Country Marketing Manager- Taste & Well-being

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Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with passion and imagination, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions. There’s much to learn and many to learn from, with more than 16,000 employees around the world to explore ideas and ambitions with.
In France, discover the empowered passionate professionals who made history creating our legendary perfumery school. Feel the heritage. Acquire knowledge and experience, gained in our renowned European Creation Centre, or from any of our 17 innovative sites across the country. Every day, your commitment, your humility, and your risk-taking will shape our future. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.

As a Country Marketing Manager for our Taste & Well-being division, you will develop and share a market, consumer and brand expertise on the Food industry. You will bring a valuable marketing service to the clients and grow the Givaudan business by identifying product and taste opportunities. You will manage local and regional projects in collaboration with the Sales and the Taste Development teams. You will also be part of the France Executive Committee, which will give you an important role in strategic direction and major decision-making for our business in France. Your team consists of two persons.

It could well be your perfect opportunity if, like us, you always aim to exceed customer needs and think beyond to predict the next market theme. In this exciting role, reporting to the Commercial Director for France, you will:

Market strategy – Doing the right things

Build in-depth market understanding (consumers, customers, competitors); be for the Commercial Director on local strategy and strategic planning for France; identify market opportunities and customer needs and endorse these on the European agenda; help drive European strategic business initiatives.

Represent the marketing function within the France Executive Committee, providing strategic insights and contributing to important decisions.

Improve customer centricity – With the right mind-set

Promote customer-centric thinking and taking the customer’s perspective; ensure freshness in thinking and inspiration for Key Account Managers and Product Development; link with other markets and segments within Europe to ensure information sharing and best practices.

Excellence in execution – Performed in the right way

Cultivate relationships with customers at both country and regional levels, acting swiftly to use emerging market opportunities. Tailor and implement regional and local promotions, capabilities, consumer sensory insights, and innovations to meet local market needs.

Promote customer value and increase sales by developing and delivering winning, customer-focused value propositions.

Monitor main sales and marketing KPIs, providing applicable recommendations to address performance gaps.

Oversee and guide the activities of the Consumer Sensory Insights Manager, ensuring alignment with our goals.

Are you someone who can conceptualize and explain a creative vision? And passionate about food and flavours? Are you good at influencing others? Then join us – and influence your world.

Your professional profile includes:

● At least a Master degree in Food Technology, or Marketing / Business Administration with an affinity for the food industry.

● At least 5 or more years of experience, with a strong understanding of marketing strategy including brand positioning, building value propositions, and commercialization of new products.

● B2B Marketing experience in the Flavour industry is preferred.

● Team player, experienced in working in diverse teams in a global matrix environment.

● Fluent in French and English.

● Willingness to travel within France 20% of the time.

● Position based in Argenteuil on-site.

Benefits you will love:

● Training and Career development opportunities & a lot more.

At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives.
You work within an inspiring teamwork culture – where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions.
Every essence of you enriches our world.
Diversity drives innovation and creates closer connections with our employees, customers and partners.
Givaudan embraces diversity and is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone impacts our world.