CMI Director (SEA)

Givaudan; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A global leader in flavors and fragrances seeks a CMI Director in Singapore to lead regional and cross-regional projects. The role involves managing and interpreting data to guide fragrance development and drive strategies. The candidate should have director-level experience and strong skills in data analysis, communication, and project management. This position offers a full-time employment opportunity.

Benefits

Innovative work environment

Diversity and inclusion commitments

Team collaboration opportunities

Qualifications

• Verbal and written command of English and local language as required.
• In-depth understanding and use of inferential and multivariate statistics.
• Ability to coach, mentor and manage more junior colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a CMI business partner for specific categories.
• Lead CMI strategy of regional MR projects.
• Manage data storage for CMI data.

Skills

Data analysis

Communication

Project management

Leadership

Understanding of market dynamics

Education

Director level experience

Tools

SPSS

Excel

PowerPoint

XLSTAT

Matlab

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 16000 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.

Overall Objective

Serve as a CMI business partner with responsibility for specific categories and/or global customers. Share CMI expertise with internal and external stakeholders. Regional or cross regional specific expertise.

Core Responsibilities

• Lead CMI strategy of regional and cross regional MR projects, identification of methodology commissioning and set‑up, manage cost data analysis, interpret data to find insights that will help fragrance development as well as selling fragrances.
• Act as MR expert in direct contact with clients to discuss and review CMI strategies, methodologies and results.
• Manage data to ensure CMI data is stored centrally and accessible for future reference.
• May play a key role in the global CMI community through specific CMI driven cross regional initiatives.
• Act as CMI business partner for internal stakeholders working closely on projects throughout the development cycle, providing in‑depth interpretation of results to guide fragrance development and selection and to build rationale to support submissions.
• Continuously build CMI expertise and share with internal and external stakeholders.
• Lead innovation exploring new ideas and experimenting with new methodologies.
• Work with category teams to think strategically, identify opportunities and gaps in knowledge where CMI can help develop to feed the development process.
• Team Management:
  • Management of team of CMI Managers in SEA countries – Indo/TL/PH/VN.
  • Management of APAC Data Lead Manager – Sgp.
  • Set objectives and monitor/coach/guide team towards achievement.
  • Monitor workload vs resources from country to country/category to category.
  • Develop talent for Category CMI roles in Sgp.
  • Recruit suitable CMI talent each country.
• SEA CMI Project Involvement:
  • Operational: Follow up/oversee/guide on key projects CMI needs from Dev/Sales.
  • Monitor/guide/challenge MR test design.
  • Decode insights from data together with team; guide team to generate insights.
  • Monitor end‑to‑end project delivery (execution part); guide CMI team in the process of execution and monitor execution and cost of agencies.
  • Leverage/standardize best practices across SEA CMI team and across categories.
  • Strategic: Think out of box to inspire CMI and CFM/Marketing/Sales to challenge status‑quo/ways of working.
  • Bridge gaps between CMI and stakeholders in terms of approaches and deliverables.
  • Client facing to showcase Givaudan CMI capability.
  • Introduce new/different tools to optimize CMI capability.
• Partnership with CDs/CCD in Singapore:
  • Financials: CMI budget management, tracking quarterly spend, explaining high spends; monitor CMI agency for quality x cost x value.
  • Operational: Best practice refresher for evaluation, onboarding Category CMI, decode insights, part of submission team, leverage/standardize best practices.
  • Knowledge expertise: Introduction/training of new tools (e.g. G Sight/My Roma), present at critical high‑level meetings, train category CMIs.
• Global CMI Support Roles:
  • Selective global initiative.
  • Contribute to new global tools/ways of working.
  • Connect with other CMI Directors across regions/sub‑regions.

Functional / Technical Skills

• Verbal and written command of English (and local language as required).
• Proficiency in using common PC applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Proficiency in using data analysis software (SPSS, XLSTAT, Matlab).
• In‑depth understanding and use of inferential and multivariate statistics and experimental design.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Effectively plans and leads and communicates all required functional steps in the CMI project.
• Able to show leadership in managing complex cross‑regional CMI projects.
• Ability to coach, mentor and manage more junior colleagues.
• Demonstrates advanced knowledge of MR theory and methodologies.
• Understands legal & regulatory guidelines/restrictions for CMI testing.
• Stays up to date with latest developments/techniques in the CMI profession.
• Expertise in analyzing large data sets and drawing strategic conclusions and implications.
• Able to interrogate data to develop hypotheses for fragrance development and arguments to support submissions.
• Advanced knowledge of market dynamics and trends for specific country categories as required.
• Solid understanding of fragrance (olfactory families, main benchmarks, etc.).

At Givaudan you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch peoples lives. You work within an inspiring teamwork culture where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions. Every essence of you enriches our world. Diversity drives innovation and creates closer connections with our employees, customers and partners. Givaudan embraces diversity and is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone impacts our world.

Required Experience

Director level.

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Employment Type

Full‑Time

Experience

Years (unspecified in source).

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