Are you passionate about leading quality and food safety in a dynamic manufacturing environment?
IFF is a global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients and health & biosciences, we deliver sustainable innovations that elevate everyday products.
Global Business Services: Delivering streamlined, scalable support-enhancing efficiency, compliance and service excellence across the company.
Taste: Crafting unique, technology-enabled flavor designs that define the identity of food and beverage brands, shape trends in flavor building and fuel market success.
The role is based in Carrolton, TX (Onsite 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
- 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 crossfunctional teams to support business continuity and customer satisfaction
- Lead and support internal, customer, regulatory, and certification audits, ensuring timely closure of nonconformances
- 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 riskreduction efforts across the site
What Makes You the Right Fit
- Bachelor's 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 factorybased 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 crossfunctional 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 highperforming 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
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International Flavors and Fragrances
Mar 25, 2026