Job Opportunities Creative Fragrance Manager

Givaudan; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A global leader in fragrance and flavor creation is seeking a Creative Fragrance Manager for the Home & Air Care category. This role requires at least 7 years of fragrance evaluation experience and a passion for the world of fragrances, with emphasis on project management and customer relationships. The ideal candidate will also have team leadership experience. Attractive benefits include health insurance and excellent learning opportunities within a creative team environment.

Benefits

Attractive package with benefits

Opportunities for progressive learning and development

Creative team environment

Qualifications

• At least 7 years experience in Fragrance Evaluation and a strong track record of developing winning fragrances.
• Current/prior experience in the Middle East or Africa region preferable but not mandatory.
• Ideally have 2 years of experience in coaching and leading effective teams.

Responsibilities

• Developing olfactory strategy and managing complex briefs.
• Managing the project pipeline and ensuring efficient execution.
• Building and maintaining customer relationships and participating in customer visits.
• Conducting customer presentations and market taste anticipation.
• Leading and mentoring a team of junior evaluators.

Skills

Fragrance evaluation

Project management

Team leadership

Customer relationship management

Oral and written proficiency in English

Presentation skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree or advanced degree (advantageous)

Tools

MS PowerPoint

MS Excel

Job description

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier healthier lives with love for nature. Together with passion and creativity we deliver food innovations craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions. There’s much to learn and many to learn from with more than 16000 employees around the world to explore ideas and ambitions with. Every day your talent your innovative spirit and your determination will shape our future making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.

Creative Fragrance Manager for the Middle East and North East Africa (MENA) - Home & Air Care Category

Due to a vacancy within the team we are now recruiting for a Creative Fragrance Manager to focus on our Home & Air Care category in our Regional Fragrance Creative Centre in Dubai. You will be a part of our regional Fragrance Consumer Products Development team and reporting to the Category Director‑Fabric & Home Care MENA. Your focus will be on customers in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) markets which will be countries from Libya in Africa to the Levant, the Gulf, Iran and Pakistan in South Asia.

In this exciting role you will be responsible for:

Fragrance Development

• Developing the olfactory strategy for customers markets categories and accordingly guide the Perfumery teams.
• Managing and executing multiple complex briefs from customers and develop or select fragrances according to the given brief guidelines.
• Liaising with other regional creative centers as necessary to complete project assignments
• Define fragrances to be tested and coordinating. with Consumer Market Insights (CMI) teams.
• Translating CMI results into olfactory guidelines for Perfumers.
• Developing new fragrances with Perfumers on a pro‑active basis
• Staying informed about Givaudan and industry best practices and identify improvement opportunities for implementation.

Project Management

• Efficiently manage the project pipeline of customer briefs and other internal or proactive initiatives
• Ensuring efficient execution of projects with a focus on improving the win rate customer intimacy and speed of response.
• Ability to effectively lead large projects along different clientele types.

Build and maintain relationships with customers

• Actively participate in meeting customers and the preparation for customer visits
• Building and maintain relationships with selected customers together with the Sales/Key Accounts team.
• Proactively provide the Sales/Key Accounts team with inputs for their account development plans.

Positioning and Marketing

• Anticipate market tastes; work closely with marketing colleagues on proactive concept generation.
• Writing olfactory summaries of a region/market and customers for knowledge‑building and sharing.
• Conduct customer presentations/interactions

People Management

• Leading and mentoring a team of junior evaluators and managing the performance and development of the team.
• Building an inclusive and creative environment in which all the team members are motivated and can contribute to the best of their ability.
• Fostering a culture of empowerment sharing and accountability.

You

Your professional profile includes:

• A Bachelor or University Degree. Masters or advanced degree in a relevant field will be advantageous.
• A deep knowledge and passion for the world of fragrances
• At least 7 years experience in Fragrance Evaluation (preferably with some experience in the Home Care category) and a strong track record of having developed winning fragrances for key international or regional customers. Current/prior experience in the Middle East or Africa region will be preferable but not mandatory.
• Ideally to have 2 years of experience in coaching and leading effective teams
• Excellent oral and written proficiency in the English language. Additional knowledge of Arabic and/or French languages will be advantageous but not mandatory.
• A team player and comfortable with cultural diversity.
• IT skills - Proficiency in using common PC applications good MS PowerPoint and MS Excel skills.
• Excellent presentations skills and able to communicate clearly and concisely.

Our benefits:

• Attractive package with benefits (Pension Health Insurance)
• Excellent opportunities for progressive learning and development.
• A creative team environment that will inspire you.