Givaudan is the global leader in the creation of flavours and fragrances. In close collaboration with food, beverage, consumer product and fragrance partners, Givaudan develops tastes and scents that delight consumers the world over. With a passion to understand consumers’ preferences and a relentless drive to innovate, Givaudan is at the forefront of creating flavours and fragrances that ‘engage your senses’. The Company achieved sales of CHF 5.1 billion in 2017. Headquartered in Switzerland with local presence in over 100 locations, the company has more than 11,100 employees worldwide. Givaudan invites you to discover more at www.givaudan.com.
Fine Fragrances Quality Business Lead
Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with kindness, humility, and a spirit of adventure, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions. There’s much to learn from our 79 production sites worldwide, known for their best-in-class processes and procedures. There’s many to learn from, with high-performing leaders and caring colleagues to explore ideas and ambitions with. Every day, your energy, your personality, and your determination will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.
Fine Fragrance Quality Business Manager f/m/d
As the Fine Fragrance (FF) Quality Business Manager, you will be responsible for collaborating with the leaders of stakeholder functions to develop a cohesive end to end business strategy to maximize the probability that Fine Fragrance compounds will be of a reproducible quality and guarantee Customer Satisfaction. In order to do so you will be responsible for uniting and aligning the strategies of multiple functions including but not exclusive to Procurement, FIM, House of Naturals, Creation and Development, Operations and Quality Management behind a common goal.
Reporting to the Global Head of F&B Operations, you will:
- Work with the Commercial Team to gain and maintain a thorough understanding of our prestige FF client’s business strategy.
- Lead a collaborative cross functional effort with internal stakeholders to ensure they understand the client’s needs
- Work with each relevant function to identify the implications in the context of FF product quality/customer satisfaction on their function and what / how their functional strategy needs to be adapted / aligned.
- Create, maintain and execute an internally aligned end to end FF Quality business strategy.
- Highlight / escalate conflicting agendas / priorities to Senior Management such that the risk can be managed.
- Monitor relevant performance metrics, maintain and publish a Prestige FF Customer Satisfaction Dashboard
The position can be based in our Ashford (UK) or Vernier (CH) office.
You?
Are you someone who wants to grow and shape your own world? Who need a new challenge and bring excellent contribution to company? Then come and join us - and impact your world.
- Bachelor degree in Chemistry, Biology, Environmental Science or related discipline.
- 10+ years of experience in Quality Assurance / Control activities in Perfumery, preferably in a matrix organization role.
- Proficient in reading, writing, speaking and comprehending both English & French language
- Proficient in Microsoft Office applications
- Proficient in systems and procedures for laboratory operations.
- Proficient in production methods and quality control systems and procedures in manufacturing facilities.
- Broad based knowledge of product technologies and applications.
- Broad based knowledge of ingredients and products safety principles, global standards as well as regulations.
- Knowledge of ingredients and products labelling regulations.
- Knowledge of sensory principles and understanding of the data analysis of sensory results.
Our benefits:
- Individual Bonus Payment
- Annual Paid Holiday
- Pension
- Life and private health insurance
- Flexible working / 1 day home office per week.
- Company discounts and other benefits
- Free parking
Every essence of you enriches our world.
At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives.
You work within an inspiring teamwork culture – where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions.
Join us and Impact Your World
Diversity drives innovation and creates closer connections with our employees, customers and partners.
Givaudan embraces diversity and is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone impacts our world.
