Technical Specialist, Product Quality, Nourish (Maternity cover, 12 months)

Requisition ID : 500122  

Job Description

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.

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

Who we are looking for?

A well-organized and team-oriented colleague, who likes to take up a temporary position (12 months) as Technical Specialist, Product Quality, for our business unit Core Texturants and coordinate varied daily tasks related to our global production sites producing hydrocolloids (carrageenan, guar gum and pectin).

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

Your core responsibilities:

Qualifications

You are a dedicated person with a relevant academic background within chemistry, food or 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. Solid 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:

Are able to work independently and can also build and maintain strong working relations with a variety of internal and external stakeholders. You are analytical, systematic, and pay attention to details. As a person, we emphasize that you are service-minded, have good interpersonal skills and are in high spirits. You are comfortable working in a dynamic work environment with many international 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.