Job Summary
Ability to manage Must Win/Mission Critical projects, and lead innovation projects (Strategic Initiatives, technical or creative programs, platforms). Has potential to play a more strategic role in multidisciplinary teams. Expected to engage/coach the lower levels of SDM in Holistic Scent Design and promote IFF capabilities in the creative strategy.Responsibilities / Description
•ADVANCED- Draws up solid creative strategy(s) including all factors of the framework. Partners effectively with perfumers to plan out Ingredient Strategies, following guidelines set by the category using any tools available (such as Signature program). Able to strategize at a category level, decoding category benefit spaces olfactively in the right touch points (with or without consumer data), incorporate these findings into fragrance design strategy, and deploy. (PRODUCT PERFUMERY, CULTURE FRAGRANCE DESIGN (HSD), CONSUMER CENTRICITY TECHNICAL LEARNING).
•INTERMEDIATE- Begins to be knowledgeable in a particular brand’s market / product offering footprint. Can draw conclusions from market trends and build into learning hypotheses for product design and/or consumer understanding. Begins to map out market products into category benefit spaces. Defines what the key insights are. (LEADERSHIP, COACHING AND MENTORING).
Requirements
•Bachelor’s degree, preferably in marketing, chemistry, or business Preferred Masters in Fragrance and/or Business Very good olfactive expertise (candidates required to complete internal smelling test).
•Minimum 3-6 years of Fragrance Industry and evaluation experience Internal promotion from Scent Design Associate or similar level in other related functions.
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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What We Do
Meet IFF:
We boldly bring together science and creativity to create what the world needs.
An industry leader in food, beverage, health and biosciences, we create essential solutions – from global icons to unexpected innovations and experiences. Equal parts outspoken and analytical, our international collective of thinkers working with customers to bring scents, tastes, experiences, ingredients and solutions for products people crave.
With 24,000 employees across 65 countries, more than 110 manufacturing facilities, 100 R&D centers, and 33,000 customers across the world, we’re poised to make a difference on an unprecedented scale. Without our boundary-pushing passion and end-to-end expertise, the future wouldn’t be the same.
Visit us at www.iff.com to learn more about how our talented people and new technology are challenging the expected, championing creators and doing more good for people and planet.
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