Data Scientist - Scent

Job Description

At IFF, the heart of our company is fueled by a sense of discovery, constantly asking “what if?” That passion for exploration drives us to co-create unique scents and tastes in fine fragrances and beauty, detergents and household goods, as well as beloved foods and beverages. You will be part of the Scent Creation, Design & Innovation team, more specifically in a department in charge of digital transformation with Scent. The position is based in Neuilly-sur-Seine. 

As a Data Scientist, you will create and improve IFF creative toolset. You will collaborate with a multi-disciplinary environment constituted of other data scientist, engineers and Scent Creative teams.This position will bring scientific rigor and digital approach to the challenges of fragrance creation. 

Key Responsibilities and accountabilities: 

In this position you will manage and execute the following activities: 

• Develop the data science capability within the Scent Creation Design and Innovation department focusing on the usage of online algorithm for the optimization of convex or non-convex functions under constraints.
• Contribute to the development of new tools to accelerate and enhance Fragrance Creation (beta version models). 
• Link with IT team based in Chennai / India and ensure effective integration of beta version tools into corporate application system. 
• Research and develop analysis, optimization methods to generate competitive insights and formulate into actionable knowledge. 
• Explore potential areas where data science should be deployed over IFF. 
• Identify potential challenges or risks and provide the information to stakeholders. 
• Work with large, complex data sets. Solve difficult, non-routine analysis problems, applying advanced analytical methods as needed. Conduct analysis that includes data gathering and requirements specification, processing, analysis, ongoing deliverables, and presentations. 
• Build and prototype analysis pipelines iteratively to provide insights at scale. Develop comprehensive knowledge of IFF data structures and metrics, advocating for changes where needed for fragrance development. 
 

Job Requirements

Required Skills and Experience: 

• Master’s degree in Machine Learning, applied mathematics or computer science (Grandes Ecoles preferred). 
• Strong knowledge of Numerical and Stochastic Optimization. 
• You are ease with ML Ecosystem for Python (pandas, SciKit-learn, TensorFlow, NLP…) 
• You know how to translate a business problem into a model and an algorithmic strategy. 
• You have real interest in perfumery and fragrance formulation. 
• Excellent communication, organization, interpersonal and presentation skills. 
• Demonstrated leadership and self-direction. Willingness to both teach others and learn new techniques. 
• Demonstrated skills in selecting the right statistical tools given a data analysis problem. Effective written and verbal communication skills. 
• Be a creative force. 
• Self-sufficient. 
• Any link to personal projects is appreciated. 

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 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…