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About this Scent Design Associate role at IFF

IFF · Hybrid · Nucleos, Singapore

Job Summary

Are you inspired to contribute your expertise to a global leading Ingredients organization?

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


Harnessing the full emotional power of scent, driven by pioneering creativity, science, consumer expertise and a mindful approach to fragrance design.


The role is based in Singapore (hybrid role). Be part of a creative, customer-focused and dedicated team where together we can achieve greatness and make a real impact. Your potential is our inspiration.


Where You’ll Make a Difference

  • Develop and execute fragrance strategies aligned with customer needs, market trends, and business profitability.
  • Lead the creative fragrance development process by providing olfactive direction, guiding perfumers, and identifying winning fragrance solutions.
  • Leverage fragrance expertise and resources including fragrance banks, olfactive terminology, fragrance genealogy, and sensory insights to drive innovation.
  • Manage projects effectively by coordinating cross-functional teams, tracking progress, meeting deadlines, and ensuring clear stakeholder communication.
  • Apply market, consumer, and brand insights to support fragrance development, identify trends, and uncover future business opportunities.
  • Ensure technical, regulatory, and cost compliance by understanding raw material economics, regulatory requirements, and resource optimization.
  • Build strong customer and stakeholder relationships through collaboration, presentations, and effective communication of fragrance strategies and solutions.
  • Promote innovation and commercialization by leveraging new technologies, consumer preferences, and holistic scent design strategies to deliver competitive fragrance solutions.

What Makes You the Right Fit  

  • Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Fragrance, Marketing, Business or any other relevant discipline.
  • Minimum 2 to 5 years relevant experience in an international environment.
  • Excellent Olfactive communication skills which supports the overall creative process – discriminate, describe (association) and odor memory.
  • Solid understanding of functional and technical capabilities, including knowledge of the consumers and different markets.

How Would You Stand Out?

  • Expertise in driving olfactive strategy and creative direction.
  • Capability in speed to market and innovation cadence.
  • Bold and ambitious, driving transformative change.

Why Choose Us?

  • An inspiring and dynamic international working environment.
  • The opportunity to work in a diverse, multidisciplinary team with passionate and talented professional colleagues.

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

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About IFF

At IFF, we make joy through science, creativity and heart. As the global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients, health and biosciences, we deliver groundbreaking, sustainable innovations that elevate everyday products – advancing wellness, delighting the senses and enhancing the human experience. We value an inclusive, creative workplace where all individuals can thrive and do their best work. We consider all qualified candidates equally and based on merit, without regard to religion, ethnicity, national origin, race, age, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation or disability.

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