Senior Fragrance Development Manager
Job Title: Senior Fragrance Development Manager
City, Country: Shanghai, China
Your key responsibilities
- Project management, win business by managing pro-active and reactive development of fragrance to answer the client’s briefs, support sales efforts
- Solid partner of perfumers and other key stakeholders
- Constantly develops in-depth market insights, detect olfactive trends and needs for category and turns them into concrete fragrance solutions
- Lead to define category/client’s fragrance development strategy and execution
- Leads pro-active and reactive projects and initiatives, communication networking internally and externally
- Act as a role model/reference for AFDM and FDMs
We offer
- Recognition and celebration of your efforts and accomplishments
- Opportunities for growth and advancement for those who embrace innovation and take initiative
- Collaboration with experts in health, nutrition, and beauty to drive progress
- Customer-first approach, working with world-renowned brands to turn ideas into impactful solutions
- Opportunity to build a career, making a significant impact on billions of lives, with the freedom to shape your own path
- Dedication to creating better futures for customers, communities, people, and the planet.
You bring
- Bachelor degree or equivalent education background
- Minimum 10 years working experience in fragrance evaluation
- Good communication & interpersonal skills
- Good presentation and project management skills
- Creative, self-driving, proactive, accountable and patient
- Excellent Oral and Written English & Mandarin
About dsm-firmenich
At dsm-firmenich, we don’t just meet expectations – we go beyond them.
Join our global team powered by science, creativity, and a shared purpose: to bring progress to life.
From elevating health to making fortified food and sustainable skincare, the impact of your work here will be felt by millions – every single day. Whether it’s fragrance that helps you focus, alternative meat that’s better for the planet, or reducing sugar without losing flavor, this is where you help shape the future of nutrition, health, and beauty for everyone, everywhere.
And while you’re making a difference, we’ll make sure you’re growing too. With learning that never stops, a culture that lifts you up and the freedom to move across businesses, teams, and borders. Your voice matters here. And your ideas? They’re essential to our future.
Because real progress only happens when we go beyond, together.
Inclusion, belonging and equal opportunity statement
At dsm-firmenich, we believe being a force for good starts with the way we treat each other. When people feel supported, included, and free to be themselves, they do their best work – and that’s exactly the kind of culture we’re building. A place where opportunity is truly equal, authenticity is celebrated, and everyone has the chance to grow, contribute, and feel they belong.
We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and we’re serious about making our hiring process as fair and inclusive as possible. From inclusive language and diverse interview panels to thoughtful sourcing, we’re committed to reflecting the world we serve.
We welcome candidates from all backgrounds — no matter your gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or anything else that makes you, you.
And if you have a disability or need any support through the application process, we’re here to help – just let us know what you need, and we’ll do everything we can to make it work.
Agency statement
We’re managing this search directly at dsm-firmenich. If you’re applying as an individual, we’d love to hear from you. We’re not accepting agency submissions or proposals involving fees or commissions for this role.