Creative Fragrance 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.  

Creative Fragrance Manager at Givaudan – Your future position?

As a Creative Fragrance Manager (CFM) in our Fragrance & Beauty Division, you will be fundamental in guiding perfumers in the fragrance development process. In your role as an olfactory development specialist, understanding the existing fragrance portfolio will be essential, in addition to analysing current olfactory styles, forecasting future trends and assessing consumer preferences. 

Are your olfactory senses finely attuned? Can you understand the many layers of a fragrance and creatively interpret your findings to hone the development process? Do you live for the challenge of capturing the next new scent that will inspire a generation? If so, this could well be the perfect opportunity for you to lead the creation of some of the world’s most prestigious perfumes.

As a CFM you will:

• Develop new fragrances: contribute to the fragrance development process, working alongside account managers, perfumers, fragrance marketing, research and laboratory experts to identify winning fragrance directions.

• Manage multiple creative briefs: pro-actively manage multiple complex briefs and develop or select fragrances according to customer guidelines.

• Research and analyse market trends: participate in olfactory analysis of new products to identify interesting notes for creative development.

• Create olfactory guidelines: define fragrances to be tested and translate Consumer Market Research results into olfactory guidelines for perfumers, whilst working with laboratories to test product stability.

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. 

Your professional profile includes:

• More than seven years’ experience in a related industry; additional laboratory experience is desired
• At least a university degree; an advanced degree in related field would be an advantage
• Advanced University degree in related field is a plus
• Fluent in English
• Demonstrated:
  • Proficiency in using common PC applications
  • Ability to manage multiple  and complex evaluation projects

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.