Technical Manager - Scent

At 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. 
   

Required 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

 
Required Experience

• 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