Scent Design Associate - Home Care

Role Overview

IFF is a worldwide company known for its work in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients, and health and biosciences, with a focus on creating sustainable innovations that improve everyday products. In this position, you will work across teams and levels to help shape new fragrance concepts, technologies, consumer-focused solutions, ideas, and development processes. The job is located at the Scent Creative Center in Dubai.

What You Will Do

• Lead go-to-market initiatives and put forward forward-thinking fragrance development approaches.
• Translate market, customer, and consumer expectations into product ideas and recommendations that strengthen business outcomes.
• Partner with perfumers, technical specialists, consumer insights, and marketing teams to identify challenges, spot opportunities, and build new scent solutions and capabilities.
• Create fragrance strategies aligned with holistic scent design principles.
• Shape consumer insights work by deciding what needs to be learned from consumers to build an advantage in the market and develop solutions that resonate with users.
• Guide perfumers with creative direction and olfactive input so they can explore more distinct and differentiated fragrance ideas.
• Build trusted working relationships with internal stakeholders and maintain strong credibility across teams.
• Track market movement and competitor activity, keep teams informed, and share relevant knowledge across the organization.

What You Need

• Strong fragrance communication ability, including the ability to discriminate scents, describe associations, and retain odor memory.
• Capability to assess whether a fragrance or technology solution fits market needs.
• Good understanding of market trends, consumer behavior, and customer preferences.
• Knowledge of fragrance ingredients and technologies to communicate effectively with technical teams and perfumers.
• Basic familiarity with fragrance formulation and stability risk assessment.
• Well-developed project management skills with a structured, disciplined, and process-driven approach.
• A master’s or bachelor’s degree in Perfumery, Science, Chemistry, Consumer Science, Product Research, or another related field.
• Fluency in English.

Additional Strengths

• Open-mindedness, adaptability, and the confidence to act decisively.
• Ability to perform in a high-pressure, fast-moving environment.
• A commercial outlook with a strong focus on business results.
• Team-oriented approach with the ability to inspire others toward shared goals.
• Strong influencing skills across different levels of the organization.

Why Join IFF

• Option to work from home.
• Access to training opportunities.
• Participation in learning and development programs.

About the Company

IFF is a global leader in taste, scent, and nutrition, serving customers with a wider set of natural solutions while advancing its growth strategy. The company emphasizes individuality, inclusion, and a workplace where people of all backgrounds can contribute authentically.

Diversity & Inclusion

IFF values a diverse workforce across ethnicity, nationality, race, age, sex, veteran status, religion, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, and disability. The organization aims to create an inclusive environment where everyone can bring their authentic self to work.