Category Director, Consumer Products

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Purpose
As Category Director for the NOAM Consumer Products Division – Fragrance & Beauty, you will lead and energize the NOAM Category team and champion the development and implementation of the regional category plan in order to drive business growth.   Sound intriguing? It could well be your perfect opportunity if you have a true passion for fragrances and desire to drive the development process in one or more of the following categories: Personal Care, Fabric Care, Air Care, and/or Home Care.

Location:  East Hanover, New Jersey

Salary expectation based on technical experience 190,000 - 250,000 USD.

Core Responsibilities

•    Demonstrate strong leadership and people management skills by inspiring, developing, and empowering teams to achieve strategic goals while fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement
•    Develop and implement the regional category strategic plan via a holistic involvement of all team functions
•    Responsible for establishing and executing category strategic initiatives to achieve plan
•    Efficiently manage the Development team’s workload incorporating the Brief Segmentation guidelines and mind set
•    Assess performance and determine areas for improvement in ways of working
•    Collaborate with Commercial teams to identify, and interpret business needs and objectives
•    Liaise with other internal functions, such as Science and Technology and IT, to ensure the needs of the regional category are represented appropriately
•    Lead multi-functional team across Evaluation, Marketing and CMI disciplines
•    Overall responsibility for team development including pipeline build, talent / experience development
•    Actively participate in global category network to leverage best practices and drive Global strategic initiatives, with the ability to work effectively across cultures
•    Champion creative problem solving and innovation

You?
Are you someone with a strong analytical mind and a nose for success? Would you like to collaborate and learn together with teams who are as passionate as you are? Then come join us – and impact your world.  Then come join us – and impact your world.  

Academic Background 
•    University Degree or equivalent; Advanced University degree in related field is a plus.

 
Professional Experience 
•    Minimum 15+ years of professional experience within the fragrance or related creative industries 
•    Minimum 2-3 years of successful team leadership experience

Your professional profile includes:
•    Excellent ability to build relationships.  Ability to build networks, to achieve results through influence and to work effectively in a matrix environment
•    Expert knowledge of consumer products (market dynamics, olfactory trends)
•    Solid knowledge for consumers within consumer products sector
•    Excellent leadership and people management skills
•    Strong facilitation and presentation skills
•    Strong ability to think strategically and ability to translate strategies into tangible deliverables
•    Proven track record + experience working in global environment

Benefits

•    Benefits include medical, dental, vision and a high matching 401k plan

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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.
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