Senior Fragrance Development Manager

Lead fragrance development for complex Fabric Care projects from brief to successful commercialization, ensuring alignment with consumer, customer and brand needs. Win new business and grow existing partnerships by delivering differentiated, commercially successful fragrance solutions and strong olfactive strategies. Partner closely with perfumers to guide fragrance creation using consumer insights, market trends and innovation opportunities. Act as a trusted partner to commercial teams and customers, co-developing strategies, building relationships and delivering impactful presentations. Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Perfumery, Technical Development, Marketing, Consumer Insights and Commercial teams to deliver integrated fragrance solutions. Translate consumer insights, testing results and market data into compelling fragrance strategies with clear business rationale. Identify emerging trends, unmet consumer needs and innovation opportunities that can shape future category growth. Leverage fragrance evaluation methodologies, consumer research and internal tools to support informed decision-making. Lead regional and global projects, ensuring strong alignment, effective execution and stakeholder engagement. Contribute to best-practice sharing and foster collaboration across global fragrance development communities.

At dsm-firmenich, we don’t just meet expectations – we go beyond them. Join our global team powered by science, creativity, and a shared purpose: to bring progress to life. From elevating health to making fortified food and sustainable skincare, the impact of your work here will be felt by millions – every single day. Whether it’s fragrance that helps you focus, alternative meat that’s better for the planet, or reducing sugar without losing flavor, this is where you help shape the future of nutrition, health, and beauty for everyone, everywhere. And while you’re making a difference, we’ll make sure you’re growing too. With learning that never stops, a culture that lifts you up and the freedom to move across businesses, teams, and borders. Your voice matters here. And your ideas? They’re essential to our future. Because real progress only happens when we go beyond, together.

• 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 and deep understanding of consumer preferences, fragrance trends and market dynamics.

• Ability to translate consumer insights and technical data into winning fragrance strategies.

• Experience leveraging innovation platforms and technologies to develop differentiated fragrance solutions.

• Experience partnering with and guiding perfumers throughout the creative process.

• Strong commercial acumen with a solid understanding of business drivers, profitability and growth strategies.

• Strategic and forward-thinking mindset with a passion for innovation.

• Excellent collaboration and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence across complex, global organizations.

• Strong communication, presentation and customer engagement capabilities.

• Excellent project management and organizational skills.

• Growth mindset, curiosity, adaptability and a passion for creativity and teamwork in a fast-paced environment.