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Givaudan is the global leader in the creation of flavours and fragrances. In close collaboration with food, beverage, consumer product and fragrance partners, Givaudan develops tastes and scents that delight consumers the world over. With a passion to understand consumers’ preferences and a relentless drive to innovate, Givaudan is at the forefront of creating flavours and fragrances that ‘engage your senses’. The Company achieved sales of CHF 5.1 billion in 2017. Headquartered in Switzerland with local presence in over 100 locations, the company has more than 11,100 employees worldwide. Givaudan invites you to discover more at www.givaudan.com.

Category Marketing Manager

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.  

Category Marketing Manager, Savoury & Snacks - Your future position?

Reporting to: Head of Marketing, ASEAN Taste & Wellbeing

As a Category Marketing Manager, you will develop and implement marketing efforts to ensure Givaudan's leading position within the country, according to overall goals and regional marketing strategy.

 

Core Responsibilities

Build Market Understanding

  • Become local category expert, through analysis of consumer trends and insights, customer products, growth rates, shares, new product introductions and competitive landscape
  • Develop an understanding of local customer brands and local market dynamics

Marketing Strategy

  • Lead in strategy development and execution
  • Identify needs and opportunities through external and internal analysis
  • Partner with sales and local technical teams to identify growth opportunities and target accounts
  • Consolidate and prioritise needs and communicate to Sub-Regional Marketing Head
  • Lead Marketing efforts to commercialize new innovations and products to achieve profitable growth, through partnering with Local and Regional Technical & Marketing Teams and Sales

 

Collaboration with Sales Team

  • Plan, coordinate and executes important local customers visits concerning marketing activities
  • Ensure that customers know and understand our capabilities
  • Support Regional CM or PM in the development of trends, capabilities and innovation presentations and adapt to maximize local relevance
  • Ensure local marketing activity is consistent with the flavour division branding and positioning, to help build the brand in the local market
  • Lead development of local product or brand concepts and present to target customers to improve profitable growth
  • Engage on customer briefs

 

Support Innovation Efforts

  • Partner with Technical to deliver customer presentations on new technologies to local target customers

 

Main Requirements

  • University degree in Marketing or related field 
  • 5 to 8 years of regional hands-on experience
  • Experience in Food and Beverage or related industry an advantage
  • Sales or B2B Marketing knowledge with a know-how of B2C Marketing in an international environment
  • Understanding of marketing strategy and principles including brand execution, commercialisation of new products, and creative promotions
  • Experience in planning and ensuring sales agreement while securing the required technical support

 

Our Benefits

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

 

*LI-Y

 

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.
 

Remote working:  Hybrid



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.
Join us and Impact Your 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.

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