Marketing Manager - Near East Region

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with passion and creativity, 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. Every day, your talent, your innovative spirit, and your determination 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.  

We are looking for a Marketing Manager for our Taste & Wellbeing business to focus on the vibrant markets in the Near East region. You will be based in Dubai office and report to the Commercial Director of Middle East & Maghreb region based in Dubai, and offers excellent opportunities for development.

As a Marketing Manager, you will provide competitive-edge marketing to support sales goals in our creative and niche Taste & Wellbeing industry. As you share your market analysis and consumer insights knowledge, you will be the 'go-to' brand expert for all our key customer brands and hold vital market knowledge of new flavour launches and current product trends for the Near East markets.

What will you do?

Marketing strategy - Doing the right things

• Build an in-depth market understanding of consumers, local customer brands and market dynamics.
• Identify market needs and opportunities through external and internal analysis.
• Be a strategic partner for the Commercial team on local strategy and planning.
• Translate our strategy for the Near East region and lead the development of a regional marketing plan.

Drive customer centricity - With the right mindset

• Drive customer-centric thinking and take the customer's perspective.
• Develop close relationships with customers at country and regional levels.
• Participate in customer briefs.
• Ensure that customers know and understand our capabilities.

Excellence in execution - Executed in the right way

• Drive the execution plan and implementation of the Near East region marketing strategy.
• Build the Givaudan brand in the local market and ensure local marketing activity is consistent with the Taste & Wellbeing division branding and positioning.
• Adapt and deploy global and regional promotions, capabilities, and innovation presentations according to local needs.
• Plan, coordinate and execute key local customers visits with marketing activities
• Lead development of the local product or brand concepts and present to target customers to drive profitable growth.

Support Innovation efforts - By looking ahead

• Lead innovation together with regional marketing and technical teams to deliver the next 'blockbuster' flavour based on deep consumer understanding and product segment insights.
• Lead the commercialisation effort at a local level through partnering with the regional segment, technical, and sales teams.
• Ensure that products are relevant to the local markets concerning cost-effectiveness, profitability, and performance.
• Partner with technical teams to deliver insightful customer presentations on new technologies for target customers.

Your professional profile includes:

• At least a Bachelor's or University Degree in Marketing.
• 5 to 7 years of relevant and progressive marketing experience developing product solutions and brands in international work environments or category development or commercial roles with B2B and B2C focus.
• Experience in the flavours, ingredients, food and beverages sectors will be advantageous.
• Knowledge of marketing in B2B and B2C environments.
• A good appreciation of the market landscape and consumer trends.
• Project management skills.
• Excellent presentations skills
• Comfortable in working and collaborating with diverse teams and cultures.
• Excellent oral and written proficiency in the English and French languages. Knowledge of additional languages will be advantageous.
• Able to travel within Near East region (~40-50% of the time).

Our benefits:

• Attractive package with benefits.
• Excellent opportunities for progressive learning and development.
• A creative team environment that will inspire you.

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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.