Fragrance Development Manager, Fine Fragrance

Duties and Responsibilities

• Make fragrance selections through an exchange and collaboration between perfumery and evaluation, which includes face-to-face smelling sessions, open dialogue, and shared team decision-making.
• Manage assigned project portfolio by identifying the objectives of each project: 1) fragrance characteristics, 2) timetable, 3) priority, 4) cost, 5) competitive price, and 6) individual customer or broad market potential.
• Responsible for final fragrance selection for all consumer insight sensory testing. May include global selection.
• Select and develop commercially viable fragrances for assigned accounts.
• Act in a supporting capacity to the evaluation department for floating accounts.
• Maintain knowledge of assigned accounts including product lines, current fragrances, and submission requirements.
• Continuously enhance market knowledge and consumer understanding in given area(s) of specialization, staying current with new market products, consumer tastes and olfactive trends.
• May be responsible for managing and developing junior members of the team.
• Responsible for supervision of department in absence of CFD.
• Initiate, coordinate, and follow-up on stability.

Requirements

• B.S./B.A. required, 5+ years of fragrance evaluation experience.

Qualifications

• Strong project and system management skills.
• Dynamic oral and written communication skills.
• Expert Olfactive ability.
• Microsoft Office proficiency.

Benefits

MANE offers industry leading benefits including a generous PTO plan. Additional benefits include paid holidays, annual year-end shut down, annual and bi-weekly 401(k) contributions, tuition reimbursement, paid parental leave, employee assistance programs and many more.

Pay

The anticipated annual salary range for this position is $100,000 to $130,000. Final compensation will be determined based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to experience, qualifications, geographic location, and applicable legal considerations.