Fragrance Development Manager H/F Mane

The Fragrance Development Manager is a project manager in the fragrance division.
His/her duty as manager is to assist the Fragrance sales team by answering the client's briefs,
sharing market knowledge and building olfactive strategies.

SCOPE OF JOB:
Innovation
-Analyse the market and its evolution
-Create, complete and optimize a local fragrance collection fitting the market trends and expectations
-Olfactive description on new launches in the local market

Customer Centricity
-The FDM is given Fragrance projects which need to be compliant to the client brief and MANE Development Policies.
-Decide the technical & human needs of the project
-Schedule a due date together with the Sale Department and to respect it
-Ensure the brief is answered correctly
-Justify olfactive choices
-Manage the collection using tools given by the company (classification of fragrances, stability test, GPM)
-Advise Sales department & clients on their olfactive choices
-Active participation in Marketing presentations by allocating Fragrances adapted to concepts.
-Provide a critical and objective opinion to perfumers on technical & sensorial performances to improve their creation to fit the brief better.
-Request for samples made up for projects
-Schedule stability tests
-Schedule completion of projects and send to client
-Maintain continuous contact with the Sales Department locally and of other Subsidiaries in Africa.
-Inform sales on any possible difficulties and to justify his/her olfactive choices
-Share olfactive knowledge with the MANE evaluation community.
-Engage with clients and visit customers together with Sale representative and/or Marketing.
People
-Align yourself to the performance driven culture through the implementation of performance management and talent management.
-Participate in development planning process.
-Align yourself to the Mane Code of Ethics.
-Align yourself to the Value System.
-Facilitate upskilling of your team through internal development processes and e-learning.

Corporate social responsibility
-Adhere to the Code of Ethics and drive ethical business practices across the group including the management of anti-competitive behavior.
-Participate in Group wellness and CSR activity and utilize group resources in this regard.
-Drive awareness of group energy consumption initiatives.
-Support the SHEQ and OHS landscape across the group.

VALUES, ETHICS & PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES:
-Ability to operate in a privately owned and managed entity
-Ethically driven to achieve business results.
-Focus on sustainability to ensure business continuity.
-Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate and influence at all levels within the organisation.
-Must be able to work independently and also as part of a team organisation and collaborate across the business.
-Ability to work under pressure and make good decisions in pressurised situations.