A Technology Manager with the global leader in the creation of Taste & Wellbeing and Fragrance & Beauty, an important member of our Regional Science & Technology team for Fragrance & Beauty Consumer Products and Fine Fragrance, and a business partner for our continued success in the region, while being based in our Dubai office - Your future position?

We are recruiting a ‘Technology Manager’ to support our Fragrance & Beauty division and business in the Middle East and Africa region. You will replace an incumbent moving internally for another opportunity within Givaudan. 

You will be part of our Global Science and Technology (S&T) organisation, the industry's leading research and development platform. In this individual contributor role, you will continue to build the regional expertise of available technologies for fragrance development and deploy these technologies by promoting them internally and externally for our customers.

You will support commercial activities and critical projects by providing customer technology packages and demonstrations. You will also animate the regional S&T interface with fragrance development by demonstrating technologies, including new molecules. You will be based in our regional head office in Dubai and report to the Fragrance & Beauty Regional Technology Head for South Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. 

You will work for a company that touches billions of consumers more than a hundred times a day. With its heritage stretching back over 250 years, Givaudan has a long history of innovating scents and tastes. Our passion is to collaborate with customers and partners to develop game-changing innovations in the food & beverage, fragrance and beauty industries. We have a culture that works to inspire, challenge and capture the heart and soul of consumers and customers. Our customers in the region have local, regional, and international profiles, bringing diversity and curiosity to your daily job.

Sounds interesting? It could well be your perfect opportunity if, like us, you always aim to exceed customer needs, and create value!

In this exciting role, you will be responsible for -

Help facilitate the implementation of fragrance technologies in the region: 

• Provide knowledge of the available fragrance technologies.
• Support Perfumers and Evaluators in developing fragrances that demonstrate their value.
• Assist fragrance development for client briefs.

Collect and report technical competitive intelligence: 

• Seek and report all competitive activities related to established, new, or under-development fragrance technologies.
• Manage the library of available technology demonstrations and presentations. 
• Exchange with global Science and Technology (S&T) network peers.

Provide customer presentations and demonstrations of available technologies: 

• Demonstrate the added benefit of using technology for fragrances. 
• Tailor demonstrations for client and consumer needs.

Build engagement with customers to better address their needs: 

• Provide feedback to the S&T Centres of Excellence on customer needs to help define future research programmes and continuous improvement activities.

Skills

You? 

Are you someone who wants to shape your own world? Who excels in being in a culture where you can express yourself in a creative team environment? Who wants to collaborate and learn together with teams who are as passionate as you are? Then join us!

Your professional profile includes:

• A Bachelor’s or University degree in a relevant scientific discipline. 
• 8+ years of relevant and progressive work experience in the fragrance industry in international work environments. 
• Additional experience in Science & Technology or Research & Development domains is necessary.
• Knowledge of fragrance delivery technologies like encapsulation and malodour control is good to have. 
• Good business acumen
• Excellent project management skills.
• Comfortable working and collaborating with diverse teams and cultures.
• Excellent oral and written proficiency in the English language.
• Can travel within the Middle East and Africa region.

Your benefits -

• Excellent opportunities for progressive learning and development.
• A creative team environment that will inspire you.
• Attractive compensation package.
• Private health insurance.
• Support for children's education*.
• Annual flight ticket allowance for self and eligible dependents*.
• Performance bonus*.

(* As per company policy)