Job Summary

Are you ready to take your skills to the next level and make a real impact?

Job Description

IFF is a global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients and health & biosciences. We deliver sustainable innovations that elevate everyday products.

As Senior Scent Design Manager, you will collaborate across functions and levels to contribute creatively to the development and introduction of new fragrance themes, technologies, consumer solutions, ideas and new development processes.

The role is based in our Scent Creative Center in Dubai and reports to our Scent Design Group Director.

Together we can achieve greatness and make a real impact. Your potential is our inspiration.

Where You’ll Make a Difference

Manage Go-To-Market Projects and implement innovative fragrance development strategies

Connect market, customer and consumer needs to identify, develop and/or recommend competitive product solutions to drive business results

Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams (perfumers, technical, CI/marketing) to uncover challenges and opportunities and develop new fragrance solutions and capabilities

Develop creative strategies according to Holistic Scent Design principles

Consumer Insights strategy: define what to learn from consumers to gain competitive advantage and build winning consumer relevant solutions

Manage the execution of the olfactive strategy by providing creative direction and olfactive guidance to perfumers to stimulate creative exploration and differentiation

Establish and maintain effective relationships with (internal) stakeholders and gain their trust and respect

Communicate and maintain awareness on market developments and competitive insights and actively share knowledge with other parts of the organization

What Makes You the Right Fit

Excellent olfactive communication skills which supports the overall creative process – discriminate, describe (association) and odor memory

Ability to effectively identify potential fragrance or technology solutions based on market relevance

Solid understanding of market/consumer trends and consumer behaviors/ preferences

Fragrance ingredient and technology understanding to facilitate communication with technical teams and perfumers

Basic technical understanding of Fine Fragrance formulations and assess stability risks

Strong project management skills, disciplined and process oriented

Master’s or bachelor’s degree in Perfumery, Science, Chemistry, Consumer Science, Product Research or any other relevant discipline

Fluent in English

How Would You Stand Out?

Open minded, strong agility and shows courage

Ability to deliver in a fast-paced environment and deliver under pressure

Commercial mindset, bottom line oriented

Team player, ability to motivate others towards a common goal to achieve results 

Excellent influencing skills across all levels within the organization

Why Choose Us?

Home office opportunity

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

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