Hybrid Scent Design Manager

at IFF

• Job title: Scent Design Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior, Lead
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Mumbai, India

About the role

• Scent Design Manager at IFF focusing on fragrance innovation strategies. Collaborating with teams to leverage consumer insights and develop competitive product solutions in Mumbai.

Responsibilities

• Stimulate the participation of the IFF community in finding new consumer solutions and development processes.
• 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.
• Partner with internal stakeholders to ensure fragrance strategies align to overall business objectives.
• Implement the fragrance development strategy and manage the fragrance selection to identify new winning fragrances for incoming briefs.
• Develop deep understanding of market, consumer and customer needs aligned with innovation and project needs.
• Oversee all aspects of product design including developing the innovation strategy, leveraging consumer insights and IFF technologies across Big Home (Fabric and Home Care).
• Manage internal and external stakeholders.

Requirements

• 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 in order to stimulate creativity.
• Excellent influencing skills across levels within the organization.
• Strong project management and prioritization skills.
• English language fluency, other language proficiency is a plus.
• Willing to travel.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Training opportunities
• Learning and development programs