Job Summary
Where Youll Make a Difference
• Provide strategic and operational leadership for Quality, Food Safety, and Product Safety programs at the Carrollton manufacturing site • Lead Quality Control (QC), Quality Assurance (QA), analytical laboratory, and sensory laboratory operations to ensure consistent product quality • Ensure compliance with regulatory, customer, and certification requirements across all site activities • Oversee daily QC workflows, prioritize activities, maintain procedures, and align quality practices with other manufacturing sites • Partner closely with Operations, Supply Chain, Sales, Warehouse, and cross-functional teams to support business continuity and customer satisfaction • Lead and support internal, customer, regulatory, and certification audits, ensuring timely closure of non-conformances • Monitor, analyze, and report quality key performance indicators (KPIs) for raw materials, finished goods, and laboratory performance • Drive continuous improvement initiatives, innovation support, and quality risk-reduction efforts across the site
What Makes You the Right Fit
• Bachelors degree in Food Science, Biology, Chemistry, or a related scientific field • 10+ years of experience in quality, regulatory, or food safety roles within a manufacturing environment • 5+ years of proven leadership success • Strong working knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP), food safety systems, and quality management systems • Demonstrated expertise with Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) standards (e.g., BRC, NSF, FSSC 22000, AIB), ISO 9001, and ISO 17025 • Experience leading factory-based quality organizations, including laboratory operations • Proficiency with analytical laboratory instrumentation and sensory evaluation methods • Proficiency in SAP and Microsoft Office applications
How Would You Stand Out?
• Experience in flavor manufacturing or food additive production • Background in Six Sigma, statistical analysis, or advanced quality improvement methodologies • Strong coaching mindset with the ability to develop technical talent and foster collaboration
Why Choose Us?
• Lead quality and food safety at a critical manufacturing site with high visibility and impact • Collaborate with cross-functional teams in a culture that values safety, quality, and continuous improvement • Support innovation initiatives that bring new products to market • Opportunity to build and develop high-performing teams • Competitive compensation and benefits aligned with role scope and responsibility
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.
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