Givaudan Careers Consumer & Market Insights Manager

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A Consumer Market Insights Manager - Your future position?

We are looking to recruit a 'Consumer & Market Insights (CMI) Manager' for our Fragrance Consumer Products Personal Care Category Development team. You will focus on Quantitative Research for the vibrant markets in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region, encompassing countries in the GCC, Levant, Egypt, Sudan, Iran, and Pakistan.

You will report to the Category Director - Personal Care MENA.

In this exciting role, you will be responsible for -

Project Manage regional market research projects:

• Identification of methodology for consumer market research studies.


• Commissioning and set up.


• Cost management.


• Management and quality control of the field.


• Management of data analysis.

Consumer and Market Insights (CMI) business partnering:

• Partner with the fragrance Evaluation, Perfumers, Sales, Marketing and Technical teams and work on active and proactive regional and cross-regional market research projects throughout the fragrance development cycle.


• Provide in-depth interpretation of results to guide fragrance development and selection, and help to build the rationale to support our brief submissions to customers.

Be our customers' research expert:

• Be the market research expert in direct contact with our customers, to discuss and review CMI strategies, methodologies, and results.


• Discuss and review CMI needs, help draw olfactive hypotheses, discuss test methodologies to produce the most relevant information and present results through olfactive recommendations to internal and external customers.


• Ensure that we store the CMI data centrally and accessible for future reference.

Collaborate for category development:

• Collaborate with our Personal Care category teams, to provide CMI leadership and expertise to improve ways of working and support strategic proactive category plans.


• Identify opportunities and gaps in knowledge and translate insights from consumer behaviours to potential fragrance solutions to anticipate future market needs.

You?

Are you someone who wants to shape your own world? Who grows being in a culture where you can express yourself in a creative team environment? Who wants to collaborate and learn together with teams who are as passionate as you are? Then come join us – and impact your world!

Your professional profile includes:

• A Bachelor's or University Degree in Marketing, Business Management or a relevant discipline.


• 10+ years of relevant and progressive work experience in quantitative market research, either in the industry or a market research agency environment.


• Additional experience in qualitative market research will be advantageous but not mandatory.


• Experience in consumer insights for the fragrance industry or with market research companies focussing on the FMCG/CPG space will be ideal.


• We prefer hands-on experience with consumer testing techniques, methodologies, design, statistical approaches, and modelling.


• Excellent project management and presentation skills.


• Comfortable in working and collaborating with diverse teams and cultures.


• Proficient in the English language. Knowledge of additional languages like Arabic or French will be an added advantage.


• Able to travel within the Middle East & North Africa region.

Your benefits -

• Excellent opportunities for progressive learning and development.


• A creative team environment to inspire you.


• Attractive compensation package.


• Private VIP health insurance for self and eligible dependents*.


• Support for children's education*.


• Annual flight ticket allowance for self and eligible dependents*.


• Performance bonus*.

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