What are the responsibilities and job description for the Scent Design Director/Principal Scent Design Manager position at IFF?
Job Summary
It's an exciting time to join IFF's Consumer Fragrance team supporting the Fabric Care category in Holmdel, NJ. In this role, you will demonstrate a deep passion for product development within a category and/or customer segment.
As the Scent Design Director, you consistently take pulse of the market, bringing to life new trends. Excellent storyteller, partner to perfumers, with agile mindset towards business needs and the ability to coach trainees.
Responsibilities / Description
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
It's an exciting time to join IFF's Consumer Fragrance team supporting the Fabric Care category in Holmdel, NJ. In this role, you will demonstrate a deep passion for product development within a category and/or customer segment.
As the Scent Design Director, you consistently take pulse of the market, bringing to life new trends. Excellent storyteller, partner to perfumers, with agile mindset towards business needs and the ability to coach trainees.
Responsibilities / Description
- MASTER- Ability to communicate with senior level customers (internal/ external) about how the framework benefits product design and differentiates IFF from competition. Looks at the overall business picture to ensure this framework is connecting efficiency, profitability, & protection to the value proposition. (FRAGRANCE DESIGN (HSD), CONSUMER CENTRICITY, TECHNICAL LEARNING).
- EXPERT- Effective at implementing a creative vision on strategic and Go-To-Market initiatives that are Must Win/ Mission Critical with agility, using product development skills such as experimental design, defining hypotheses, etc. Communicates with strong rationale for the direction taken in the creation design. Successful at training SDM foundational levels on the framework, acting as a Coach/Mentor/Example in this area. (PRODUCT PERFUMERY CULTURE, COACHING AND MENTORING).
- 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).
- 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 7-10 years of Fragrance Industry and evaluation experience Internal promotion from Senior Scent Design Manager.
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
