Senior Application Specialist – Culinary Applications, Meat/Meat Alternatives

Are you curious to turn ingredient science into innovative culinary solutions that shape the future of meat and meat alternatives?

IFF is a global leader in taste, ingredients, scent, and nutrition, delivering sustainable innovations that elevate everyday products.

Food Ingredients: We create efficient and sustainable ingredient solutions with improved nutritional profile, taste, and texture for food and beverage manufacturers around the world.
 

The position is based in Brabrand, Denmark, on-site. You will join a collaborative, curious, and solution-oriented Culinary Applications team, where knowledge sharing, experimentation, and customer impact are part of everyday work. Together, we challenge existing solutions and shape the preferred application concepts of the future. Your potential is our inspiration.

Where You’ll Make a Difference

• Provide technical application support and customer visits across the EMEA region within Meat and Meat Alternatives
• Translate ingredient technology into customer-relevant, value-adding application solutions
• Design, execute, and follow up on application trials and projects, both internally and at customer sites
• Collaborate closely with colleagues across Applications, Sales, Marketing, Research & Development, and other internal stakeholders
• Develop new application concepts aligned with strategic objectives, market trends, and new product launches
• Prepare clear and structured technical documentation, reports, and trial summaries
• Train customers and internal colleagues in applications, processes, and product usage
• Support Research & Development activities, including contribution to innovation projects and patent-related work
• Actively contribute to knowledge sharing and continuous improvement initiatives across IFF
• Please note: International travel of approximately 30–50 days per year across Europe and the AMETI region is part of this role.

What Makes You the Right Fit

• Relevant educational background, preferably at M.Sc. level, combined with 5–10 years of experience in the food industry
• Solid industry experience within Meat and/or Meat Alternatives
• Strong technical knowledge of proteins and hydrocolloids
• In-depth understanding of food chemistry and nutrition
• Hands-on technical expertise combined with a customer- and business-oriented mindset
• Practical experience with manufacturing processes, pilot plants, and analytical techniques
• Self-driven and proactive, taking ownership of tasks and driving them to completion
• Structured and disciplined, ensuring trials are fully documented and knowledge is shared
• Comfortable interacting with, training, and presenting to customers and colleagues

How Would You Stand Out?

• A curious, creative, and solution-oriented mindset, with the ability to challenge existing solutions and explore new possibilities
• Adaptable and effective in a dynamic environment with changing priorities
• Collaborative, with the ability to work effectively with people from diverse cultural and professional backgrounds

Why Choose Us?

• Opportunity to work with globally recognized ingredient technologies and category experts
• A strong culture of collaboration, learning, and knowledge sharing across IFF
• Exposure to international customers and projects across EMEA
• Professional development through hands-on innovation, training, and global networks
• A dynamic environment where curiosity, initiative, and ownership are valued
• Meaningful work that contributes to sustainable food solutions

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