Business Planning 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.

Business Planning Manager

Taste & Wellbeing, Japan

This is a high-visibility role with defined accountability directly reporting into the Commercial Head of Japan. In this position you would lead the Strategy and Execution for T&W business in Japan in close collaboration with the Commercial Head of Japan. You will Develop and implement business planning efforts in order to build & grow Givaudan's position for Flavours, Natural Colours and Functional Ingredients across categories for Japan, according to the 2025 strategy.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Define business strategy for Japan, the main goals and the actions needed to deliver them
• Identify needs and business development growth opportunities for the T&W Japan business in collaboration and alignment with the Commercial Head, R&D and Marketing
• Develop & maintain knowledge of competitor activity, regulatory environment and changing consumer trends for Givaudan’s total solution portfolio, communicates and recommends initiatives to differentiate ourselves from competition
• Work with key stakeholders from other commercial and technical teams in a matrix style to support key accounts
• Identify the gaps and opportunities for customers and consumers in the region and feedback to Commercial Head, R&D, and Marketing.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in any field of study
• 5 years of demonstrated track record in business planning, business development and strategy development  
• Competent knowledge of the industry including technical aspects
• Strong presentation skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills – ability to convey information in an engaging way and good at building relationships
• Entrepreneurial mindset to get the job done

Our Benefits

• Attractive package with benefits
• Excellent opportunities for progressive learning and development
• A creative team environment that will inspire you

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Every essence of you enriches our world.
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