For one of our client, a big industrial group, leader in his activity. We are looking for a Fragrance Evaluation Manager Sub Saharan Africa oversees the Sub-Saharan Africa FDM team based in Ivory Coast and South Africa.
The candidate is fundamentally a team leader as well as a project manager in the fragrance division. His duty as manager is to assist the Fragrance sales team and lead the Evaluation team efficiently confidently by bringing guidance, market knowledge and olfactive strategies. As an evaluator he must manage fragrance projects in order to answer client briefs with the best proposals by a scheduled due date. His role is to build a high performing SSA evaluation team.
The person will be reporting directly to Director Fregrance SSA.
SCOPE OF THE POSITION
Independence (Finance):
- Manage his team annual trip budget effectively
Innovation
- Has the responsibility to lead the build and update the relevant collections in each category, regarding the needs of the customers in each country
- Is responsible for the transmission of the knowledge within his team of any innovation (product/process) developed inside the company worldwide
Customer Centricity
- Ensure the knowledge of the customer preferences through a strong link with sales
- Ensure the knowledge of the consumer needs in each country through a strong link with marketing and CI departments
Project management
He is given Fragrance projects which need to be compliant to the client brief and the company Development Policies. His mission is:
- To decide the technical & human needs of the project
- To schedule a due date together with the Sales Department
- To make sure the brief is answered correctly.
- To justify his olfactive choices
Fragrance management
To answer a brief precisely and promote the company’s Creations, the incumbent should:
- Analyse the market and its evolution.
- Create, complete, and optimize a local fragrance collection fitting the market trends and expectations.
- Manage the collection using tools given by the company (classification of fragrances, stability test, GPMS)
- Advise the Sales department & clients on their olfactive choices
People
- Align yourself to the performance driven culture through the implementation of performance management and talent management.
- Participate in development planning process.
- Align yourself to the company Code of Ethics.
- Align yourself to the Value System.
- Build a strong SSA evaluation organisation acting as one team for speed and best-in-class olfactive proposals for each project
- Assist the evaluation team when they approach difficulties with projects.
- Clear instructions and guidance to the team as how to handle projects and utilise resources for specific clients and projects.
- As a manager he must ensure that communication among the team is strong and continuous and that they are working successfully together
- It is his duty to identify team weaknesses and strengths to recommend further development and training for those individuals to improve their skills and abilities within the workplace.
- He is responsible for yearly evaluation, training recommendations for his reporting team members. This might include on-the-job coaching and mentoring.
Corporate social responsibility
- Adhere to the Code of Ethics and drive ethical business practices across the group, including the management of anti-competitive behavior.
- Participate in Group wellness and CSR activity and utilize group resources in this regard.
- Drive awareness of group energy consumption initiatives.
- Support the SHEQ and OHS landscape across the group.
Marketing
- To describe market products, new launches in the local market
- To build with Marketing department presentations (market review, client submissions, trends, etc)
- To develop market product and consumer trends knowledge, creative ideas, and inspiration
- To detect future olfactive trends and needs
Perfumers
- To give starting points
- To give critical & objective opinions to perfumers on technical & sensorial performance to improve their creation to fit the brief.
Lab
- To ask for samples made up for projects.
- To ensure the compatibility between the fragrance and the client base
- To request and follow stability test.
- To schedule completion of samples and send to the client.
Sales
- To inform sales of any difficulties
- To explain his olfactive choices
- To lead client presentation
- To participate in the account strategy
Evaluation
- To share olfactive knowledge with the company evaluation community.
- He can be asked to have regular contacts with clients and to visit customers together with the Sales representative and/or Marketing.
VALUES, ETHICS & PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
- Ability to operate in a privately owned and managed entity.
- Ethically driven to achieve business results.
- Focus on sustainability to ensure business continuity.
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate and influence at all levels within the organisation.
- Must be able to work independently and also as part of a team organisation and collaborate across the business.
- Ability to work under pressure and make good decisions in pressurised situations.
- Ability to hold all employees accountable to deliver on their required outputs.
- A good communicator with the ability to read and write in English.
- Upholds the company´s values, rules, and policies and lives the company Way: Passionate about our customers' needs, operating with a family culture of respect and trust, and maintaining the highest ethical standards within a professionally managed business environment.
LEADERSHIP
- Ability to think strategically and develop strategy. Displays a high degree of customer centricity for both internal and external stakeholders
- Ability to drive results in execution with clear goals, prioritization, decision-making, and alignment across teams and disciplines.
- Excellent communication skills with internal and external stakeholders
- Leads and manages collaboratively and effectively translates objectives and goals into meaningful tasks.
- Ability to manage teams in different locations
- Ability to delegate and develop others through mutually agreed outcomes.
- Upholds the company´s values, rules, and policies and lives the company Way
QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS LEVEL
- Fragrance Development Management Qualification
- At least 5 years in a strategic position with exposure to senior management
- Presentation and customer interaction experience on the senior management level
- People management through a matrix and a diverse cultural organisation
- Networks (internal & external) Management
- Communication and presentation skills
- Office and business tools
- Willingness to travel throughout the company SSA Region and abroad, aligned with Business needs.