EU Innovation Director

Givaudan is the global leader in the creation of flavours and fragrances. In close collaboration with food, beverage, consumer product and fragrance partners, Givaudan develops tastes and scents that delight consumers the world over. With a passion to understand consumers’ preferences and a relentless drive to innovate, Givaudan is at the forefront of creating flavours and fragrances that ‘engage your senses’.

The Company achieved sales of CHF
5.1billion in 2017. Headquartered in Switzerland with local presence in over 100 locations, the company has more than 11,100 employees worldwide. Givaudan invites you to discover more at

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.

• Ensure strategic alignment between all stakeholders at a regional level
• Implement a clear innovation process to build a portfolio of customer and consumer-relevant innovative olfactive solutions in partnership with the Categories, S&T and Technical Support
• Coordinate cross-category Innovation projects
• Infuse an innovation mindset in the organization through sharing sessions, workshops and trainings
• Own Marketing excellence (Trends & Marketing tools) and animate the EU Marketing teams network, contributing to find relevant solutions to empower and equip our teams
• Lead the Design Studios and the Consumer Panel to facilitate the above executions
• Ensure cross-regional connectivity, represent EU and actively contribute to the Global Innovation & Marketing priorities and networks
• Support & implement the global CP communication strategy and contribute from a regional CP perspective
• Facilitate the implementation of Digital solutions for Development teams or for Customers working closely with the Digital teams

• Bachelor’s degree with 15 years’ cross-functional and cross-cultural experience in the fragrance industry
• Extended global knowledge of the fragrance market and experience in different categories
• Ability to facilitate, create, promote
• Ability to build networks, to achieve results through influence, to work effectively in a matrix environment
• Ability to think strategically and to translate strategies into tangible deliverables
• Strong leadership and people management skills
• Project management skills and focus on implementation
• Fluency in English, French recommended
• Great compensation package including bonus
• Private health insurance

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.