Technical Specialist, Quality & Food Safety

Job Summary Are you passionate about quality, food safety, and continuous improvement? In this position, you will play a key role in ensuring the quality, compliance, and continuous improvement of products across IFF's Functional Systems portfolio. Working closely with colleagues in Quality & Food Safety, Regulatory Affairs, Product Management, R&D, Sales, and Manufacturing, you will help ensure that products consistently meet customer expectations, regulatory requirements, and industry standards. Our Functional Systems business supports the food industry with innovative ingredient systems, technical expertise, and quality solutions that enable consistent product performance and regulatory compliance. The role is based in Brabrand, Denmark (hybrid role). Be part of a collaborative, knowledgeable, and customer-focused team where together we can achieve greatness and make a real impact. Your potential is our inspiration!   Where You’ll Make a Difference Participate in New Product Development activities to ensure product quality and compliance requirements are met. Coordinate and implement customer-specific quality and technical requirements across Functional Systems products. Maintain and manage product master data and specifications in various IT systems, including SAP. Create, review, and maintain customer-facing technical documentation, statements, and specifications. Provide Quality & Food Safety support to internal stakeholders including Regulatory Affairs, Product Management, Sales, Application, R&D, and Operations. Investigate and manage raw material and finished product deviations while supporting corrective and preventive actions. Handle product quality complaints and support root cause investigations and resolution activities. Support customer documentation requests, questionnaires, and specification reviews in collaboration with cross-functional teams. Participate in customer, certification, and third-party audits, providing Quality & Food Safety expertise to manufacturing sites. Support raw material assessments, supplier evaluations, and approval processes. Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives related to quality management systems and compliance processes. Engage directly with customers and internal teams to provide technical and quality-related guidance.   What Makes You the Right Fit Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Food Science, Dairy Science, Chemistry, Microbiology, Quality Management, or a related discipline. Experience within Quality Assurance, Quality Management, Food Safety, Regulatory, or Technical Services in the food or food ingredients industry. Knowledge of food safety and quality management systems, including HACCP, ISO standards, BRCGS, and/or FSSC 22000. Strong analytical skills with the ability to investigate issues and identify practical solutions. Experience working with ERP systems and digital tools; SAP knowledge is highly valued. Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and…