Senior Fragrance Development Manager

DSM
Geneva
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Solutions Engineering & Sales EngineeringExperience: 5+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Strategic thinking","Collaboration","Stakeholder management","Communication","Project management"]

Drive fragrance innovation for Fabric Care by translating consumer insights, market opportunities, and brand ambitions into fragrance strategies and commercially successful product solutions. Lead complex development projects from brief through commercialization, partner with perfumers and cross-functional teams, and win/expand customer partnerships with differentiated olfactive strategies. Use consumer research and evaluation methodologies to shape future category growth while collaborating across regional and global fragrance communities.

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Senior Fragrance Development Manager

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Job Summary

Drive fragrance innovation for Fabric Care by translating consumer insights, market opportunities, and brand ambitions into fragrance strategies and commercially successful product solutions. Lead complex development projects from brief through commercialization, partner with perfumers and cross-functional teams, and win/expand customer partnerships with differentiated olfactive strategies. Use consumer research and evaluation methodologies to shape future category growth while collaborating across regional and global fragrance communities.
Location: Geneva
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Solutions Engineering & Sales Engineering
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead fragrance development for complex Fabric Care projects from brief to successful commercialization.
  • •Win new business and grow partnerships by delivering differentiated, commercially successful fragrance solutions and strong olfactive strategies.
  • •Partner with perfumers and cross-functional teams to guide fragrance creation and deliver integrated fragrance solutions.
  • •Translate consumer insights, testing results, and market data into compelling fragrance strategies with clear business rationale.
  • •Lead regional and global projects, ensuring strong alignment, effective execution, stakeholder engagement, and best-practice sharing.

Key Requirements

  • •University degree in a relevant scientific discipline; an advanced degree is a plus.
  • •Minimum 5 years of fragrance development experience, with strong expertise in Fabric Care (ideally on the global account).
  • •Proven track record of driving business growth and delivering successful fragrance launches.
  • •Strong olfactive expertise with deep understanding of consumer preferences, fragrance trends, and market dynamics.
  • •Ability to translate consumer insights and technical data into winning fragrance strategies.
Experience:5+ yearsFragrance developmentFabric CareConsumer insightsConsumer researchGlobal account
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:Strategic thinkingCollaborationStakeholder managementCommunicationProject management
Tech Stack:Innovation platformsFragrance evaluation methodologiesConsumer research

Company Brief

DSM
DSM-Firmenich is a global leader in food ingredients, nutrition, fragrances and beauty solutions, formed by the merger of DSM and Firmenich to provide sustainable, science-driven products and services across food, health and personal care industries.
Industry: Chemical Manufacturing
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Established Company
Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland
Founded: 2023
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