regional fragrance development manager.

This is a pivotal, hands-on creative role where you will orchestrate the entire fragrance development process for the assigned categories. As the central creative and strategic partner for the APAC region, your mission is to:

• Lead the fragrance development process from initial brief to final submission, ensuring all project milestones are met.
• Act as the key strategic link between clients, perfumers, and internal technical (R&D, Labs, Marketing) teams.
• Decode complex client briefs and translate deep market trends into clear, winning olfactive strategies.
• Partner daily with world-class perfumers to guide, evaluate, and refine their creative submissions, providing expert sensory feedback.
• Serve as the ultimate sensory expert to select the final, commercially-successful fragrances that will win in the market.
• Collaborate with the sales team to present and articulate the creative vision behind fragrance selections to key clients.

about the manager/team
This is not a siloed role; you will be part of a passionate and integrated team of perfumers, evaluators, and lab specialists who share a curiosity for scent. This is a high-visibility position, offering you the chance to network with creative centers regionally and make a significant, measurable impact on a core, high-growth category for the business.

skills and experience required

• A background or degree in Chemistry, Marketing, or a related field is highly desirable.
• Minimum 5 years of direct experience in fragrance creative and evaluation experience.
• Deep olfactive expertise and a genuine passion for the consumer fragrance categories.
• Exceptional sensory evaluation is required.
• A proven understanding of regional market trends and consumer preferences.
• Solid knowledge of aroma chemicals, fragrance chemistry, and general laboratory procedures.
• Superb presentation and storytelling skills to articulate abstract scent concepts to both clients and internal teams.