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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.

Creative Fragrance Director/Senior CFM

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with our customers, 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.

In Singapore, you’ll be at the centre of every innovation, creation and solution available to the entire Asia-pacific region. Working with our research, creation and production units, as well as our renowned perfumery school, you’ll make us a greater force for good. Every day, your passion, your creativity, and your expertise 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.

Every discovery you make, shapes joyful memories for millions.

We are recruiting for a CFD/Senior CFM Southeast Asia to be part of our Fragrances Consumer Products Evaluation team in Singapore to offer excellent opportunities for both your personal and professional development.

Our CFD's/Senior CFM's are olfactive development specialists whose primary goal is to guide Perfumers in the fragrance development process. To do so, they understand the market and the consumer's behaviour and preferences, a strategic view to analyse current olfactive trends, forecast future ones. You will be in charge of the fragrance development process alongside Account Managers (Sales), Perfumers, Marketing, Consumer Market Research, and Laboratory experts.

You will report to the Category Director Fabric & Home Care.

Your role will include:

Help define development strategies.
Define and lead olfactive vision and strategy of the customer's brands.
Lead creation and development process of active and proactive initiatives in all Fabric Care categories.
Manage multiple complex briefs and develop or select fragrances according to the given brief guidelines.
Define and prioritise fragrances to be tested and coordinate with Consumer Marketing Insights and translate consumer insight results into olfactory guidelines for Perfumers
Work with the lab on testing product stability and troubleshooting.
Collaborate with other regional creative centres, to complete project assignments.
Support engagement of cross-regional project teams when applicable.
Collaborate with commercial team to identify/ interpret our category needs and goals.
Anticipate market tastes; collaborate with marketing colleagues on proactive concept generation.
Contribute in olfactory analysis of new products to identify interesting notes for creative development.
Work together with marketing teams to identify olfactive and conceptual white space opportunities.

You?

Want to work for a team that touches the lives of millions of consumers more than twenty times a day? It's your essence we're looking for.

Your professional profile includes:

University degree in any field of study
At least 15 years' fragrance evaluation experience in Fabric Care category across different geographical areas and working in a multicultural environment ( other category experience like Fine Fragrance, Personal Care, or Home Care is welcomed ).
Fragrance creation skills for specific category and client and an ability in managing and succeeding in Key Global Projects.
Expert olfactory skills and mastery of core Fragrance Development responsibilities paired with an innovative mindset.

In-depth knowledge and track record experience in evaluation, in Fabric category.
In-depth Consumer understanding that allow you to translate Consumer Insights into olfactory guidelines for Perfumers.
Contribute to the olfactory analysis of new products to identify interesting notes for creative development.

Knowledge of key brands and customers in Fabric Care on a global basis.
Product and technical knowledge that allows you to approach specific technical aspects of the Category (fragrance stability and behaviour in several Fabric bases and formats, norm compliance, encapsulation technologies and optimal fragrance system pairing free and encapsulated oils).
Ensure efficient and autonomous execution of projects with a focus on superiority in Consumer's satisfaction, customer intimacy, and speed of response thanks to your ability to prioritize and manage your time and the one of the team.
Excellent presentations skills and able to communicate clearly and concisely and conduct customer presentations/interactions on briefs, technical matters and other issues.
Ability to strategize and articulate clear olfactive strategies internally & externally.
Ability to work and operate in a multicultural environment