Senior / Marketing & Business Development Executive (Oral Care), APAC

About Symrise AG

Symrise is a global supplier of fragrances, flavors, food, nutrition, and cosmetic ingredients. Its clients include manufacturers of perfumes, cosmetics, food and beverages, pharmaceuticals and producers of nutritional supplements and pet food. Its sales of € 4.7 billion in the 2023 fiscal year make Symrise a leading global provider. Headquartered in Holzminden, Germany, the Group is represented by more than 100 locations in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, the United States and Latin America. Symrise works with its clients to develop new ideas and market-ready concepts for products that form an integral part of everyday life. Economic success and corporate responsibility are inextricably linked as part of this process.

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Senior / Marketing & Business Development Executive (Oral Care), APAC

This position will be supporting the long-term strategic growth of Oral Care businesses across APAC with the primary focus on marketing while adapting and deploying business development action plans in close partnership & collaboration with internal teams on delivering innovations & projects for the region.

The Position:

Marketing:

• Update category expertise for the oral care segment regionally; including tracking new launches, develop market landscape understanding, what are the latest ingredients, and lifestyle or functional stories in the consumer space
• Translate presentations from our global teams into regionally/locally relevant content and concepts for our clients
• Work with cross-category marketing materials to create forward-thinking marketing materials, building on today's market trends to deliver short to mid-term solutions.

Business Development:

• Drive oral care projects in assigned markets/accounts
• Working closely with flavorists and in-market sales team to deliver against project requirements
• Build strong business partnership with assigned clients. Your work in marketing will help you identify strong concepts relevant for your accounts.

The Ideal Candidate:

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing or equivalent with minimum 3-5 years of experience
• Experience working with FMCG/Food Ingredients categories is an added advantage
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills, self-starter & driven personality
• Possess creative and strategic thinking with the ability to generate new ideas and problem-solve.
• Comfortable with business travels based on projects/clients’ needs
• Ability to handle stakeholder management, work on tight & pressured timelines
• Is proficient in MS Office, Adobe Photoshop will be an added advantage.