AM-Product Development; Fragrances

Position: AM-Product Development(Fragrances)
This position is required to achieve the desired level of performance in the following Key Result areas:
Develop new creative ideas and fragrance themes as per new trends, market opportunities and consumer preferences.
Develop and implement product launch plans for new fragrance products.
Develop innovation prototypes and solutions in line with innovation projects objectives and parameters.
Analyze market trends and consumers need to develop product strategies.
Negotiate with vendors to ensure cost effectiveness and quality of raw materials used in fragrance production.
Monitor competitor activities and develop strategies to differentiate products.
Utilize customer feedback to develop product enhancements and improvements.
Reworking on fragrances based on consumer preference, needs, expectations, and feedback
Responsible for understanding and decoding olfactive expectations of the consumers.
Performing the Olfactory assessment for stability studies of various personal care formats, assessing the fragrance in terms of profile and strength
Communicating observations and next steps in the product development phase
Devising and implementing the process and/or product improvement strategies and plans to attain continuous improvement
Resolving the concerns and escalating the major issues to supervisors
Required Skills & Competencies
Strong Interpersonal skills
Should be passionate & self
-driven
Basic understanding on regulations governing perfume
Must possess a sound understanding of Perfumes, consumer expectations/insights, as well as, gaps in delivery of existing products. Should possess some level of consumer interaction to understand consumer needs
An appetite for learning, open mind for innovation, questioning status quo, ability to think out of the box
Ability to work in a team
Ability to demonstrate the practical use of knowledge base in Innovation projects