International Flavors & Fragrances - Manager - Market Strategy

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About the job

Note: The candidate should be from fragrance/scent industry only.

Job Summary

IFF is a global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients and health & biosciences, we deliver sustainable innovations that elevate everyday products.
Scent: Harnessing the full emotional power of scent, driven by pioneering creativity, science, consumer expertise and a mindful approach to fragrance design.
The role is based in Mumbai, India (Hybrid role).
Be part of a motivated, passionate, and open-minded team where together we can achieve greatness and make a real impact.
Your potential is our inspiration.
Where Youll Make a Difference
- 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.
- 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.
- Partner with marketing on a regular basis to leverage insights on customers brands and key markets.
- Manage internal and external stakeholders.
What Makes You The Right Fit
- Masters or Bachelors degree in Marketing, Business, chemistry, Fragrance, 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.
How Would You Stand Out?
- Open minded, willing to embrace diversity with strong agility.
- Ability to deliver in a fast changing environment and manage pressure.
- Team player, ability to motivate others to achieve results and execute effectively.
Why Choose Us?
- Multinational and supporting environment
- Health insurance
- 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.
Visit IFF.com/careers/workplace-diversity-and-inclusion to learn more