Manufacturing Technology Leader, Zhaoqing
Job Summary
IFF is a global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients and health & biosciences, we deliver sustainable innovations that elevate everyday products.
Food Ingredients: Innovating improved nutritional profiles, better taste and texture, and greater cost efficiency to meet the needs of global food and beverage manufacturers.
The role is based in Zhaoqing, China (Anchor role). Be part of a motivated, passionate, and open-minded team where together we can achieve greatness and make a real impact. Your potential is our inspiration.
Where You’ll Make a Difference
- Work closely with Manufacturing Technology Director, Process R&D, and Manufacturing teams to establish and implement technical criteria to ensure process stability and process safety.
- Identify, evaluate, and select unit operations to maximize product performance and production efficiency. Drive continuous improvement at site level, through KPIs and Benchmarking as well as support new product introduction.
- Provides process, materials, and/or equipment engineering technical expertise to manufacturing operations to maintain production performance or restore process capability when the product or standard process is no longer safe, stable, predictable or in control.
- Participates as part of a team to upgrade products and processes by implementing modifications ranging from incremental daily improvements to technology game changes.
- Develops improved process instrumentation and control strategies for process safety, productivity, capacity, and uptime performance.
- Provides technical expertise in one or more technology areas and recognized as a leader in that technology.
- Supports asset productivity improvements and implementation of best practices across the region.
- Responds to manufacturing sites technical inquiries: Provides technical information, product recommendations, process, and application troubleshooting.
- Support capital projects, asset productivity improvements, Process Safety Management (PSM) implementation, and YB/GB continuous improvement projects.
What Makes You the Right Fit
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering, preferably Mechanical or Chemical Engineering or Food Science & Engineering.
- 5 or more years’ (10+ preferred) working experience in an engineering or manufacturing environment.
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience in areas such as Hygienic Design, Process Safety Management, extraction, compounding, spray drying, powder handling, CAD, statistical analysis, process design capability, and Six Sigma.
- Ability to work independently, with excellent time management and judgment in prioritization skills and the ability to identify synergies and leveraging opportunities across multiple sites.
- Experience successfully managing capital projects. Knowledge of Six Sigma/Process Excellence. A Six Sigma/Process Excellence Certification is preferred.
- Strong knowledge and experience on process safety management.
- Language proficiency: fluent English both oral and written
How Would You Stand Out?
- Good communication skills to influence teams and lead improvement initiatives.
- Proactive and results‑oriented.
- Capacity to work cross‑functionally across production, quality, safety, and R&D teams.
Why Choose Us?
- Professional onboarding process
- Multinational and supporting environment
- Training opportunities
- Learning and development programs from day one
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
