Scent Design Associate - Body Care

Role overview

IFF is a worldwide leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients, and health and biosciences, creating sustainable innovations that improve everyday products. In this position, you will be part of the Scent Creative Center in Dubai and work across teams to help shape the launch of new fragrance concepts, technologies, consumer-focused solutions, and development methods.

The opportunity is centered on body care scent design, with an emphasis on creativity, market relevance, and cross-functional collaboration.

Key responsibilities

• Lead go-to-market initiatives and put forward effective approaches for fragrance development.
• Translate market, customer, and consumer requirements into product ideas and recommendations that can strengthen business outcomes.
• Work with perfumers, technical teams, consumer insights, and marketing partners to identify needs, solve challenges, and build new fragrance capabilities.
• Create fragrance strategies in line with Holistic Scent Design principles.
• Define consumer insight priorities so the team can learn what matters most to consumers and create solutions with strong market appeal.
• Guide perfumers with creative direction and olfactive input to support exploration, differentiation, and original fragrance development.
• Build and preserve strong working relationships with internal stakeholders and earn their confidence.
• Track market changes and competitor activity, then share relevant intelligence and learning across the organization.

What the role calls for

The ideal candidate will bring strong scent communication ability, including the capacity to distinguish fragrances, describe them clearly through associations, and recall odors accurately. You should be able to spot fragrance or technology options that match market needs and understand consumer and market behavior well.

A working knowledge of fragrance ingredients, fragrance technology, and basic formulation principles is important, including the ability to assess stability-related risks. The role also requires strong project management capability, a disciplined approach, and comfort working in structured processes.

Applicants should hold a master’s or bachelor’s degree in Perfumery, Science, Chemistry, Consumer Science, Product Research, or a closely related field. Fluency in English is required.

What will help you stand out

• A curious, open mindset with agility and the courage to try new approaches.
• Ability to perform effectively in a fast-moving environment and remain steady under pressure.
• A business-minded outlook with attention to commercial results.
• Team-oriented behavior with the ability to inspire colleagues toward shared goals.
• Strong influencing skills across different organizational levels.

Benefits and development

• Option to work from home.
• Access to training opportunities.
• Learning and development programs.

Equal opportunity statement

IFF is committed to an inclusive workplace that welcomes diverse backgrounds, identities, and experiences. The company values individuality and aims to provide an environment where employees can bring their authentic selves to work.