Senior Evaluator

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In the USA, we develop, market and produce a wide array of solutions from our 25 most innovative sites, based across the country. Stretch your skills, create and get inspiration from passionate colleagues. Every day, your energy, your thirst for knowledge, and your creativity 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.

From cleaning products to air care, our home care experts always push the boundaries of innovation to capture the smell of fresh and inviting. We understand what consumers around the world need, and that is the driving force behind every solution we create.

Reporting to a Creative Fragrance Team Director, as a Senior Evaluator onsite in our NJ Consumer Products division you will help guide perfumers through the development of home and air care fragrances. Your expertise in olfactory development will be essential as you manage our existing fragrance portfolio, analyze current olfactory styles, forecast future trends, and assess consumer preferences. You will contribute to global projects and strategic programs, collaborating with perfumers and global creative centers. You will use your technical knowledge to interpret marketing insights and translate consumer preferences into fragrance directions, helping our customers create successful olfactory strategies. Additionally, you will select fragrance themes to achieve our win-rate targets.

• Fragrance Development: Create and validate fragrances for regional/global projects, ensuring agreement on customer needs and preferences to guide value and project success. Evaluate submissions and guide perfumers to meet creativity and time constraints. Manage complex briefs related to the air and home care category, developing and selecting fragrances that follow customer guidelines and technical specifications. Support/manage our fragrance library, contributing to creations that can be used across multiple air and home care projects.

• Market Trend Research: Conduct olfactive analyses of new products to identify compelling notes for fragrance development, benchmark testing candidates, and new product forms. Collaborate with Marketing to anticipate market tastes and create proactive fragrance concepts. Maintain an understanding of the air and home care category, including competitors, regulatory guidelines, and global market dynamics. Define fragrance hypotheses and olfactory strategies, translating Consumer Market Research findings into applicable guidelines for perfumers while assessing creations according to established protocols.

• Partner Influence: Collaborate with account managers, perfumers, fragrance marketing teams, consumer researchers, and laboratory experts to develop fragrance directions. Work with Science & Technology colleagues throughout the project process to ensure compliance with technical guidelines and customer requirements. Work with customers and consultants on olfactory expertise, brief requirements, and technical matters to promote the olfactive rationale.

You?

• Bachelor's degree required; an advanced degree helpful
• 6+ years' evaluation experience in industry.
• Olfactive acuity and knowledge of fragrance families and market types.
• Knowledge of technical issue solving, regulatory complexities, client requirements and expectations and marketing ability. Experience interpreting client requirements and aligning these with creative processes.
• Manage multiple ongoing projects, and respect deadlines among different teams.

Benefits include Comprehensive Medical, Dental, Vision, Life and Disability Insurance, Family Leave, and a high matching 401k

Job Title and Base salary determined by experience. $110k - $135k per year.

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