Job Summary

It’s an exciting time to be part of the IFF Family. We are a global leader that bring scents, tastes, ingredients, and solutions for products the world craves, offering our customers a broader range of natural and biotech solutions and accelerating our growth strategy. We are a multinational and growing company that invests in biotechnology to improve the sustainability, function, and value of our customers’ products.


The Home and Personal Care (HPC) team strives to be the preferred partner of our customers, delivering high-value, sustainable, and consumer relevant solutions for the Home, Personal, and Industrial Care Markets. Our ingredient portfolio includes enzymes and biopolymers for application in detergents, personal care products, textile processing and various industrial cleaning processes.


Our Personal Care business is growing. We are looking for a (Senior) Application Specialist to develop formulation prototypes for our ingredients and deliver technical support to our Personal Care customers. You will develop our new ingredients in personal care formulations at our IFF Leiden site in The Netherlands. You will be expected to plan and structure your projects, and to work independently. You will be working closely with Sales, Marketing and R&D colleagues to bring new biopolymers and actives to the market and contribute your knowledge towards sales opportunities in personal care applications. You will develop sustainable relationships with customers globally and represent the company at external conferences and industry meetings.

Job Requirements

Academic degree (BSc or MSc) in a chemical, materials or engineering discipline with minimum 5 years’ relevant experience, or higher-level degree or diploma in a cosmetics discipline.Demonstrated working knowledge of formulation chemistry, ingredient compatibility, formulation stability, and polymer science.Previous experience working with synthetic polymers highly preferred.Good interpersonal skills and ability to build and maintain relationships.Good laboratory skills and comfortable working full time in a laboratory environment.Proactive, and self-starting personality, consistently takes the initiative.Strong communication skills. Proficiency in English, both written and verbal.Team-player who enjoys working in an international environment.Willingness to relocate to the Netherlands.

This is a fantastic opportunity to make a large contribution to a growing team, and to help shape the future of the entire Personal Care industry by developing new to the world ingredients that are more sustainable and perform better than the ones that are currently available. There are many opportunities to develop your career and to contribute to the success of the team and the company as a whole. IFF thrives through its diversity and supports individuals so that they can contribute their best.

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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