• Job Description

  Req#: 110011

  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 the USA, we develop, market and produce a wide array of solutions from our 25 most innovative sites, based across the country. Stretch your skills, create and get inspiration from passionate colleagues. Every day, your energy, your thirst for knowledge, and your creativity 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.

  Creative Fragrance Director at Givaudan – Your future position?

  Collaborate with Perfumers and Creative Centers on a global/cross regional level, and interpret marketing knowledge and technical expertise, to assist customers in developing successful olfactive strategies. Have a strategic view of your portfolio (including an intimate understanding of both your client and categories) regarding olfactive trends and development needs. Are your olfactory senses finely attuned? Can you understand the many layers of a fragrance and creatively interpret your findings to hone the development process? Do you live for the challenge of capturing the next new scent to inspire a generation? If so, this could well be the perfect opportunity for you to lead the creation of some of the world’s most prestigious perfumes. You will be located in our New York, NY office and you'll report into the Fine Fragrance Creative Center Director.

  Salary Expectations based on Technical experience: 190k-270k

  As a Senior Creative Fragrance Manager you will:

  Fragrance Development & Research

  • Manage cross-regional/ cross category projects.
  • Manage all brief activity and lead creation and development process for a given category.
  • Ensure correct Perfumery allocation to briefs & adequate other resources (CMI, marketing, lab).
  • Define, and prioritize, in close collaboration with Consumer Market Insight manager, developmental and brief-related consumer market research.
  • Build category knowledge & share evaluation expertise and market knowledge with the entire category team
  • Mentor junior evaluation team members.

  Business Planning

  • Develop regional/global development strategies.
  • Collaborate with Commercial teams to identify/interpret our needs.
  • Demonstrate and maintain track records of new wins in Important/Global Projects.

  Activation and Gallery

  • Guide the building and curating of the best fragrance collection, responding to gap analysis, market needs, market trends and incorporating Givaudan technologies
  • Connect with the other region to accelerate the usage of the best new creations from anywhere in the world
  • Lead and improve the process for fast and efficient selection of fragrances for activation projects from oil or blind

  Your professional profile includes:

  • University Degree or equivalent.
  • Advanced University degree in related field.
  • 12+ years´ functional / technical experience in industry.
  • Knowledge of Perfumers' themes and collections.
  • Knowledge of multiple product category and product design principles.
  • Advanced product and technical knowledge (innovations, manufacturing, stability).
  • Can mentor and lead a small team, as applicable.
  • Train juniors at working levels.
  • Interact with customers/clients on briefs, technical matters and other issues.
  • Demonstrated:
    • Ability in managing and succeeding in Necessary/Global Projects.
    • Cross-category experience, including personal care and fabric care.

  Benefits included major medical, dental, vision, and a high matching 401k

  We are an Equal Opportunity Employer

  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.

• About the company

  Givaudan is a Swiss multinational manufacturer of flavours, fragrances and active cosmetic ingredients.

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