Marketing & BD 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.

Marketing & Business Development Manager

About Givaudan 

Givaudan is the global leader in the creation of flavours and fragrances. In close collaboration with food, beverage, consumer product and fragrance partners, we develop tastes and scents that delight consumers the world over. With a passion to understand consumers’ preferences and a relentless drive to innovate, we are at the forefront of creating flavours and fragrances that ‘engage your senses’. We maintain our leadership position – approximately 25% of our industry’s global market share – by challenging ourselves daily, inspiring our partnerships across the globe and serving our customers with heart and soul.

Givaudan Korea was established in 1994. 

There are around 40 employees, 40% male and 60% female. 

There were employee survey on 2016.

87% of employees stated they were proud to work for Givaudan and 78% of employee said they would recommend Givaudan as a great place to work. 

Our purpose 

Creating for happier, healthier lives with love for nature. Let's imagine together', is at the heart of its strategy. Under the purpose, Givaudan has defined bold and ambitious goals in four domains, namely creations, nature, people and communities. These ambitions include doubling its business through creations that contribute to happier, healthier lives by 2030, becoming climate positive before 2050, becoming a leading employer for inclusion before 2025 and sourcing all materials and services in a way that protects the environment and people by 2030.

Job Purpose  

The Marketing & Business Development Manager supports the fragrance sales organization by driving market intelligence, customer-focused marketing initiatives, and new business opportunities.

The role acts as a strategic partner to sales, translating market trends and customer insights into actionable commercial strategies. It contributes to marketing project coordination, and also value proposition development to support sustainable sales growth of the organization.

The position also plays a key role to support both consumer products and fine fragrance marketing needs, as well as identifying new customers and growth segments within the fragrance business.

Core Responsibility 

1.       Marketing Support

• Provide consumer products category insights and market intelligence, including trend analysis and competitive landscape sharing.
• Support KR L&R and KGA/KIA outbound activities by preparing customer-specific materials, value propositions, and commercial support tools.
• Proactively share relevant market and consumer insights with sales teams to support customer engagement and opportunity development.

2.       Business Development Support  

• Support the identification and development of new business opportunities within the fragrance business.
• Collaborate with sales and cross-functional teams to support business development initiatives and customer projects.
• Contribute to market analysis and business planning to support sustainable growth.

3.       Other Adhoc required upon the cases. 

Job Requirements 

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, Chemistry, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in marketing, business development, or commercial support within B2B or consumer products industries (fragrance, flavor, or FMCG preferred).
• Strong understanding of market analysis, consumer trends, and commercial strategy support.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with sales and cross-functional teams in a matrix organization.
• Strong communication skills in English
• Proficient in MS Office (PowerPoint, Excel) and high quality graphic design; ability to prepare clear and structured commercial materials.
• Open to foreign nationals; candidates must be legally eligible to work in Korea.

Selection Process

• First round: Document screening
• Second / Third round: Interview process

Required Documents

• Resume/CV in both Korean and English
• Cover letter in both Korean and English (Supporting documents will be requested only from shortlisted candidates at a later stage)

The Others

• Interview details will be individually notified to shortlisted candidates.
• Veterans and candidates with disabilities will be given preference in accordance with applicable laws.
• All documents must be submitted in MS Word format.
• Submitted documents will not be returned.
• Employment may be cancelled if false information is found in the application.
• A three-month probationary period applies.

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.