Category Manager

Are you ready to turn procurement data, market insights and category strategies into measurable financial value?

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

Scent: Harnessing the full emotional power of scent, driven by pioneering creativity, science, consumer expertise and a mindful approach to fragrance design.

The role is based in Santana de Parnaíba, São Paulo, Brazil, and follows a hybrid working model with three days per week onsite.

Join a strategic, collaborative and data-focused Global Procurement team that connects procurement decisions with financial outcomes. In this role, you will support the global Scent business by translating sourcing activities, market dynamics and category strategies into stronger forecasts, measurable value and clear business recommendations.

You will work across Procurement, Finance, Category Management and business teams, supporting the procurement of synthetic raw materials, including chemicals, as well as natural and artificial fragrance ingredients.

Where You’ll Make a Difference

• Lead procurement inputs for annual budgeting, forecasting and long-range planning across global Scent categories and regions
• Develop category financial models, cost forecasts and spend outlooks that reflect market drivers, sourcing activities and business assumptions
• Monitor performance against budgets and forecasts, identifying variances, risks, opportunities and mitigation actions
• Lead the governance, financial validation and reporting of procurement savings and productivity initiatives
• Partner with Finance and Category Managers to align savings methodologies, financial baselines, timing and profit-and-loss impact
• Build scorecards, dashboards and performance reviews by project, category, region and business unit
• Provide spend analysis, market intelligence, supplier economics, should-cost models and Total Cost of Ownership assessments
• Support category strategies and sourcing decisions through financial scenarios, business cases and analysis of commodity trends and cost drivers
• Standardize key performance indicators, forecasting practices and reporting while advancing automation and digital adoption across procurement finance processes

What Makes You the Right Fit

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, Supply Chain, Engineering or a related field
• At least seven years of relevant experience in Procurement, Finance, Category Management, Strategic Sourcing, Supply Chain Finance or Procurement Excellence
• Demonstrated experience with budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, productivity programs and business-case development
• Experience supporting multiple categories or regions within a global, matrixed organization
• Strong knowledge of strategic sourcing, category management, cost modeling, spend analysis and Total Cost of Ownership
• Strong financial acumen, including profit-and-loss analysis, financial modeling, return-on-investment analysis and savings validation
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and experience using Power BI to create dashboards, reports and data visualizations
• Experience working with enterprise systems such as SAP, Oracle, Coupa or Ariba
• Ability to communicate complex analysis clearly, influence stakeholders and collaborate effectively across functions, categories and regions in English

How Would You Stand Out?

• Experience in fragrance, chemicals, ingredients, manufacturing, consumer goods or a related industry
• Experience assessing commodity trends, supplier economics and supplier financial exposure
• A continuous-improvement mindset with experience automating financial or procurement reporting processes
• Ability to speak Spanish

Why Choose Us?

• A hybrid working model
• Parental Leave extended up to 16 weeks
• The opportunity to support global Scent categories and sourcing decisions
• Cross-functional exposure to Procurement, Finance, Category Management and business leadership
• Meaningful work connecting market and sourcing insights to measurable financial outcomes
• Opportunities to strengthen digital reporting, analytics and automation capabilities

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