North America Product Manager - Systems Bakery

Job Summary

Are you ready to lead the future of bakery innovation while driving profitable growth across North America''s dynamic food ingredients market?

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 New Century, KS, and will be a hybrid work schedule. Be part of a strategic, customer-focused, collaborative team where together we can achieve greatness and make a real impact. Your potential is our inspiration.

As our Bakery Technologies - Food Product Manager North America, you will drive the commercial success and growth of IFF's bakery ingredient portfolio across the region. Working closely with Sales, Research & Development, Applications, Marketing, Supply Chain, and Operations teams, you will identify market opportunities, shape product strategies, and deliver solutions that help bakery manufacturers improve quality, functionality, efficiency, and consumer appeal.

This role is ideal for someone with experience in bakery ingredients, food ingredients, product management, technical service, applications, business management, or commercial leadership who enjoys transforming market insights into business growth while owning portfolio profitability and strategic direction.

Where You'll Make a Difference

• Lead the growth strategy for IFF's North America bakery ingredient and bakery solutions portfolio.
• Develop and execute annual business plans, pricing strategies, forecasts, and portfolio priorities to drive revenue growth and profitability.
• Own portfolio financial performance, including revenue growth, margin optimization, budgeting, forecasting, and profit and loss (P&L) management.
• Identify market trends, customer needs, competitive activity, and emerging bakery technologies to develop growth opportunities.
• Manage the product lifecycle from concept through commercialization, optimization, and portfolio rationalization.
• Partner with Sales, Marketing, Research & Development, Applications, Technical Service, Supply Chain, and Operations teams to bring new solutions to market.
• Support strategic customer engagements and communicate compelling value propositions for bakery ingredient solutions.
• Analyze portfolio performance and identify opportunities to improve pricing, margins, customer adoption, and market share.
• Champion new product introductions and commercialization activities with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Build strong industry expertise and represent IFF with customers, industry groups, and bakery associations.

What Makes You the Right Fit

• Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Bakery Science, Business, Marketing, Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience within food ingredients, baking, bakery manufacturing, food products, or related food industry sectors.
• Experience in product management, category management, business management, technical service, applications, marketing, sales, or commercial leadership.
• Strong understanding of bakery applications, ingredient functionality, formulation, processing technologies, and commercial market trends.
• Experience managing product portfolios, pricing, profitability, forecasting, and overall business performance.
• Experience developing annual operating plans, budgets, financial forecasts, and business cases to support growth initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience with P&L ownership, portfolio financial management, or direct accountability for revenue and margin performance.
• Demonstrated ability to translate customer and market needs into successful commercial strategies.
• Strong analytical, project management, and business planning skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management capabilities.
• Ability to influence cross-functional teams within a matrixed organization.

How Would You Stand Out?

• Experience working for bakery ingredient suppliers such as Dawn Foods, Puratos, Lesaffre, Corbion, Kerry, ADM, Cargill, AB Mauri, Lallemand, Ardent Mills, ICL, Novonesis, or similar organizations.
• Hands-on experience with bakery formulations, enzymes, emulsifiers, hydrocolloids, fibers, proteins, sweetening systems, dough conditioners, or flour improvement solutions.
• Experience working directly with commercial bakeries, snack manufacturers, food ingredient suppliers, or large-scale food manufacturing organizations.
• Experience managing multimillion-dollar ingredient portfolios with direct responsibility for revenue, gross margin, budget planning, and long-range strategic planning.

Why Choose Us?

• Competitive Benefits: Competitive compensation, annual incentive opportunities, and comprehensive health and wellness programs. Our benefit package includes medical, dental, vision, 401(k), vacation, holidays, 16 weeks paid parental leave, and an annual bonus plan.
• Diversity & Inclusion: IFF has been recognized previously in the U.S. on the Disability Equality Index as a Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion.
• Innovation: Gain exposure to cutting-edge technologies and trailblazing advancements in food ingredient solutions. Meaningful work helping advance solutions for the food ingredients industry.
• Global Collaboration: Be part of a global organization that values innovation, creativity, and collaboration across diverse, cross-functional teams. Clear opportunities for career growth within a growing organization.
• Sustainability: Contribute to solutions that support a safer, healthier, and more sustainable world.

For your awareness, IFF has announced its intention to sell its Food Ingredients Business to CVC Capital Partners. The sale is currently expected to close in the first half of 2027, pending regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions.

The Food Ingredients business unit will remain part of IFF until close and, at such time, will transition to CVC Capital Partners. By applying for this position, candidates acknowledge awareness that the role is part of the Food Ingredient 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