Fragrance Development Manager

About Us

Symrise is a global supplier of fragrances and flavors, cosmetic active ingredients, as well as functional ingredients. Its customers include manufacturers of perfumes, cosmetics, food and beverages, the pharmaceutical industry, and producers of nutritional supplements and pet food.

The Group, headquartered in Holzminden, Germany, operates in more than 100 locations across Europe, Africa and the Middle East, Asia, the United States, and Latin America.

Together with its customers, Symrise develops new ideas and market-ready concepts for products that are an essential part of everyday life. Economic success and corporate responsibility are inextricably linked.

Symrise – always inspiring more…

About the Role

As Fragrance Development Manager, you will play a key role in driving fragrance development projects and translating customer needs into inspiring olfactive solutions. You will work closely with perfumers, sales, marketing, technical teams and laboratories, while maintaining close collaboration with our teams in Dubai and supporting fragrance projects across Middle Eastern markets. You will ensure projects are managed smoothly from brief to final presentation, meeting customer expectations, technical requirements and deadlines.

You will:

• Coordinate customer requests and manage fragrance development projects from brief to completion.
• Ensure projects are delivered according to agreed timelines, technical requirements and quality standards.
• Facilitate effective communication and collaboration between sales, perfumers, marketing, fragrance analysts, laboratories and other internal teams.
• Evaluate fragrance creations based on key olfactive criteria such as strength, hedonics, diffusion, longevity, sillage and proximity.
• Guide and support perfumers in developing creations aligned with customer expectations and market trends.
• Select relevant fragrance references and evaluate them in application.
• Coordinate stability testing and follow up on technical requirements.
• Support and respond to customer studies and project-related requests.
• Contribute to maintaining and enriching the company’s fragrance collection.
• Partner with Marketing to prepare and deliver compelling product and fragrance presentations to customers.

About You

You combine a strong olfactive sensibility with project management and customer-facing skills. You are comfortable working across different functions and can translate customer expectations and market trends into clear direction for creative and technical teams.

You bring:

• Experience in fragrance development, fragrance evaluation or a related role within the fragrance industry.
• Strong olfactive evaluation skills and the ability to assess fragrances across different performance criteria.
• A good understanding of fragrance development processes, applications and market trends.
• Strong project management and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple customer projects and priorities.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with perfumers, sales, marketing and technical teams.
• A customer-oriented mindset and the ability to understand and respond to client needs.
• Creativity, curiosity and a genuine passion for fragrances.
• A proactive and solution-oriented approach, with strong attention to detail.

• Fluency in both English and French is mandatory, as the role involves regular collaboration with international teams and Middle Eastern markets.

Our Offer

At Symrise, you will also have the opportunity to grow professionally and take part in inspiring experiences that contribute to the well-being of millions of people in more than 160 countries. With people at the center of everything we do, we foster an environment that drives our above-market growth and makes Symrise an exceptional place to develop your career.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.