CMI Manager Oral Care

Givaudan; Singapore; On-site; SGD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Attractive package with benefits

Excellent learning & development

Creative and dynamic team environment

Healthcare & retirement plan

Job summary

Givaudan in Singapore seeks a Consumer & Market Insights Manager for the Oral Care category across Southeast Asia and Oceania. You will lead regional insights initiatives, guiding research across multiple countries and coordinating with internal teams and external partners.

Your analyses will shape flavor development, portfolio growth and commercial success. You will translate complex data into engaging reports and dashboards, build strong relationships with global teams, and drive innovation in

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in Consumer & Market Insights in agency and client roles.
• Strong expertise in quantitative and qualitative research and insights generation.
• Project management experience across regional or multi-country studies.
• Excellent analytical ability to translate data into clear business recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Lead regional CMI projects across multiple countries with consistent research design.
• Translate findings into clear reports, dashboards, and visual summaries.
• Partner with global Oral Care teams to share insights and influence decisions.
• Drive innovative research methodologies and tools for continuous improvement.

Skills

CMI leadership

Research methodologies

Project management

Data analysis

Presentation skills

English fluency

Excel & PowerPoint

Collaboration

Tools

Statistical software

Job description

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with our customers, 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 17,000 employees around the world to explore ideas and ambitions with.

In Singapore, you’ll be at the centre of every innovation, creation and solution available to the entire Asia-pacific region. Working with our research, creation and production units, as well as our renowned perfumery school, you’ll make us a greater force for good. Every day, your passion, your creativity, and your expertise 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.

As a Consumer & Market Insights (CMI) Manager at Givaudan, you will lead the Consumer & Market Insights agenda for the Oral Care category across the Southeast Asia & Oceania region. As Oral Care operates as a global category, you will report to the Global Senior CMI Manager and work closely with the global Oral Care team to ensure alignment on priorities, insights, and best practices. By delivering high-quality insights, leading regional research initiatives, identifying innovative methodologies, and partnering closely with commercial, marketing, creative, and development team, you will translate consumer understanding into actionable recommendations that support flavor development, portfolio growth, and commercial success.

Project Management

• Lead and manage regional Consumer & Market Insights (CMI) projects across multiple countries, ensuring consistency in research design, methodology, execution, and reporting.
• Define appropriate research approaches and test protocols aligned with project objectives and business needs.
• Ensure high-quality project execution, data integrity, robust analysis, and timely delivery of recommendations.
• Plan, monitor, and manage the annual CMI budget in close collaboration with the management.
• Coordinate with external research agencies and partners.

Consumer Insights, Analysis & Reporting

• Extract, consolidate, and analyze quantitative and qualitative data from internal insight platforms and external research sources.
• Translate complex findings into clear, engaging, and actionable reports, dashboards, presentations, and visual summaries tailored to different internal audiences.

Business Partnering & Knowledge Sharing

• Deliver in-depth interpretation of consumer research results or intelligence platforms to support flavor development, selection, innovation, and customer submissions.
• Build strong relationships with the Global Oral Care Consumer Insights team to leverage global studies, adapt relevant learnings to the Southeast Asia & Oceania region, and contribute regional insights to the global knowledge base.
• Lead insight-sharing sessions to ensure regional teams remain informed of the latest consumer learnings.
• Regularly engages with customers to share relevant consumer insights and research learnings

Prospective Insights & Continuous Improvement

• Drive the continuous evolution of Consumer & Market Insights learnings by identifying, evaluating, and implementing innovative research methodologies, tools, and strategic partners.
• Stay informed of emerging consumer research trends, technologies, and analytical techniques to continuously enhance the team's capabilities.

Profile

You?

Your Professional Profile Includes

• Extensive experience in Consumer & Market Insights, ideally in both agency and client sides.
• Strong expertise in both quantitative and qualitative research methodologies, consumer testing, statistical analysis, and insight generation.
• Project management skills with experience managing regional or multi-country research projects and external research agencies.
• Excellent analytical skills with the ability to synthesize complex information into clear, actionable business recommendations.
• Expertise in analysing large data sets and drawing strategic conclusions and implications
• Familiarity with data reduction, consumer segmentation and driver analysis techniques to interrogate data from different perspectives, to develop hypotheses for flavor development and arguments to support submissions
• Proficiency in the use of statistical software for analysis of research data (in locations where this is done in-house)
• Strong presentation skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.
• Innovative and forward-thinking mindset
• Collaborative, proactive, and business-oriented mindset.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
• Background in Oral Care category and/or food background is a plus
• Fluent in English.

Our Benefits

• Attractive package with benefits
• Excellent opportunities for learning and development
• A creative and dynamic team environment that will inspire you
• Comprehensive healthcare and retirement plan

At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives.

We value the different perspectives that come from diverse cultures, backgrounds, and experiences.

Everyone — regardless of race, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, culture, religion, or any personal circumstances — is warmly welcomed at Givaudan, a place where we all love to be and grow.

Every essence of you enriches our world. Join us in making a difference together.