Our client’s Consumer Brands continuously drive the evolution in dynamic categories: Laundry & Home Care and Hair. The Fragrance Scientist is responsible for developing and supporting North American Hair brands, acting as the main point of contact with fragrance suppliers, working to provide superior fragrances. The Fragrance Scientist works closely with Marketing and R&D.
The Fragrance Scientist also helps identify new fragrance innovations and technologies applicable to the North American region allowing brand and works in close collaboration with the Global Fragrance team. The Fragrance Scientist will focus on growing and maintaining supplier relationships and development pipelines with the company’s fragrance house partners.
What you´ll do:
- Fully understand the company’s Innovation process, leverages the process to the highest standard, holds self and others accountable to deliver all necessary tasks within the process.
- Process fragrance briefings and collaborates seamlessly with R&D and Marketing to support new product innovation.
- Processing briefings through the fragrance database and track to completion.
- Maintenance internal fragrance domain and fragrance library.
- Grow and maintain supplier relationships and development pipelines with Fragrance House partners.
- Identify new fragrance innovations and technologies.
- Provide updates and strategic direction to both the North American and global R&D organizations in a timely manner with excellent quality.
- Ensure that North American fragrance briefings align with the company’s global strategy, regulatory, and sustainability objectives.
- Stay abreast of new technologies and trends in fragrance and communicate with the organization.
- Prepare and deliver presentations, both written and oral, to various levels of management.
What makes you a good fit:
Education — Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Biology or other Science field.
Experience — Bachelor’s degree with at least 5 years+ of industry experience or advanced degree with at least 3-5 years+ of relevant laboratory and industry experience. Project management or business experience a plus.
Required skills — Strong communication, presentation and interpersonal skills.
Ability to utilize good judgment to make timely, practical, and technically sound decisions; with ability effectively work in fluid environments that demand creativity and agility.
Previous experience with fragrance development and/or testing is preferred but not required.
Travel requirements— Short travel to Fragrance Houses in New Jersey and the company sites in California and Connecticut locations.