IFF
Senior Scent Design Manager
IFF, Flanders, New Jersey, us, 07836
Senior Scent Design Manager
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Date:Jul 25, 2024
Location: Holmdel Township, NJ, US, 07733
Company: IFF Family of Companies
Requisition ID : 502427
Job Description
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 Senior Scent Design Manager at IFF you can help to influence the market trends to create delightful scent experiences. This New Jersey based position is one that offers a collaborative work environment, with a chance to create work for both new and established consumer brands. The position will be located in our Fabric & Home Care Innovation Center in Holmdel, in the legendary Bell Works building.
The Senior Scent Design Manager is 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 Fabric Care business strategy.
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. You are very skilled at executing category or customer strategy, showing proficiency in IFF capabilities. You are able to develop with global
teams creating new features addressing customer’s benefit spaces/ needs. The Senior SDM has a great understanding of ingredients and deployment of a strategic decision. Influential leader
among other team members.
You will spend your time...
Partnering with Perfumers to design/ create fragrance solutions against Fabric Care brief and initiative objectives
Developing, driving, & executing olfactive strategies to support the success of the Fabric Care regional/category business
Utilizing existing experience in product/ fragrance development
Learning, leveraging, and applying innovative technologies in Fabric 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 story telling 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 Fabric 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 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
Job Requirements
Required Experience
Bachelor’s degree/Masters degree, preferably in Science or Business
Excellent olfactive capabilities (candidates will be required to complete internal smelling test)
5-8 years of industry experience (fragrance house or consumer goods company) and evaluation experience
Fabric Care experience is a must
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
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.
VisitIFF.com/careers/workplace-diversity-and-inclusion (https://https://www.iff.com/responsibilities/diversity-equity-inclusion) to learn more.
Apply now »
Date:Jul 25, 2024
Location: Holmdel Township, NJ, US, 07733
Company: IFF Family of Companies
Requisition ID : 502427
Job Description
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 Senior Scent Design Manager at IFF you can help to influence the market trends to create delightful scent experiences. This New Jersey based position is one that offers a collaborative work environment, with a chance to create work for both new and established consumer brands. The position will be located in our Fabric & Home Care Innovation Center in Holmdel, in the legendary Bell Works building.
The Senior Scent Design Manager is 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 Fabric Care business strategy.
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. You are very skilled at executing category or customer strategy, showing proficiency in IFF capabilities. You are able to develop with global
teams creating new features addressing customer’s benefit spaces/ needs. The Senior SDM has a great understanding of ingredients and deployment of a strategic decision. Influential leader
among other team members.
You will spend your time...
Partnering with Perfumers to design/ create fragrance solutions against Fabric Care brief and initiative objectives
Developing, driving, & executing olfactive strategies to support the success of the Fabric Care regional/category business
Utilizing existing experience in product/ fragrance development
Learning, leveraging, and applying innovative technologies in Fabric 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 story telling 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 Fabric 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 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
Job Requirements
Required Experience
Bachelor’s degree/Masters degree, preferably in Science or Business
Excellent olfactive capabilities (candidates will be required to complete internal smelling test)
5-8 years of industry experience (fragrance house or consumer goods company) and evaluation experience
Fabric Care experience is a must
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
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.
VisitIFF.com/careers/workplace-diversity-and-inclusion (https://https://www.iff.com/responsibilities/diversity-equity-inclusion) to learn more.