Fragrance and Flavour Associate

Description: About the role Within defined categories, provide support and coordination of all activities required to create state of the art fragrances which will engender future growth of the RB Powerbrands portfolio and support the identification, development and qualification of superior fragrance experiences in support of the relevant powerbrands, product formats and power markets, and to allow for timely execution. Key Responsibilities • Within defined categories, assist in the interface activity between RB R&D team and core Fragrance suppliers, including coordination of briefing/debriefing and evaluation of fragrances to guide the development process, leveraging consumer and olfactive knowledge to ensure winning fragrances meeting the brief criteria. • Within defined categories, develop an understanding of base formulations in all relevant technical formats to provide optimal fragrance guidance. • Provide technical support, including issuance of any required rework briefs in support of Innovation, NPD and new fragrance EPD projects, ensuring best practice briefing principles are followed to deliver optimal fragrance delivery from our Fragrance House partners • Coordinate fragrance sensory and performance testing when validating new fragrances, ensuring best practice principles are followed • Actively participate in reviews with Fragrance House partners to identify fragrance innovation opportunities for RB brands • Support the exploration of fragrance related technologies within the Innovation community • Maintain effective network both with external Fragrance House partners and with internal RB partners, including R&D Innovation, Maintenance, Expansion and Marketing, Procurement, Regulatory, Safety to drive initiatives and projects seamlessly forward • Ensure collaboration with fragrance house partners to deliver value added intelligence to RB including sensorial trends and concepts, ingredient trends, consumer insights, technical innovation, competitive radar • Manage category specific tracking information and ensure effective communication with Fragrance & Flavour Maintenance & Expansion Manager to ensure optimal fragrances/Flavours are available for rapid rollout and local execution • Ensure that all fragrance briefing and recommendations comply with the agreed RB global core Fragrance supplier contract principles Principal Accountabilities • Effective functioning in a matrix environment, across potentially diverse brands, ensuring seamless execution • Leveraging consumer fragrance insights to identify potential Blockbuster innovation opportunities Qualifications: Qualifications • Bachelors degree in a relevant scientific discipline or equivalent work experience. • 2 years + experience within a Fragrance/Flavour/FMCG environment • 1 year + of proven Project Management experience within a cross-functional, international and multi-cultural environment. • Strong verbal and written communication skills • Proven experience working in multifunctional and multicultural global project teams • Results oriented, entrepreneurial and self-motivating. • Strong organizational and problem solving skills • Ability to carry out development work in support as a member of larger team • Strong interpersonal skills. • Strong networking skills • Capable of building strong working relationships within and outside RB, to deliver outstanding results with or without hierarchical relationships • Excellent communication skills both written and oral (in English). Additional language is an advantage. • Openness to change and ability to think out of the box. In return RB will offer a very competitive salary and benefits package as well as continued development and career progression on a Global scale. If you're ambitious, driven and looking for more from your career, you could be right for RB. Apply today - We look forward to hearing from you. Please note that due to the high volume of applications we receive, we are not able to respond to every application unfortunately. If you haven't heard from us within 10 days, please assume that your application has not been successful this time.