Fragrance Analyst

Job Summary

At IFF, the heart of our company is fueled by a sense of discovery, constantly asking “what if?” That passion for exploration drives us to co-create unique scents and tastes in fine fragrances and beauty, detergents and household goods, as well as beloved foods and beverages.

Are you passionate about exploring Fragrance formulation and developing the Fragrances of tomorrow? Then you might be interested in a role of Fragrance Analyst and become part of our industry leading team in IFF’s Innovation Center located in Dubai.

Your Focus

As a Fragrance Analyst, you will provide analytical support for all our Scent Categories. You will also join our global analytical team and contribute to global development projects.

Responsibilities:
Competitive products analysis
- Be a key analytical partner for perfumers and evaluators.
- Interact with requestors and management to define projects priorities
- Carry out perfume extraction of market products and perform GC/MS analysis
- Determine qualitative and quantitative compositions of fragrances by interpreting GC/MS spectral data
- Reconstruct the fragrance by creating a formula based upon those interpretations as well as olfactive evaluation using natural essential oils, synthetic materials, specialty bases and considering olfactive
- Identify and share relevant competition insights

Global method development
- Collaborate with IFF analytical network in order to contribute to the continuous improvement of analytical techniques, tools and methods
- Present results, interpretations, and next steps

Others
- Prepare documentation of analysis and maintain records in appropriate databases
- Organize and maintain lab supplies and instruments and keep maintenance records
- Follow safe laboratory practices

Job Requirements

Background
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in cosmetic, perfumery, chemistry, or related discipline
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in analytical chemistry applied to fragrance analysis using GC/MS.

Skills
- Thorough ability on chromatographic data interpretation
- Olfactive and Analytical knowledge of composition and main components of natural essential oils, synthetics, and specialty bases
- Strong knowledge of analytical chemistry
- Expertise in sample preparation
- Data consolidation and insights generation
- Ability to operate and troubleshoot GC/MS
- High level of familiarity with current computing and information technology tools
- Good knowledge of Headspace, SPME, SBSE and GC-O techniques
- Knowledge in product formulation and organic chemistry
- Project management skills
- Communication skills
- Fluent level in English

Competencies
- Be a team player
- Perseverance mindset
- Accuracy and rigor
- Autonomous
- Agility
- Proactivity
- Active listening
- Effective Communication

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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