Global H&B Business Integration Leader Cultures & Probiotics

Job Summary

Are you passionate about bridging business strategy and operations to drive growth and innovation in Health & Biosciences?

IFF is a global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients and health & biosciences, we deliver sustainable innovations that elevate everyday products.

Health & Biosciences: Channeling our passion for nature and bioscience into sustainable, life enhancing technologies that power innovative solutions across healthcare, food, consumer and industrial markets.

For Health & Biosciences Operations, the Global Supply Business Integration Leader (BIT) assigned to each BU serves as the primary point of contact for all operations-related topics. This role can be based out of our offices in Dange Saint Romain, France; Leiden, Netherlands OR Madison, WI in a hybrid capacity.

Where You’ll Make a Difference

Global Supply Business Integration Leader is accountable for bridging business and operations through:

• Supervisory Board Role: Acting as a strategic advisor, guiding and aligning operations with the Business Unit and related functions.

• Strategic Alignment: Driving collaboration on long-term capacity planning, manufacturing and technology development, asset and technology investments, footprint optimization, new product pipeline, and continuous improvements in cost, capacity, and quality.

• Risk Management Leadership: Leading risk management within the stage gate process (Commercialization and Change Management), ensuring compliance, representing supply/operations in reviews, and communicating BU capital needs while leveraging across units.

• Business Goal Delivery: Aligning and prioritizing support for new product launches, cost optimization, supply reliability, inventory and quality improvements; leveraging existing assets; executing continuous improvement initiatives; and strengthening production robustness.

• Cross-Functional Communication: Translating BU vision and priorities to supply teams and conveying supply perspectives back to the BU.

• Customer Engagement: Directly interacting with key customers when appropriate.

• Portfolio Development: Partnering with product management to sponsor new product and improvement projects, rationalize portfolios, enable cost, capacity, and quality gains, manage complexity, and explore solutions including contract manufacturing and global/regional production strategies.

• Program Implementation: Ensuring early supply involvement in programs, actively sponsoring key initiatives, and forming ad hoc teams to resolve production and supply challenges.

• Capability Building: Enhancing operational and functional capabilities through knowledge sharing, mentoring, and coaching.

What Makes You the Right Fit

• BSc in Life Sciences or Engineering; MBA or equivalent business experience preferred.

• Strong understanding of Health & Biosciences products, technologies, processes, and operations.

• Minimum 10 years in industrial process engineering/manufacturing, including at least 5 years in a leadership role.

• Proven ability to build effective networks and influence across functions and geographies.

• Fluent in English; additional languages are an advantage.

• Willingness to travel up to 25% of the time.

How would you stand out

• Strategic & Business Acumen: Demonstrated ability to think conceptually and strategically, apply differential management, and build win-win partnerships with internal and external stakeholders to drive business opportunities.

• Market & Technical Expertise: Strong operational mindset with in-depth knowledge of manufacturing, supply chain, and end-to-end processes. Skilled in leveraging market insights, customer engagement, and competitive intelligence to develop technically driven value propositions across diverse product portfolios.

• Leadership & Collaboration: Proven ability to influence decisions, foster cross-functional collaboration (R&D, Operations, Legal, Business Units), and communicate effectively across cultures and organizational levels. Hands-on, action-oriented approach with a track record of driving results, engagement, and accountability.

Why Choose us

• Take on a high-impact role with opportunities to shape operations strategy, drive innovation, and influence global business decisions.

• Work with dynamic, cross-functional teams that foster alignment, creativity, and strategic growth across diverse markets.

• Strong focus on employee well-being and en