Scent Design Manager

How you will Contribute

Innovation

• Ideation - Stimulate the participation of the IFF community in finding new consumer solutions and development processes.
• CI strategy - Define what to learn from consumers to gain competitive advantage and build a value proposition.
• Develop and implement innovation strategies that bring competitive product solutions to win business and position IFF as the innovation leader.
• Connect market, customer and consumer needs to identify and trigger business opportunities and provide recommendations that drive business results.
• Following the category strategy write precise briefings to R D.

Project management

• Partner with internal customers and stakeholders to ensure fragrance strategies align to overall business objectives.
• Consistently drive process, discipline and effective execution to bring the desired speed to market.
• Monitor results and have the agility to change the course of a project when needed.
• Good understanding of the big picture and utilize this knowledge to define and establish competitive solutions or strategies.
• Maintain regional or global visibility, both internally and externally.
• Fragrance Trouble shooting and identify technical challenges.

Knowledge Management

• Support the principles of the learning organization.
• Develop deep understanding of market, consumer and customer needs aligned with innovation and project needs.
• Work in close collaboration with Consumer Insight team to generate key insights relevant for customer and internal teams.

People Management

• Mentor multi-disciplinary talent.
• Support project team members in their development.

What you will need to be successful

• Master s or Bachelor s degree in Chemistry, Fragrance, Marketing, Business or any other relevant discipline.
• Minimum 8-10 years relevant experience in an international environment.
• Excellent Olfactive communication skills which supports the overall creative process - discriminate, describe (association) and odor memory.
• Ability to effectively identify potential fragrances based on market relevance.
• Manage the execution of the Olfactive strategy by providing creative direction and (Olfactive) guidance to Perfumers to stimulate creativity.
• Solid understanding of functional and technical capabilities, including knowledge of the consumers and different markets.
• Excellent influencing skills across levels within the organization.
• Strong project management and prioritization skills.
• Open minded, willing to embrace diversity with strong agility.
• Ability to deliver in a fast-changing environment and manage pressure.
• Curious approach, enjoy difficult challenges.
• Capability in creating compelling communication to teams or stakeholders to drive strategy.
• Team player, ability to motivate others to achieve results and execute effectively.
• English language fluency, other language proficiency is a plus.
• Willing to travel.