – creating essential solutions that power the world’s most beloved products.

Technical Specialist, Vendor Quality, Nourish Ingredients

Are you an enthusiastic, motivated, and detail-oriented professional with a desire to work in a team of colleagues with great technical competencies within production, regulation, and processes? 

Who we are

IFF is a leading creator of food ingredients solutions for beverages, sweet goods, savory, and dairy products around the world. We help our customers deliver on the promise of delicious foods and drinks that consumers love.

Our regional Quality team is part of the Global Quality organization, and we service a broad range of IFF’s products and production sites within the Nourish Ingredients platform in a global work environment. Our team is located in Brabrand, Denmark. 

Who we are looking for?

A well-organized and team-oriented colleague, who likes to take up the position as Technical Specialist, Vendor Quality, for our business unit Systems and work with technical specifications for a range of raw materials like guar and other hydrocolloids, proteins, starches, dairy ingredients, gelatine, flavors as well as raw materials like fat/oils, fatty acids, fruit acids. The tasks are related to our production sites in Europe and South Africa. 

You will participate in the coordination of various tasks to ensure regulatory, technical and customer specific compliance.

Your core responsibilities

•    Participate in Raw material approval process and Supplier approval process. This includes collection of documentation, evaluation of results, and risk assessment.
•    Documentation and maintenance of master data in various systems, including SAP
•    Creation and maintenance of raw material purchasing specifications
•    Maintain supplier contact with respect to quality, technical issues, and quality complaints
•    Handling deviations for raw materials used at the factories in Europe and South Africa
•    Support our production sites in third-party audits (customer audits, GFSI certification audits, religious audits)
•    Support stakeholders with relevant information (Sourcing, Planning, Regulatory Affairs, Product Management, Sales, Application, R&D, etc.) 
•    Ad hoc tasks

Job Requirements

Qualifications
You are a dedicated person with a relevant academic background within chemistry, food, dairy or the like. Knowledge/experience within food or food ingredients as well as knowledge about the principles in ISO, HACCP and BRC/FSSC standards will be preferred for this position. Microbiological knowledge is also an advantage in this position.  

You are a competent user of IT-systems and have experience with Excel-related tasks.

We will prefer candidates that have competences within the Quality & Food Safety area to ensure quick entry into job functions.

You are fluent in both verbal and written English and have good communication skills. Proficiency in Danish will be an advantage but is not a necessity.

You may be the right person for the job if you:

Can work independently and build and maintain strong working relations with a variety of internal and external stakeholders. You are systematic, looking for solutions and pay attention to details. You have a high degree of structure and enjoy maintaining documentation. As a person, we emphasize that you are service-minded, have good interpersonal skills and are in high spirits. You thrive in a fast-paced work environment with many international colleagues and where deadlines can be short. You have the stamina and robustness needed to maintain overview and follow through.  

Please submit your CV and application in English as soon as possible. We review applications on an ongoing basis. For more information about the role, you’re welcome to contact Manager, EMEA Quality, Emulsifiers & Systems, Kirsten Hjorth at Kirsten.hjorth@iff.com.