Fragrance Consumer Products - Consumer & Market Insights Coordinator

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with passion and creativity, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions. There’s much to learn and many to learn from, with more than 16,000 employees around the world to explore ideas and ambitions with. Every day, your talent, your innovative spirit, 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.

A Consumer Market Insights Coordinator 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?

Do you have 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 Evaluators who are olfactive development specialists, marketers, 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 & Market Insights (CMI) Coordinator for our Fragrance Consumer Products Development team to focus on supporting the CMI team 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 CMI Director for MENA, and offers excellent opportunities for both personal and professional development.

The CMI Coordinator plays a crucial role in supporting the administrative functions of the CMI department along with advanced data analysis. As a CMI coordinator you handle operational & data analysis tasks. Operational tasks will include issuing purchase orders, posting invoices, buying market products for testing, printing labels for product testing, coordinating sample packing and shipment, and project management for operational activities.

Data analysis tasks will include supporting the team in top line reporting, data consolidation and management as well as advanced data analysis. Those with AI background and data skills will be given higher priority as they can support the CMI team in advanced analytics, contributing to the department's overall efficiency and effectiveness.

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 market research projects:

Commissioning and set up

Managing operational activities such as label printing & products buying and shipping

Cost management

Management and quality control of the field with the vendors

Data analysis and reporting:

Management of top line data analysis & reporting

Consolidate large data sets through R, Python or similar tools

Reporting data & insights through business intelligence tools such Looker Studio, Tableau or similar tools

Ensure that the CMI data is centrally stored and accessible for future reference

Collaborate for regional CMI support:

Work closely with the CMI director to

Support other CMI teams in the SAMEA region

Arrange for training sessions and CMI team development activities across SAMEA

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, AI or Data Science

1-2 years of relevant and progressive work experience in quantitative or qualitative market research, or in data science team

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 or knowledge 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

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

Your benefits -

Excellent opportunities for progressive learning and development.

A creative team environment that will 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*.

(* As per company policy)

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.

Every essence of you enriches our 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.