Senior Fragrance Innovation Leader - Surface Care

DSM-Firmenich AG; Slough; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Career growth opportunities

Outstanding benefit programs

Flexible work environment

Job summary

dsm-firmenich in London (Southall) is seeking a Senior Fragrance Development Manager to lead the full fragrance development cycle from brief to adoption, driving innovative scents for Surface Care.

You will collaborate with perfumers, technical development, marketing, and sales, translate consumer insights into winning fragrance themes, monitor trends, and shape strategies that align with sustainability and customer needs across categories.

Qualifications

• Five or more consecutive years within fragrance development, with experience in Home and/or Surface cleaning fragrances preferable.
• Must be olfactively trained.
• Proven track record of successful fragrance launches.
• Strong communication, organization and project management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the full fragrance development cycle from brief to adoption for all assigned accounts.
• Collaborate with perfumers, technical development, marketing, consumer insights and commercial teams.
• Deliver winning fragrance themes aligned with consumer needs and data analysis where available.
• Maintain awareness of scented products to identify olfactive trends and opportunities.
• Be the development partner with sales, co-creating fragrance strategies and nurturing client relationships.
• Build robust olfactive strategies based on consumer insights.
• Collaborate with team members to develop effective consumer insight plans.

Skills

Fragrance development

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Digital savviness

Independent work

Education

University degree

Job description

dsm-firmenich in London (Southall) is seeking a Senior Fragrance Development Manager to lead the full fragrance development cycle from brief to adoption, driving innovative scents for Surface Care.

You will collaborate with perfumers, technical development, marketing, and sales, translate consumer insights into winning fragrance themes, monitor trends, and shape strategies that align with sustainability and customer needs across categories.