Regional Product Manager, Sweet Taste & Tea / Citrus & Alcoholic Beverage

Givaudan; Singapore; On-site; SGD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Givaudan seeks a Regional Product Manager for Sweet Taste & Tea to manage product strategies across the Asia-Pacific region. This pivotal role involves collaboration with global teams to enhance product development and ensure competitiveness in the market, while contributing to the company's mission of creating delightful taste and scent experiences.

Qualifications

• Technical background or B2B Marketing in food/flavour industry.
• Minimum 10 years in a technical/innovation/R&D environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage assigned regional product and technology portfolio.
• Lead commercialization of products and technologies.
• Work with technical and marketing teams to enhance business cases.

Skills

Influencing skills

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor / Master in Food Science, Biology, Chemistry

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Regional Product Manager, Sweet Taste & Tea

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 16,000 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 an APAC Regional Product Manager (Sweet Taste & Tea) with Givaudan, you will manage assigned products and technologies, develop strategies and give direction to all marketing efforts in order to ensure Givaudan's leading position within the relevant market, according to overall business objectives and marketing strategy.

Reporting to: Product & Portfolio Director APAC, Regional Innovation

Main Responsibilities

• Manage assigned regional product and technology portfolio to ensure it is competitive, profitable, and aligned with our strategy
• Oversee the Definition, Development and Commercialization of regionally-driven product development projects
• Work with the technical and marketing teams in the region and sub-regions, and with the Global Product Managers (GPM)
• Become regional subject matter expert (SME) for assigned products and technologies.
• Work with Portfolio Managers to use collections as an internal promotional tool for new products and technologies.
• Define product and technology needs and gaps, measure opportunities, and establish business justification for new regional projects.
• Work with sub regions to create and enhance compelling business cases to GPM on regional opportunities and needs (incl. sales/profit projections, regulatory requirements, product performance expectations etc.). Act as the core owner and APAC representative to GPM and the Science & Technology groups, ensuring projects for our region are brought to successful commercialization
• Contribute to the global product strategy built by the Global Product Managers
• Develop knowledge of competitor products, communicates changes and recommend corrective responses

Promote Commercialization of Products & Technologies

• Lead and execute regional projects with delegated stakeholders and ensure the deliverables are met following defined regional needs
• Drive the commercialization of products and technologies in the region lead by regional and global teams
  • Internally – Ensure the regional technical group is prepared to support the external launch of new products and technologies
  • Externally with our customers - Ensure success at sub-regional level with a strong commercial mindset (e.g., jointly develop promotional plan, arrange sales and technical force training, support sales in customer visits, resolve issues affecting commercial plan)
• Work with the Category and Marketing managers to develop value propositions, connect the dots between our scientific technology capabilities, and our consumer and category insights
• Equip market technical team with the capabilities to win with new products and technologies
• Help deliver Sales and Gross Margin targets, working closely with Commercial Heads, and with the pricing team to define price levels
• Ensure that new ingredients and regional versions of flavours are provided to all Flavour Innovation Centres with all appropriate information related to the new products (regulatory requirement, pricing etc.)

Main Requirements

• Bachelor / Master in a technical field (Food Science, Biology, Chemistry etc.)
• Technical background or B2B Marketing and Commercial/Customer background within the food or flavour industry
• Minimum 10 years in a technical / innovation / R&D environment, with a track record interacting, influencing and collaborating with commercial / marketing colleagues
• Ability to develop deep product knowledge, with the experience working with, and connecting, people from technical, innovation and commercial related backgrounds
• Strong influencing skills and comfortable across diverse functional groups
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At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s 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.