Global Demand Planning Manager, Food Ingredients

Job Summary

Are you ready to turn complex demand signals into clear global decisions that drive business performance?

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

Food Ingredients: We create effective and sustainable solutions with improved nutritional profile, taste, and texture for food and beverage manufacturers around the world.

The role is based in a flexible global location (hybrid or remote, depending on location). Be part of a strategic, collaborative, and solution‑oriented team where together we can achieve impactful results and support informed decision‑making across the Ingredients business. Your potential is our inspiration.

Where You’ll Make a Difference

• Lead the development, consolidation, and validation of the global demand forecast for Ingredients portfolios and regions
• Integrate statistical forecasting models, historical data, commercial inputs, and market trends to ensure forecast accuracy
• Identify key demand drivers, risks, and opportunities and communicate them clearly to stakeholders
• Perform root‑cause analysis on forecast accuracy and bias and drive improvement actions with regional teams
• Ensure alignment between demand forecasts, financial plans, budgets, and strategic outlooks
• Translate demand plans into actionable inputs for global and regional supply planning teams
• Support monthly Demand Review activities within Integrated Business Planning (IBP), including assumptions and analytics
• Ensure regional demand inputs comply with global standards defined by the Business Planning Center of Excellence (COE)
  
  

What Makes You The Right Fit

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Finance, Mathematics, Economics, or a related field
• 5–8 years of experience in demand planning, Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) or Integrated Business Planning (IBP)
• Hands‑on experience with SAP Integrated Business Planning - IBP
• Proven collaboration with Finance, Commercial, and Supply Planning teams
• Strong analytical, statistical, and problem‑solving skills with advanced Excel proficiency
• Ability to work effectively across regions, cultures, and time zones
• Clear communication skills and the ability to influence diverse stakeholder groups
• Experience leading or coordinating globally distributed teams
  
  

How Would You Stand Out?

• Experience in Food Ingredients, Specialty Chemicals, or Consumer Packaged Goods environments
• Exposure to planning Centers of Excellence or digital supply chain transformations
• Familiarity with Power BI or other analytics and visualization tools
  
  

Why Choose Us?

• Opportunity to work in a global Ingredients business with strong market impact
• Hybrid or remote working options depending on location
• Structured onboarding and learning programs
• Continuous professional development opportunities
• Inclusive, supportive, and collaborative work environment
• Ability to influence global planning maturity and standards
  
  

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