Global Growth Platform Director Hydration & Refreshment

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with kindness and humility, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions that make people look and feel good. 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. Dive into varied, flexible, and stimulating environments. Meet empowered professionals to partner with, befriend, and stretch your skills alongside. Every day, your energy, your creativity, 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.  

As the Growth Platform Director - for Hydration & Refreshment, you will lead the strategy, business development efforts, and the Global Product Managers team to drive sustainable and profitable growth for the hydration and refreshment category. You will be responsible for identifying market opportunities, defining value propositions, and commercializing new products and technologies on a global scale. Additionally, you will collaborate with regional teams and key stakeholders to achieve sales and margin targets, manage the global product portfolio, and ensure competitiveness and profitability.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the strategy and business development efforts for the hydration and refreshment category
• Identify market opportunities, define value propositions, and drive commercialization of new products
• Collaborate with regional teams and key stakeholders to achieve sales and margin targets
• Manage the global product portfolio to ensure competitiveness and profitability
• Establish pricing strategies and monitor delivery against business case
• Coordinate visits to key customers and promote capabilities
• Lead Global Council team to establish category strategy and priorities
• Resolve issues affecting the business with cross-functional teams
• Monitor competitor positions and recommend corrective responses

Required Skills and Competencies:

• Strategic agility and visionary thinking
• Strong leadership and team development skills
• Drive for results and customer focus
• Organizational agility and priority setting
• Perseverance and integrity
• Business acumen and market knowledge

Qualifications:

• University degree in Business Administration or Marketing, with a preference for a degree in Food Science, Chemistry, or Biology
• Deep understanding of the hydration and refreshment business, market dynamics, and product requirements
• 10+ years of successful track record in leading and developing new business or commercializing products
• Fluent in spoken and written English, multilingual advantage
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Application: If you are a strategic thinker with a passion for driving growth and innovation in the hydration and refreshment category, we invite you to join our dynamic team. Please submit your resume in English! 

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.
Givaudan is committed to equal opportunities. Therefore, we welcome applications regardless of cultural and social background, gender, age, religion or sexual identity. 
We also have a safe working environment, progressive working conditions and are certified as an equal pay employer.