Fragrance Consumer & Market Insights Manager (Quantitative Research) for MENA

3 أبريل، 2023

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Fragrance Consumer Products (Personal Care) – Consumer and Market Insights Manager (Quantitative Research) for the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region

A Consumer Market Insights Manager with a global leader in the creation of Taste & Wellbeing and Fragrance & Beauty, and a key member of our Fragrance Consumer Products Development team for the Middle East & North Africa region (MENA), while being based in our Dubai office – Your future position?

Are you an experienced Quantitative Consumer Market Insights professional with a strong passion for data and numbers, and would like to take a new turn in your career by joining the Fragrance development team of a leading and global organisation? Then look no further – this might be the perfect opportunity for you!

Fragrance is at the heart of Givaudan. We have a rich history of creating fragrances that strike an emotional chord with consumers. We are inspired by our rich heritage and our contribution to defining the evolution of the trends over time. We create scents that shape people's lives.

Our senses step into gear from the moment we wake up in the morning until we turn in for the night. The consumer grooming and cleaning regimen intersects with Consumer Products (Personal care, Home & Air care, Fabric care, Oral care), Fine Fragrance (Perfumes), and Active Beauty products, with fragrance at the core of every experience. Givaudan Consumer Products (CP’s) are, more often than not, responsible for carrying you through the olfactive journey of your day.

Our Fragrance development team houses Evaluator’s who are olfactive development specialists, Marketeers, Consumer & Market Insights specialists, and Library (Gallery) & Best Practices teams who collaborate closely with our Perfumers and Customers to create winning fragrances. To do so, the development team analyses current olfactive trends, forecasts future trends, and assesses consumer preferences. Our Consumer Market Insights (CMI) team is a key business partner supporting the fragrance development and sales teams, providing in-depth consumer understanding knowledge and interpretation of test results to inspire and guide the development and selection of niche fragrance solutions for our customers.

We are currently looking to recruit a ‘Consumer and Market Insights (CMI) Manager’ for our Fragrance Consumer Products Personal Care Category Development team to 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. The role is based in our Dubai office, reports to the Personal Care Category Director for MENA, and offers excellent opportunities for both personal and professional development.

As a CMI Manager, you will be hands-on and manage the consumer market insights activity for the MENA region for our key customers in our B2B environment while also having a strong pulse of the B2B space and taking the coordination lead on regional research projects while making sure they answer the “big questions” behind commissioning them. You will partner with and support our Dubai fragrance creation centre catering to the wider MENA region. You will design and deliver insightful consumer results to internal stakeholders, such as Personal Care Fragrance Development, Marketing and Sales teams. The role also involves collaborating with several market research agencies across MENA; hence strong planning and project management skills are essential.

You will work for a company that touches billions of consumers more than a hundred times a day. With its heritage stretching back over 250 years, Givaudan has a long history of innovating scents and tastes. Our passion is to collaborate with customers and partners to develop game-changing innovations in the food & beverage, fragrance and beauty industries. We have a culture that works to inspire, challenge and capture the heart and soul of consumers and customers. Our customers in the MENA region have local, regional, and international profiles, bringing diversity and curiosity to your daily job.

Sounds interesting? It could well be your perfect opportunity if, like us, you always aim to exceed Customer needs, can deliver value, and are skilled at fostering excellent relationships!

In this exciting role, you will be responsible for –

Project management of regional market research projects:

Identification of methodology for consumer market research studies and projects.
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 closely on active & 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:

Act as a market research expert in direct contact with our customers, when appropriate, to discuss and review CMI strategies, methodologies, and results.
Discuss and review CMI needs, help draw olfactive hypotheses, discuss test methodologies to generate the most actionable 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.

المهارات

You?

Are you someone who wants to grow and shape your own world? Who thrives 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.
5+ 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.
Hands-on experience with consumer testing techniques, methodologies, design, statistical approaches, and modelling is preferred.
Understanding of inferential & multivariate statistics and experimental design will be advantageous.
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 as required.

Our benefits –

Attractive package with benefits.
Excellent opportunities for progressive learning and development.
A creative team environment that will inspire you.

تفاصيل الوظيفة

منطقة الوظيفة: دبي, الإمارات العربية المتحدة
قطاع الشركة: السلع الاستهلاكية سريعة التداول; العطور ومستحضرات التجميل; تصنيع المواد الكيميائية
طبيعة عمل الشركة: صاحب عمل (القطاع الخاص)
نوع التوظيف: دوام كامل
الراتب الشهري: غير محدد
عدد الوظائف الشاغرة: 1