Brand & Commercial Activation Specialist

Job Summary

Are you a hands-on marketing professional who can translate approved brand direction into consistent, high-quality customer execution?

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

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

As part of an important global transformation initiative, we are seeking a Marketing Communications & Brand Activation Specialist to support the execution of the Danisco-to-IFF brand transition across customer, sales and market-facing touchpoints.

This is a 2-year project-based position offering a unique opportunity to play a key role in one of the most visible brand transition programs within IFF. In this role, you will translate approved Health & Biosciences positioning into practical marketing activation, enabling sales teams, distributors and customers to confidently adopt the IFF brand.

The role has a global execution scope, with regional adaptation and local-market follow-through. You will be responsible for delivering customer-facing assets and activation plans on time, in the correct format, with consistent messaging and clear usage guidance.

The role is based in Leiden, The Netherlands, and is offered as a fixed-term project assignment for a period of two years. Be part of a motivated, passionate and open-minded team where, together, we can achieve greatness and make a real impact. Your potential is our inspiration.

Where You'll Make a Difference

• Translate approved brand positioning into campaigns, customer communications, sales tools, trade media, digital content and event activation.
• Coordinate the conversion of brochures, presentations, artwork, videos, websites and other commercial assets from Danisco to IFF.
• Equip global and regional sales teams and distributors with clear messaging, training materials, usage guidance and customer-ready tools.
• Manage creative agencies, production partners and vendors to deliver approved assets on time, in the correct format and to the required quality.
• Maintain accurate tracking of asset readiness, reviews, approvals, versions and regional implementation against program milestones.
• Coordinate global direction with regional adaptation and local-market follow-through to support consistent execution across channels.
• Build strong alignment among global, regional and external stakeholders, resolving execution gaps and escalating risks when needed.
• Support priority ongoing Animal Nutrition & Health marketing activities while ensuring customer-facing assets and activation plans remain on schedule.

What Makes You the Right Fit

• Proven hands-on experience in marketing communications, brand activation, sales enablement or integrated campaign delivery.
• Strong execution discipline and the ability to manage multiple assets, versions, reviewers, deadlines and agencies without losing accuracy.
• Excellent writing and editing skills, with the ability to turn strategy into simple, effective customer-facing communications.
• Experience briefing and managing creative production, including artwork, video, digital content or events.
• Strong stakeholder management skills across global and regional teams.
• Experience coordinating customer-facing materials through structured review and approval processes.
• Ability to balance global consistency with regional and local-market requirements.
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail and the ability to maintain momentum across competing priorities.
• A bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience in marketing, communications, business or a related field.

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