**Job Title:** Associate Fragrance Development Director, Fine Fragrance **Location:** Dubai, UAE **Job model:** Hybrid As an Associate Fragrance Development Director, you will drive mutual success by developing winning fragrances for Categories, for our clients’ brands. You will be a guided partner to perfumers, offering consumer trends, creative inspirations, and strategic ideas. Collaborating with our external consultants, engaging with clients, seize new opportunities to elevate brands with innovative olfaction solutions. Your solid business acumen, deep understanding of olfaction, consumer insights and market trends will be key in defining and implementing strategies and lead client presentations. Develop your skills, mentor future leaders for a dynamic and rewarding career. As an Associate Fragrance Development Director, you will drive mutual success by developing winning fragrances for Categories, for our clients’ brands. You will be a guided partner to perfumers, offering consumer trends, creative inspirations, and strategic ideas. Collaborating with our external consultants, engaging with clients, seize new opportunities to elevate brands with innovative olfaction solutions. Your solid business acumen, deep understanding of olfaction, consumer insights and market trends will be key in defining and implementing strategies and lead client presentations. Develop your skills, mentor future leaders for a dynamic and rewarding career. At dsm-firmenich, being a force for good is not optional. Diversity, Equity & Inclusion is a shared responsibility woven into our daily work to not only benefit our People, Customers & Communities but also drive business value. Equal access to opportunities is a given, belonging is a shared feeling, authenticity is celebrated. **Key Responsibilities:** + Lead the full fragrance development cycle for complex fragrance projects of the assigned accounts in Local & regional customers – managing all aspects of the fragrance development project from brief to adoption and deliver winning fragrance themes that answer client and consumer needs, integrating innovative solutions that align with brand strategy. + Collaborate and partner with Perfumers, Sales, Technical Development Teams, Marketing, Consumer Insights and Commercial teams to deliver beneficial solutions for our clients, co-creating fragrance strategies, sound boarding ideas and nurturing client relationships. + Participate in Category strategy definition and execution (across functions: CMI, Technical Resources, CI, perfumers, sales) + Maintain a vast and up to date awareness of scented products across assigned categories, to identify long-term olfactive trends and initiate proactive development aligned with market needs. + Collaborate with team members to develop effective consumer insight plans to further enhance knowledge building. + Promote positive team spirit by contributing to common objectives and sharing information. Help olfactive train clients and internal colleagues in other functions when needed. + Coach junior FDMs on evaluation techniques and trends, setting olfactive standards within the team. **We bring:** + A rich history and a promising future of bold scientific innovation and passionate creation with our customers. + A space to grow by encouraging and supporting curiosity and an open mindset. + The opportunity to work for a company where sustainability is much more than a claim and is core to our strategy and purpose. + Barrier-free communities within our organization where every employee is equally valued and respected – regardless of their background, beliefs, or identity. + A firm belief that working together with our customers is the key to achieving great things. + An eagerness to be one team and learn from each other to bring progress to life and create a better future **You bring:** + University degree in related area + Experience – 8-10 consecutive years within fragrance development with experience in various categories, especially Fine Fragrance category. + Creative & strategic thinker, with a growth mindset and curiosity to learn & adapt to change. + Olfactive trained and proven track record of successful fragrance launches. + Digital savviness, great communication, organization, and project management skills. + Ability to work well independently and in a group. **The application process:** Interested in this position? Please apply on-line by uploading your resume in English via our career portal. For further information, please contact Maria Roman, Talent Acquisition Business Partner (maria.roman@dsm-firmenich.com). **Equal opportunities commitment:** dsm-firmenich is fully dedicated to inclusion because when people feel engaged and empowered, their creativity and innovation drives unprecedented progress. We aim to build a workplace where opportunity really is equal, so everyone can thrive. We do not discriminate: (here,) there’s a place for everyone with us. dsm-firmenich is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Our people are as diverse as our customers. For us that includes a commitment to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law. We are committed to providing reasonable support for disabled applicants in our recruiting process. Should you need assistance, and are comfortable to share this, please let us know. **About dsm-firmenich:** As innovators in nutrition, health, and beauty, dsm-firmenich reinvents, manufactures, and combines vital nutrients, flavors, and fragrances for the world’s growing population to thrive. With our comprehensive range of solutions, with natural and renewable ingredients and renowned science and technology capabilities, we work to create what is essential for life, desirable for consumers, and more sustainable for the planet. dsm-firmenich is a Swiss-Dutch company, listed on the Euronext Amsterdam, with operations in almost 60 countries and revenues of more than €12 billion. With a diverse, worldwide team of nearly 30,000 employees, we bring progress to life™ every day, everywhere, for billions of people. www.dsm-firmenich.com **Agency Statement:** Pease note this is a direct search led by dsm-firmenich. We only accept applications from candidates, not from agencies nor subject to agency’s fees, percentages or similar.