Senior Manager: Flavor Creation Management (Princeton, NJ)

Senior Manager: Flavor Creation Management

Location: Princeton, NJ, USA/Barcelona, Spain/Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

Join dsm-firmenich as a Senior Manager in Flavor Creation Management and play a pivotal role at the crossroads of creation, procurement, supply chain, and planning. This position drives operational excellence and strategic initiatives to optimize our flavor palette, ensuring compliance, sustainability, and creative innovation across global markets.

Your Key Responsibilities:

Serve as a visible leader, bridging the long-term vision with operational execution and ensuring alignment across all stakeholders; acting as the final authority on palette modification.
Chair the Raw Material Board and the Palette Committee, addressing critical issues and driving strategic decisions. Align stakeholders across regions, innovation, and reformulation.
Lead and develop the team, driving the deployment of mass reformulations and raw material lifecycle changes. Foster growth and accountability.
Ensure effective lifecycle management of the palette through delegation and strategic guidance. Set standards for data accuracy and integrity.
Contribute as a member of the portfolio optimization program.
Drive continuous improvement initiatives to simplify processes, optimize palette management, and enhance cross-functional collaboration.

We Bring:

An open, trusted, and flexible work environment that empowers accountability and ownership.
Opportunities to grow through curiosity, innovation, and continuous learning.
A culture prioritizing safety, well-being, and inclusion.
Barrier-free communities where every employee is valued and respected.
Collaboration with global teams to create sustainable solutions for the future.
A chance to make an impact in a science-led company shaping the future of nutrition, health, and beauty.

You Bring:

Strong leadership skills with the ability to influence and align stakeholders.
Analytical mindset and business orientation; capable of synthesizing complex situations and making sound decisions.
Knowledge of F&F ingredients and regulatory constraints.
Proficiency in MS Office, databases, and analytics tools; ability to navigate complex systems.
Excellent organizational and communication skills, including fluency in English and cross-cultural competence
Bachelor’s degree with 5–10 years of experience in the Flavor, Fragrance, Pharma, or Cosmetic industry.

The salary or hourly wage scale provided reflects the pay range dsm-firmenich expects to pay the successful candidate for the position. Individual pay offered will be based on the applicant’s job-related skills, experience, relevant education, or training, and primary work location. Salary $128,700-$150,000.

In addition to base salary, we also offer a comprehensive total rewards package, inclusive of annual incentive pay, a retirement savings plan, health care coverage, paid time off, recognition programs and a broad range of other benefits. All benefits and incentives are subject to eligibility requirements.

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.

The application process

Interested in this position? Please apply online by uploading your resume in English. We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on January 15, 2026.

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.