Senior Scent Design Manager
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Are you looking for a role that will help you to Do More Good and fulfill a bigger purpose? Would you like to positively impact millions of lives around the world? Do you have a passion for scents and innovation? As a Scent Design Manager at IFF you can help to influence the market trends to create delightful scent experiences.
This Tamboré based position is one that offers a collaborative work environment, with a chance to create work for both new and established consumer brands.
As a Scent Design Manager, you will be responsible for developing creative strategies and leading regional projects as well as having some global project exposure. In this role, you will further develop business knowledge, potentially leveraging consumer feedback, and grow technical expertise, increasing IFF's ability to win in the marketplace. You will utilize internal processes/programs/tools to support the overall Body and Hair Care business strategy. In addition, there is an opportunity for mentoring others.
About you
If you are a curious, critical thinker with problem-solving skills that question everything to help reinvent the SCENT industry, this role is for you. If you are a candidate with analytical ability to investigate data, and analyze it to uncover insights, this role is for you. If you can design experiments and apply scientific method principles to innovation programs, this role is for you.
You will spend your time...
Partnering with Perfumers to design/create fragrance solutions against Body and Hair Care brief and initiative objectives
Developing, driving, & executing olfactive strategies to support the success of the Body and Hair Care regional/category business
Utilizing existing experience in product/fragrance development
Learning, leveraging, and applying innovative technologies in Body and Hair Care
Managing fragrance selection and identifying new winning themes for incoming briefs
Knowing how to effectively screen down fragrance themes against project objectives
Ensuring timeline and budget requirements are met
Articulating clearly project process from beginning to end, including having the storytelling skills to present to customers (internal/external)
Strong project management skills, communicating with various functions (perfumers, consumer insights, marketing, scent technology, commercial, management, etc.)
Leveraging potential cross-category fragrance themes for Body and Hair Care projects
Leveraging IFF's Scent Portfolio for optimal efficiency in project work
Willing to discuss and co-design consumer testing methods, questionnaires, etc. and applying the output insights from studies into creative development
Understanding the market trends and shifts, and be able to partner with marketing on a regular basis to share olfactive and brand knowledge
Creating and facilitating olfactive/fragrance trainings
Ensuring personal development is a priority, aligning to IFF's category and business objectives
Required Experience
Bachelor's degree / master's degree in Chemistry, Business or Marketing
Excellent olfactive capabilities
Min 3 to 6 years of fragrance industry and evaluation experience (fragrance house or consumer goods company)
Any experience in other categories is welcome
Project Management experience, ideally with some fragrance/product development
Required Skills
Proficient in English
Excellent communication skills (written/verbal) with all levels of the organization
Creative mindset
Team player
Effective composure
Embraces diversity
Motivates others & is open to coaching/mentoring others
Strong interpersonal savviness
Strategic thinker and problem solver
Critical thinking
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