Creative Fragrance Manager

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 Creative Fragrance Manager for Fine Fragrance Southeast Asia to be part of our Fine Fragrances Evaluation team in Singapore to offer excellent opportunities for both your personal and professional development.

Our CFM's are olfactive development specialists whose primary goal is to guide Perfumers in the fragrance development process. To do so, CFM's 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.

The Creative Fragrance Manager will report to the Category Director Fine Fragrance & Personal Care.

Your role will include:

• Develop olfactory strategy for clients, market, category and guide Perfumery teams accordingly

• Manage and executive multiple complex briefs and develop or select fragrances according to the given brief guidelines

• Identify olfactive gaps and opportunities to be pursued for the brand catered to

• Liaise with other regional creative centres, to complete project assignments

• Define fragrances to be tested and coordinate with Consumer Marketing Insights

• Translate Consumer Marketing Insights results into olfactory guidelines for perfumers

• Participate in olfactory analysis of new products to identify interesting notes for creative Development

• Develop new fragrances with Perfumers on a proactive basis

• Collaborate with peers and perfumers  around the global for a fast and efficient deployment of creative insight

• Work with lab on testing product stability

• Follow and understand the Best Practices and efficiency improvement opportunities

• Regularly engage, exchange and develop ideas with Consumer Marketing Insights, Marketing, Science & Technology

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 7 years' fragrance evaluation experience in any fragrance category (Fine Fragrance is ideal but not mandatory) across different geographical areas and working in a multicultural environment

• Broad knowledge of the global fine fragrances market dynamics and olfactory trends

• Expert knowledge of fine fragrance products and key customers in the region

• Demonstrable experience predicting market acceptance and relevance

• Demonstrable experience interacting with customers/clients on briefs, technical matters and other issues

• Ability to take ownership of a brand and build trusting customer relations

• Function as an olfactory advisor

You will enjoy:

• Attractive package with benefits

• Excellent opportunities for progressive learning and development

• A creative team environment that will inspire you

• Comprehensive healthcare plans

• PTO and family leave

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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.
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