About Us:
Established over a hundred years ago, Takasago is a global leading company in the flavour and fragrance industry, having developed flavours and fragrances for some of the world’s most successful manufacturers of foods, beverages, fine fragrances, home, and personal care products.
For over 35 years, we have been a leading industrial producer of L-Menthol, using our core technology, asymmetric synthesis.
This technology enables us to produce unique, novel, and nature-identical aroma ingredients, and in addition, to manufacture pharmaceutical intermediates, functional materials, and other fine chemicals.
Takasago Group maintains offices, production sites, and R&D centers in twenty-seven countries and regions.
Responsibilities:
- Lead and drive the fragrance development activities for Personal wash category in ASEAN region
- To lead the personal wash category creative fragrance management team in Takasago Singapore, providing strategic direction for delivering category growth in the region
- To manage all internal aspects of the projects (coordinate with Perfumers, R&D, Applications Lab, Marketing, CIMR and Sales/Sales Service) and interpret customer’s briefs.
- Set up action plans for important briefs with clear schedules and execute olfactive strategy to support overall success of the projects assigned.
- Active involvement in guiding/discussing with Perfumers in the creative/modification process, developing a common communication platform with the Perfumers.
- Evaluate and decide on the selection of commercially winning fragrances to drive the win rate in the category with key customers
- Maintain regional or global visibility, internally/externally and network with other Creative Centres leveraging on their capabilities, when necessary, to complete project assignments.
- Effective use of the fragrance library for the categories assigned as starting point for most briefs.
- Maintain an active and updated fragrance library – identify gaps and develop fragrances from interesting key product launches for creative interpretations.
- Market/product familiarity – awareness of the needs, trends and consumer preferences in the Asia Pacific region.
- Participate in the interpretation of consumer test results together with CIMR.
- Join the Affiliate Sales Team in customer visits, whenever required.
Qualifications:
- Knowledge of Chemistry
- Knowledge of Aroma Chemicals
- Sensory Evaluation Skill Organoleptic skill
- Laboratory procedures and methodology
- Communication and presentation skills
- Creative fragrance development skills
- At least 8 -10 years of fragrance creative development experience
