Technical Manager - Scent
International Flavors & Fragrances
- Dubai
- Permanent
- Full-time
Job Description
/0At IFF we design fragrance solutions that catch us unaware and transport us to places long forgotten. We are now seeking a motivated and result driven talent to join our Scent division as Technical Manager. Come join IFF where science and creativity meet to create essential solutions for a better world!As a Technical Manager, you are skilled at executing customer strategy, showing proficiency in IFF capabilities. You can co-develop with diverse teams, creating new features while addressing customer's needs. The candidate will report to the Creative Center Director and be based in our brand-new Scent Creative Center in Dubai, UAE.Key Responsibilities
- Resolve business relevant technical challenges related to fragrance/ fragrance technology commercialization.
- Build a deep understanding of consumer needs
- Generate holistic understanding of base formulations and technologies including future trends and customer technical needs
- Build understanding of customer and competitor technologies in AMET region
- Generate insights based on IP landscape analyses of fragrance and formulation technologies
- Build understanding of innovation pipeline and existing tools used and developed at IFF
- Partner with evaluation and perfumery teams to develop fragrance solutions leveraging existing technologies and tools
- Lead the development of technical solutions and conduct thorough analysis of stability test results
- Build a relationship of trust based on technical competency with Perfumers, evaluation and commercial teams.
- Lead a technical team through excellent leadership, stretching goal setting, coaching and development.
- Ensure allocation of resources and ensure right focus on projects
- Attend industry and customer conferences give feedback and presentations to relevant stakeholders and customers.
- The incumbent must have the ability to lead sizable technical troubleshooting projects in Go 2 Market context.
- Conduct laboratory trials and follow a design of experiments to solve technical issues related to formulation / stability
- Define testing protocols for technologies and develop demonstrations for customer presentations
- Lead must win/mission critical technical projects
- Present updates on key projects to senior management
- Build an industry leading intimacy supporting customer's technical staff
- Share technical guidelines with perfumers and evaluation team to ensure product stability and quality is meeting customer expectations and high industry standards.
- Exchange and collaborate with the technical managers in other creative centers/regions.
- Ability to manage a team without direct supervision.
Job Requirements
/0Required Skills
- Knowledge about laboratory best practices and working instructions
- Knowledge about laboratory safety standards and laboratory equipments
- Colloidal chemistry
- Organic Chemistry, fine fragrance formulations
- Knowledgeable in Personal , home Care formulations and fine fragrances , raw materials and chemicals as well as manufacturing processes and machinery for these products.
- Experience presenting to internal and external customers
- Strategic agility
- Results Orientation
- Customer Orientation
- Leadership
- Development of Subordinates
- Teamwork
- Interpersonal Skills/Communication
- Dealing with Change
- Management of external partnerships
- Business Acumen
- Excellent communication and language skills: English is a must - other languages are a plus
- Master of Science in Chemistry or chemical engineering or any related field.
- Minimum 7 - 10 years' experience in the cosmetic, consumer goods (preferably Home Care / Personal care) and/or fragrance industry.
- 5 years' experience of actively managing projects / team