Job Description

Marketing Manager Home Care

A Marketing Manager position is available at one of the world’s best fragrance and flavor companies. This New Jersey based position is hybrid offering flexibility & a collaborative work environment, experience in a fast-paced industry, and a chance to create work for both new and established brands. The position will be located in our Fabric & Home Care Innovation Center in Holmdel, in the legendary Bell Works building, with an exciting and effervescent working environment. We are looking for a teammate to be responsible for the marketing strategy of a growing Home Care category. The candidate will drive IFF business growth by building differentiating customer value propositions for regional and global customers, tapping into customer growth opportunities. Be recognized as a key strategic business partner/ partner of choice by delivering actionable insights and impactful presentations aimed at capturing new business opportunities

Responsibilities:

• Identified Customer Opportunities & Solutions: Drive white space analysis and identify actionable insights and generate business opportunities with differentiating customer value propositions.
• Customer presentations/workshops/events: Define and build inspirational and impactful client presentations, organize workshops and inspirational events translating into customer brand implications and/or business opportunities.
• Customized Value Propositions: Generate new business opportunities by building differentiating value propositions for an IFF product offering targeting a specific customer/brand/region.
• Marketing Strategy & Implementation: Define and execute marketing strategy for category/cross category aligned with account or regional commercial strategy.
• Drive collaboration with internal creative areas, building strong fragrance storytelling, concepts deeply rooted with consumer insights data.
• Ensure IFF is at the forefront of marketing trends and constantly drive innovation.
• Develop an in-depth understanding of category consumer trends and future needs scenarios at a regional level, including gap analysis, competitors and market intelligence.
• Translate cross category market trends and consumer lifestyle into relevant product and brand concepts.
  

Job Requirements

Who you are:

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience.
• 4+ years of marketing experience, preferably with knowledge of the Home Care (focus on Air Care/Candles) Category.
• High emotional intelligence and experience with managing key stakeholders.
• Data focused curiosity to liase with Consumer Insights partner.
• Demonstrated project management, negotiations, and problem-solving skills.
• Proven ability to work independently, juggle multiple priorities and complete responsibilities in a fast paced, change oriented environment.
• Proven ability to develop and maintain effective work relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Proficient in operating Microsoft environment programs (PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Outlook) and interested in developing creative skills to manage Adobe Photoshop basics.
• Creativity and Passion for fragrances and for consumers with strong interest in product, concept, olfactive development.
• Strong presentation skills and ability to effectively communicate fragrance product development, concepts, and technical projects.

Preferred:

• Minimum 3 - 5 years of Fragrance Industry experience in Marketing or internal relevant experience or marketing experience in adjacent industries (preferably FMCG, Flavors, Chemical/Ingredients) or in B2B Marketing with a strong know how of B2C Marketing in an international environment.