Fragrance Innovation Manager
1 week ago
Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose. Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.
Research & DevelopmentIn Research and Development, we're full of highly skilled talents that include Scientists, Engineers, Medical, Clinical and Regulatory professionals - all working to create a cleaner, healthier world. With nine Centres of Excellence, we continually seek out new opportunities by using science, our entrepreneurial flare and our fearless innovation to develop and enhance our existing portfolio, never compromising on quality or performance.
We do the right thing, always, by ensuring we act with responsibility and integrity, by complying with regulatory legislation across the globe, whilst ensuring our products are safe for our consumers and are to the highest quality.
The size of our organisation means you'll have the opportunity to learn and work in different functions within R&D, giving you exposure to different disciplines, teams and environments. You will also have access to our Research and Development Academy, designed to develop our team and allow you to grow in our great organisation.
About the roleResponsible for the development of new fragrance innovations globally for core Germ Protection brands. Working as part of fast pace global brand team, which you will have responsibility for the development of a strategic pipeline of consumer loved fragrances.
Leading fragrance end to end support for Emerging Markets region (ASIA/MENARP), including new fragrance development, portfolio maintenance and regional roll outs activities cross brand.
Ultimately, leading the creation of superior fragrance solutions, from ideation, through launch and on to product maintenance, helping us in support of our purpose, to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world.
Your responsibilitiesFragrance Strategy- Together with Category Management Lysol & Dettol, define, agree and implement a fragrance strategy aiming at delivering to our consumers an outstanding sensorial experience and driving forwards the brand Purpose.
Brand Pipeline Delivery - leading the creation of superior fragrance solutions, from ideation, through launch and on to product maintenance, to deliver on all fragrance projects withing the Lysol & Dettol global pipeline -for Surface, Laundry and Air segments, on time and meeting key KPI's.
People Management – Lead a team of associates/assistants to ensure the strategy and pipeline for Germ Protection category is delivered in full, on time, driving consumer delight. In turn ensuring the reports have strong personal development plans, stretch objectives with engaging and motivating workplans to support their ongoing development, setting up the team with strong succession plans.
Fragrance Innovation – In collaboration with Front end Sensory Enrichment Science Platform, to ensure new fragrance technologies/innovations are identified and systematically assessed against defined consumer needs for Germ Protection Category. Proactively finding opportunities to implement technology opportunities in the brand 3YP.
Trends- In collaboration with Front End Sensory Enrichment Science Platform, develop, implement into Category pipeline and support the promotion of a strategic intelligence program to identify relevant macro trends, societal trends and corresponding novel fragrance opportunities to deliver superior consumer usage experience and drive synergies across the business with the goal of enhanced market penetration.
Consumer understanding- To identify, develop and initiate strategic programs to increase reckitt understanding of consumer fragrance preferences, behavioural insights and interactions within the Germ Protection category, for Surface, Laundry and Air segments, globally . Collaborate with I&A and CPI /SCSE to translate the learnings into innovative Fragrance development opportunities.
Regulatory and Safety –In collaboration with Fragrance Integrity Manager, R&D Regulatory and Safety teams , identify optimal fragrance regulatory/safety/sustainability strategy to support our corporate purpose and target goals that enable us to further grow with our Trade partners ambitions. Ensure that all Fragrance development activity within the team conforms to Legislative, Health, Safety and environmental requirement
The experience we're looking for- Minimum of Bachelors degree in a relevant scientific discipline with 8-10 years + experience Fragrance technology development and application in a FMCG environment
10 years + of proven Project Management experience within a cross-functional, international and multi-cultural environment.
8-10+ years fragrance evaluation experience with above average olfactive acuity
Expertise in development and validation of new fragrance technologies, including new product development
Strong technical problem solving skills, with 10+ years of technical R&D product development experience.
Strong networking, influencing and communication skills
Strong business experience including commercial/marketing strategy, consumer understanding and sensory testing
Portfolio fragrance management experience.
8-10+ years Experience in vendor management
The skills for successFragrance, Fragrance development, Expert olfactive skills, R&D, Product Lifecycle Management, Commercial Awareness, Business Partnership, Collaboration, Partnership building, Collaborator, Ability to challenge the status quo, Propose improvement, Accountability, Adaptability, Innovation Processes, Predictive Analytics, Digital transformation for R&D, Quality and Manufacturing, Consumer Insight, Creative Direction, Consumer Needs, Fragrance, Flavor.
What we offerWith inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way. We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.
EqualityWe recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.
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