About this role
Job Summary
Are you ready to lead critical site functions including warehousing, facilities, security, transportation, and administration while driving operational excellence and business continuity?
IFF is a global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients and health & biosciences. We deliver sustainable innovations that elevate everyday products.
Food Ingredients: Innovating improved nutritional profiles, better taste and texture, and greater cost efficiency to meet the needs of global food and beverage manufacturers.
The role is based in Tecomán, Colima (on-site role). Be part of a strategic, collaborative, and results-oriented team where together we can achieve greatness and make a real impact. Your potential is our inspiration.
Where You’ll Make a Difference
• Lead the operation and performance of all site warehouses, ensuring inventory accuracy, efficient material flow, and compliance with storage requirements • Oversee inbound and outbound logistics activities to support production requirements and customer service objectives • Manage site facilities, infrastructure, and support services to ensure safe, reliable, and cost-effective operations • Lead facility maintenance programs, improvement projects, and contractor management activities • Direct the site's physical security and asset protection programs to safeguard employees, visitors, facilities, inventory, and company assets • Manage security systems, access controls, service providers, risk mitigation initiatives, and security-related investigations • Oversee employee transportation services, ensuring safe, reliable, and efficient transportation operations • Lead site administrative services, budgets, contracts, compliance activities, reporting processes, and business support functions • Develop and lead teams while driving continuous improvement, productivity, cost optimization, operational excellence, and regulatory compliance initiatives
What Makes You the Right Fit
• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Food Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related field • 5–7 years of experience managing warehousing, facilities, administration, transportation, security, or operational support functions within a manufacturing environment • Proven leadership experience managing multidisciplinary teams and driving operational performance • Advanced English communication skills, both written and verbal • Experience working with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, preferably SAP • Strong knowledge of warehouse management, inventory control, logistics, and facility operations • Experience managing budgets, contractors, service providers, and operational expenditures • Knowledge of security management, asset protection, regulatory compliance, and risk mitigation programs • Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
How Would You Stand Out?
• Experience within food ingredients, food manufacturing, agricultural processing, or chemical manufacturing industries • Proven track record leading operational excellence, productivity, or cost reduction initiatives • Experience managing large-scale facilities, warehousing operations, or physical security programs
Why Choose Us?
• Opportunity to lead critical operational and administrative functions within a global organization • Exposure to warehousing, facilities, transportation, security, and business administration activities • Career development opportunities within a multinational environment • Collaborative and cross-functional work environment • Participation in strategic projects focused on operational excellence and business continuity • Opportunity to contribute to products enjoyed by consumers around the world
For your awareness, IFF has announced its intention to sell its Food Ingredients Business to CVC Capital Partners. The sale is presently expected to close in the first half of 2027, pending regulatory approvals and other closing conditions. The Food Ingredients business unit will remain a part of IFF until close and, at such time, it will transition to CVC Capital Partners. In applying for this position, you acknowledge your awareness that the position is a part of the Food Ingredients business unit and has been identified to transition to CVC Capital Partners.
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