Scent Design Manager

4 days ago

Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates IFF Full time

Job Summary
IFF is a global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients and health & biosciences. We deliver sustainable innovations that elevate everyday products.

As
Scent Design Manager
, you will collaborate across functions and levels to contribute creatively to the development and introduction of new fragrance themes, technologies, consumer solutions, ideas and new development processes.

The role is based in our
Scent Creative Center in Dubai
.

Together we can achieve greatness and make a real impact. Your potential is our inspiration.

Where You'll Make a Difference

  • Manage Go-To-Market Projects and implement innovative fragrance development strategies
  • Connect market, customer and consumer needs to identify, develop and/or recommend competitive product solutions to drive business results
  • Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams (perfumers, technical, consumer insights, marketing) to uncover challenges and opportunities and develop new fragrance solutions and capabilities
  • Develop creative strategies according to Holistic Scent Design principles
  • Consumer Insights strategy: define what to learn from consumers to gain competitive advantage and build winning consumer relevant solutions
  • Manage the execution of the olfactive strategy by providing creative direction and olfactive guidance to perfumers to stimulate creative exploration and differentiation
  • Establish and maintain effective relationships with (internal) stakeholders and gain their trust and respect
  • Communicate and maintain awareness on market developments and competitive insights and actively share knowledge with other parts of the organization

What Makes You The Right Fit

  • Excellent olfactive communication skills which supports the overall creative process – discriminate, describe (association) and odor memory
  • Ability to effectively identify potential fragrance or technology solutions based on market relevance
  • Solid understanding of market/consumer trends and consumer behaviors/ preferences
  • Fragrance ingredient and technology understanding to facilitate communication with technical teams and perfumers
  • Basic technical understanding of fragrance formulations and assess stability risks
  • Strong project management skills, disciplined and process oriented
  • Master's or bachelor's degree in Perfumery, Science, Chemistry, Consumer Science, Product Research or any other relevant discipline
  • Fluent in English

How Would You Stand Out?

  • Open minded, strong agility and shows courage
  • Ability to deliver in a fast-paced environment and deliver under pressure
  • Commercial mindset, bottom line oriented
  • Team player, ability to motivate others towards a common goal to achieve results
  • Excellent influencing skills across all levels within the organization

Why Choose Us?

  • Home office opportunity
  • Training opportunities
  • Learning and development programs

We are a global leader in taste, scent, and nutrition, offering our customers a broader range of natural solutions and accelerating our growth strategy. At IFF, we believe that your uniqueness unleashes our potential. We value the diverse mosaic of the ethnicity, national origin, race, age, sex, or veteran status. We strive for an inclusive workplace that allows each of our colleagues to bring their authentic self to work regardless of their religion, gender identity & expression, sexual orientation, or disability.

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