NPD Manager - Perfumes

Job description

Key Responsibilities • Partner closely with leadership and internal stakeholders to drive fragrance development and innovation across multiple brands and categories. • Evaluate and guide fragrance creation through expert sensory assessment, ensuring alignment with brand identity, consumer preference, and product positioning. • Act as a bridge between consumer expectations, business objectives, and the technical capabilities of perfumers and formulation teams. • Conduct technical evaluation of fragrance samples, providing recommendations on stability-tested formulations, reformulations, and product reworks. • Build deep expertise in raw materials, fragrance ingredients, olfactory families, and emerging market and consumer trends. • Continuously benchmark new creations and market products through fragrance evaluation, sensory analysis, and structured fragrance profiling. • Collaborate with R&D, brand, and external fragrance partners to drive fragrance excellence across the product lifecycle. • Maintain high standards of fragrance quality, consistency, and performance through ongoing evaluation and refinement. Preferred Qualifications & Experience • Relevant experience in perfumery, fragrance evaluation, fragrance development, or related domains within beauty, personal care, FMCG, or fragrance houses. • Educational background in Chemistry, Perfumery, or a related field. • Strong understanding of fragrance composition, olfactory families, raw materials, and formulation considerations. • Exceptional sensory evaluation skills with a highly developed olfactory ability (expert nose”). • Experience working with fragrance houses, perfumers, product development teams, and cross-functional stakeholders. • Strong analytical thinking, communication, and stakeholder management skills.