Givaudan · 3 days ago
NOAM Category Director, Consumer Products
East Hanover, NJ
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$190K/yr - $250K/yr
15+ years expGivaudan is a global leader in food innovation and fragrance, dedicated to creating happier, healthier lives. As the Category Director for the NOAM Consumer Products Division, you will lead the team in developing and implementing strategic plans to drive business growth in the fragrance and beauty categories.
FlowersManufacturing
Responsibilities
Demonstrate strong leadership and people management skills by inspiring, developing, and empowering teams to achieve strategic goals while fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement
Develop and implement the regional category strategic plan via a holistic involvement of all team functions
Responsible for establishing and executing category strategic initiatives to achieve plan
Efficiently manage the Development team’s workload incorporating the Brief Segmentation guidelines and mind set
Assess performance and determine areas for improvement in ways of working
Collaborate with Commercial teams to identify, and interpret business needs and objectives
Liaise with other internal functions, such as Science and Technology and IT, to ensure the needs of the regional category are represented appropriately
Lead multi-functional team across Evaluation, Marketing and CMI disciplines
Overall responsibility for team development including pipeline build, talent / experience development
Actively participate in global category network to leverage best practices and drive Global strategic initiatives, with the ability to work effectively across cultures
Champion creative problem solving and innovation
Qualification
Required
University Degree or equivalent; Advanced University degree in related field is a plus
Minimum 15+ years of professional experience within the fragrance or related creative industries
Minimum 2-3 years of successful team leadership experience
Excellent ability to build relationships. Ability to build networks, to achieve results through influence and to work effectively in a matrix environment
Expert knowledge of consumer products (market dynamics, olfactory trends)
Solid knowledge for consumers within consumer products sector
Excellent leadership and people management skills
Strong facilitation and presentation skills
Strong ability to think strategically and ability to translate strategies into tangible deliverables
Proven track record + experience working in global environment
Benefits
Benefits include medical, dental, vision and a high matching 401k plan
Company
Givaudan
Givaudan develops and manufactures products across fragrance & beauty and taste & wellbeing.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$581.65M2025-09-02Post Ipo Debt· $581.65M
2003-03-14IPO
Leadership Team
Gilles Andrier
CEO
Stewart Harris
Group CFO
Recent News
2026-01-05
Global Cosmetics News
2025-12-22
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