Ready to shape the future of energy sourcing and sustainability across 20+ sites in EMEA while driving strategic value and supply resilience?
IFF is a global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients and health & biosciences. We deliver sustainable innovations that elevate everyday products.
Health & Biosciences: Combining science, creativity and expertise to develop innovative solutions that improve health, wellness and productivity across food, beverage, consumer and industrial markets. Through our portfolio of enzymes, cultures, probiotics and biotechnology solutions, we help customers create products that benefit both people and the planet.
The role is based in Asturias, Spain (hybrid) . Be part of a strategic, collaborative, and solution-oriented team where together we can achieve greatness and make a real impact. Your potential is our inspiration .
Where You’ll Make a Difference
Develop and lead the EMEA Energy category strategy across electricity, natural gas, steam, renewable energy solutions, and industrial gases.
Manage an annual spend of approximately €85M, ensuring cost competitiveness, supply security, innovation, and value creation.
Negotiate complex energy supply agreements, including long-term contracts, renewable energy solutions, flexibility options, and strategic sourcing initiatives.
Partner with Finance and Operations to evaluate market conditions, pricing trends, hedging strategies, and risk mitigation opportunities.
Manage strategic supplier relationships, including utilities, brokers, and industrial gas providers, driving performance, risk management, and continuous improvement.
Support sustainability-focused CAPEX projects, including solar PV, heat recovery, renewable steam, and other clean-energy infrastructure initiatives.
What Makes You the Right Fit
8+ years of procurement, strategic sourcing, or category management experience, ideally within energy, utilities, commodities, or industrial gases.
Proven knowledge of energy markets, pricing mechanisms, regulations, and risk-management frameworks.
Proactive, resilient mindset with the ability to navigate market volatility, ambiguity, and complex stakeholder environments.
Join a global, purpose-driven organization committed to innovation, sustainability, and an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive.
IFF offers an attractive compensation and benefits package designed to support your health, wellbeing, and work-life balance, including:
• Comprehensive medical coverage for you, with optional coverage for your family.
• Pension plan to support your long-term financial security.
• Life and accident/disability insurance.
• Benefits Club with exclusive discounts and savings on everyday purchases and vacation packages through a wide network of providers.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP), offering confidential access to a wide range of wellbeing, financial, and personal support services for you and members of your household.
• Flexible working hours.
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
