Scent Design Associate - Fine Fragrance

About the role

IFF, a global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients and health & biosciences, is hiring a Scent Design Associate for its Scent Creative Center in Dubai. The role works across functions and levels to help develop and introduce new fragrance themes, technologies, consumer solutions, ideas and development processes.

Key responsibilities

• Manage go-to-market projects and implement innovative fragrance development strategies.
• Connect market, customer and consumer needs to identify, develop and recommend competitive product solutions.
• Collaborate with perfumers, technical, consumer insights and marketing teams to develop new fragrance solutions.
• Develop creative strategies based on Holistic Scent Design principles.
• Define consumer insights to gain competitive advantage and guide perfumers on the olfactive strategy.
• Maintain relationships with internal stakeholders and share market and competitive insights across the organization.

Required profile

• Master's or bachelor's degree in Perfumery, Science, Chemistry, Consumer Science, Product Research or another relevant discipline.
• Fluent in English.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, with a commercial mindset and strong influencing skills.

Required skills

• Excellent olfactive communication: discrimination, description and odor memory.
• Understanding of market and consumer trends, and of fragrance ingredients and technologies.
• Basic technical understanding of fragrance formulations and stability risks.
• Project management skills, disciplined and process-oriented.

What we offer

• Home office opportunity.
• Training opportunities and learning and development programs.