About Us
Symrise is a global supplier of fragrances and flavors, cosmetic active ingredients as well as functional ingredients. Its customers include perfume, cosmetics, food and beverage manufacturers, the pharmaceutical industry and producers of dietary supplements and pet food.
With sales of around €5.0 billion in the 2024 financial year, the company is one of the world's leading providers. The Group, headquartered in Holzminden, Germany, has more than 100 locations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East, Asia, the USA and Latin America.
Together with its customers, Symrise develops new ideas and market-ready concepts for products that form an indispensable part of everyday life. Economic success and corporate responsibility are inextricably linked.
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Your Role
As Director Technical Perfumery & Perfumery School (m/f/d) you will be leading our Technical Perfumery consisting of 12 technical perfumers located globally being responsible for our Global Fragrance Palette of over 2.400 ingredients.
You will supervise and coach the perfumers in their main tasks: carrying out formula reworks, streamlining our portfolio of perfumery ingredients, identifying and filling gaps by adding olfactory or technically innovative materials, consulting on specification changes and other raw material or formula issues. In this role you will closely collaborate with our Global Palette Management, Quality Control, Production and other Business Units. Alongside you will be leading our Perfumery School where you will be responsible for the training and curriculum of our internal talents to prepare them for their positions in perfumery.
This Position is a fulltime role to be located in our Global Headquarter in Holzminden, Germany.
* Professional and Academic Excellence: Enabling perfumers to deliver in-time and on-quality execution of Palette Management Projects. For the perfumery school ensure curriculum quality, innovation, and alignment with industry expectations.
* Talent Development: Support perfumers professional development. Support perfumery school trainees’ progression and successful integration into business units.
* Compliance & Standards: Guarantee adherence to regulatory and compliance standards as well as global educational standards and internal evaluation practices.
* Operational Efficiency: Efficient deployment of technical perfumers on the required projects. Optimize training resources and manage the academic budget effectively.
* People Management: Recruit, onboard, and develop qualified perfumers, teachers/trainers.
* Global Representation: Promote Symrise’s technical perfumers and educational brand within academic and professional communities.
* Governance: Active member of the Perfumer’s Palette Steering and Perfumery School Board.
About You
* You successfully completed your Master's degree or equivalent in Perfumery, Chemistry, Education, or a related field.
* You have 10 years of working experience within the fragrance industry.
* You already have working experience in a leadership role being responsible for talent development, training, or academic leadership.
* You are an experienced project manager with excellent communication and stakeholdermanagement skills.
* You have experience being responsible for budgeting and organizational development as well as a strategic mindset with a solution-oriented approach.
* You are fluent in both written and verbal English and ideally have a good command in another major language such as German or French.
Our Offer
Become part of our open and transparent culture. It will give you the opportunity to flourish and to develop inspiring experiences that contribute to the health and well-being of consumers in 160 countries around the world. Putting our employees in the focus fuels our strong company growth above market rates and makes us an excellent place to develop your career.
Come join us and embark on a fascinating journey with Symrise.
If you feel that you fit the above criteria, then please apply by using our online application system. Your application will be treated confidentially.