Planning Supervisor, Scent Ingredients

Ready to play a key role in ensuring reliable supply, optimized inventory, and efficient production planning across IFF's global Scent Ingredients network?

IFF is a global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients, health & biosciences, and specialty solutions. We combine science, creativity, and innovation to create products that enrich everyday life.

Supply Chain: Connecting demand, production planning, capacity and logistics to ensure reliable service, operational excellence, and business growth across our global network.

We are seeking a Planning Supervisor, Scent Ingredients to join our Global Planning team in Benicarló, Spain. In this role, you will supervise and coordinate supply, capacity, and inventory planning activities across the Scent Ingredients network, ensuring product availability while balancing customer needs, production capabilities, and inventory targets.

Where You'll Make a Difference

• Supervise the replenishment and supply planning of manufactured Scent Ingredients across production sites, compounding plants, and distribution centers.
• Support demand analysis, capacity evaluation, and network planning activities.
• Coordinate material flows across the supply network, including production transfers and third-party manufacturing activities.
• Act as the first point of escalation for supply issues, proactively mitigating risks and preventing disruptions.
• Partner closely with Supply Chain, Production, Commercial, and Planning teams to ensure alignment and service excellence.
• Monitor inventory levels, master data accuracy, and obsolete or slow-moving stock reduction initiatives.
• Execute contingency plans and support business continuity efforts.
• Identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities across planning and operational processes.
• Ensure compliance with company standards related to safety, quality, environmental protection, and operational excellence.

What Makes You the Right Fit

• Master's degree in Chemical Engineering or a related scientific discipline.
• Experience in Supply Chain, Production Planning, Manufacturing, or a related environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Advanced Excel and supply chain systems knowledge.
• Fluent English and Spanish communication skills.
• Ability to build strong working relationships across functions and regions.

How Would You Stand Out?

• Experience in the chemical manufacturing or process industry.
• Knowledge of SAP or other ERP systems.
• Familiarity with AI tools and digital solutions.
• Experience with Lean Manufacturing or Six Sigma methodologies.
• Exposure to global planning or multi-site supply chain environments.

 

Why Choose Us?

• Join a global planning organization supporting a complex international manufacturing network.
• Work with cross-functional teams across Supply Chain, Operations, and Commercial functions.
• Contribute to strategic planning decisions that directly impact customer service and business performance.
• Develop your skills in a collaborative, innovative, and growth-oriented environment.

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