Creative Fragrance Manager

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Creative Fragrance Manager, your future position?

As part of our Fragrance Division, you will guide perfumers in the fragrance development process. As an olfactory development expert, understanding the existing fragrance portfolio will be essential, in addition to analyzing current olfactory styles, forecasting future trends and assessing consumer preferences. 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'll report to the Category Director Personal Care LATAM, and will be based in Bogota, Colombia; and will work four days onsite and one from home a week.

In this exciting role, your main responsibilities will be:

Fragrance Development

• Develop olfactory strategy for clients, market, category and guide Perfumery teams accordingly
• Manage multiple complex briefs and develop or select fragrances according to the given brief guidelines
• Collaborate with other regional creative centres,, to complete project assignments
• Define fragrances to be tested and coordinate with Consumer Market Insight (CMI)
• Translate Consumer Market Insight (CMI) results into olfactory guidelines for perfumers
• Participate in olfactory analysis of new products to identify interesting notes for creative Development
• Develop new fragrances with Perfumers proactively
• Work with lab on testing product stability
• Understand the Best Practices and efficiency improvement opportunities

Industry & Marketing

• Anticipate market tastes; work with marketing colleagues on proactive concept generation
• Write olfactory summaries of a region/market and customer for knowledge-building and sharing
• Conduct customer presentations/interactions
• Demonstrate track records of new wins

You

Are you someone with a strong analytical mind and a nose for success? If you would like to collaborate and learn together with teams who are as passionate as you are; then join us – and influence our world.

Your professional profile includes:

• At least 7 years' experience in the main functions of the role within the Fragrance industry
• University degree in a related field.
• Deep knowledge of perfumer's themes and product categories.
• Able to interpret client requirements and align these with creative processes
• Manage multiple evaluation projects, and respect deadlines among different teams.
• Fluency in English (90%).

Our Benefits:

• Annual bonus.
• Medical insurance coverage.
• Career Development Opportunities with access to many virtual learning sessions.
• International working environment

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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.
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