Fragrance Evaluation Manager Sub Saharan Africa H/F

Description du poste

The Fragrance Evaluation Manager Sub Saharan Africa oversees the Sub-Saharan Africa FDM team based in Ivory Coast and South Africa. She/he is fundamentally a team leader as well as a project manager in the fragrance division. His/her 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/she must manage fragrance projects in order to answer client briefs with the best proposals by a scheduled due date.
His/ her role is to build a high performing SSA evaluation team.

SCOPE OF JOB

Independence (Finance)
Manage his/her 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 / her team of any innovation (product/process) developed inside Mane 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
She/he is given Fragrance projects which need to be compliant to the client brief and MANE Development Policies.
His/her 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/her olfactive choices

Fragrance management
To answer a brief precisely and promote Mane'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 Mane 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 she/he must ensure that communication among the team is strong and continuous and that they are working successfully together
It is his/her 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.

Profil du candidat recherché

Fragrance Development Management Qualification
Plus: 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 our SSA Region and abroad, aligned with Business needs.

Please send your CV directly via email to Kelly HENDRICKS at