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CMI Director (SEA)
full-time•Singapore

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Location

Singapore

Type

full-time

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About this role

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with our customers, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions. There’s much to learn and many to learn from, with more than 16,000 employees around the world to explore ideas and ambitions with. 
In Singapore, you’ll be at the centre of every innovation, creation and solution available to the entire Asia-pacific region. Working with our research, creation and production units, as well as our renowned perfumery school, you’ll make us a greater force for good. Every day, your passion, your creativity, and your expertise will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature. 

 

Overall Objective:

Serve as a CMI business partner with responsibility for specific categories and/or global customers. Share CMI expertise with internal and external stakeholders. Regional or cross regional specific expertise

Core Responsibilities:

•Lead CMI strategy of regional and cross regional MR projects, identification of methodology, commissioning and set-up, manage cost, data analysis, interpret data to find insights which will help fragrance development as well as selling fragrances
•Act as MR expert in direct contact with clients, to discuss and review CMI strategies, methodologies and results.
•Manage data to ensure CMI data is stored centrally and accessible for future reference
•May play a key role in the global CMI community through specific CMI driven cross regional initiatives
•Act as CMI business partner for internal stakeholders, working closely on projects throughout the development cycle providing in-depth interpretation of results to guide fragrance development and selection and to help to build rationale to support submissions
•Continuously build CMI expertise and share with internal and external stakeholders
•Lead innovation, exploring new ideas and experimenting with new methodologies
•Work with category teams to think strategically, identify opportunities and gaps in knowledge, where CMI can help develop to feed the development process
 

1. Team Mgmt

Management of team of CMI Managers in SEA countries - Indo/TL/PH/VN

Management of APAC Data Lead Manager - Sgp

Set Objectives and monitor/coach/guide team towards achievement

Monitor workload vs resources from country to country/category to category

Develop talent for Category CMI roles in Sgp

Recruit suitable CMI talent each country 

 

2. SEA CMI Project Involvement

2.1 Operational 

- Follow up/Oversee/Guide on Key projects CMI needs from Dev/Sales 

- Monitor/Guide/Challenge MR Test Design/Guide MR test design 

- Decode Insights from Data together with team/Guide team to generate insights from data 

- Monitor end to end project delivery (executional part)/Guide CMI team in the process of execution and Monitor execution and cost of agencies

- Leverage/standardize best practices across SEA CMI team and across categories 

 

2.2 Strategical 

    -  Think out of box to inspire CMI and CFM/Marketing/Sales to challenge status-quo/ways of working  

    -  Bridge gaps between CMI and stakeholders in terms of approaches and deliverables 

    -  Client facing to showcase Givaudan CMI capability 

    -  Introduce new/different tools to optimize CMI capability  

 

3. Partnership with CDs/CCD in Spore

3.1 Financials

- CMI Budget Mgmt (Category Needs vs Client needs) ; Tracking Qterly Spend ; Explaining High Spends

- Monitor CMI agency for Quality x Cost x Value equation

 

3.2 Operational 

- Best Practise Refresher for Evaluation

- Onboarding Category CMI (on Subject Matter/Ways of Working)

-  Decode Insights from Data together

-  Part of submission team supporting Category CMI if required

-  Leverage/standardize best practices across categories 

 

3.3 Knowledge Expertise

- Introduction/Training of New Tools (eg G Sight/My Romi)

- Part of presenters for Critical High Level meetings

- Training Category CMIs as required

 

4. Global CMI Support Roles

4.1 Selective Global Initiative

4.2 Contribute to new global tools/ways of working

4.3 Connect with other CMI Directors across regions/sub-regions

 

Functional/ Technical Skills:

•Verbal and written command of English (and local language as required)
•Proficiency in using common PC applications (word, excel, ppt)
•Proficiency in using data analysis software (SPSS, xlstat, Matlab)
•In-depth understanding and use of inferential and multivariate statistics and experimental design
•Excellent communication and presentation skills
•Effectively plans, leads and communicates all required functional steps in the CMI project
•Able to show leadership in managing complex, cross-regional CMI projects
•Ability to coach, mentor and manage more junior colleagues
•Demonstrates advanced knowledge and use of MR theory and methodologies
•Understands legal & regulatory guidelines/restrictions for CMI testing
•Stay up to date with latest developments/techniques in CMI profession
•Expertise in analyzing large data sets and drawing strategic conclusions and implications
•Able to interrogate data, to develop hypotheses for fragrance development and arguments to support submissions
•Advanced knowledge of market dynamics and trends for specific country, category as required
•Solid understanding of fragrance (olfactory families, main benchmarks etc.)
 
 

 

At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives.
You work within an inspiring teamwork culture – where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions.
Every essence of you enriches our world.
Diversity drives innovation and creates closer connections with our employees, customers and partners.
Givaudan embraces diversity and is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone impacts our world.
 

Other facts

Tech stack
Data Analysis,Market Research,Project Management,Team Management,Communication,Leadership,Statistical Analysis,Fragrance Development,Innovation,Client Relations,Coaching,Mentoring,Methodology Development,Insight Generation,Budget Management,Training

About Givaudan SA

Givaudan is a global leader in Fragrance & Beauty and Taste & Wellbeing. We celebrate the beauty of human experience by creating for happier, healthier lives with love for nature. Together with our customers we deliver food experiences, craft inspired fragrances, and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions that make people look and feel good.

With over 163 locations in 52 countries and over 78 production sites, of which 31 are located in Europe, 22 in North America, 17 in Latin America, 8 in Asia-Pacific, and 1 across South Asia, the Middle East, and Africa, we are committed to driving purpose-led growth that makes a positive impact.

Givaudan: Human by nature.

www.givaudan.com

Team size: 10,001+ employees
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Industry: Chemical Manufacturing
Founding Year: 1895

What you'll do

  • The CMI Director will lead the CMI strategy for regional and cross-regional market research projects, managing costs and data analysis to derive insights for fragrance development. They will also act as a business partner for internal stakeholders, guiding fragrance development and selection throughout the project lifecycle.

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What does a CMI Director (SEA) do at Givaudan SA?

As a CMI Director (SEA) at Givaudan SA, you will: the CMI Director will lead the CMI strategy for regional and cross-regional market research projects, managing costs and data analysis to derive insights for fragrance development. They will also act as a business partner for internal stakeholders, guiding fragrance development and selection throughout the project lifecycle..

Why join Givaudan SA as a CMI Director (SEA)?

Givaudan SA is a leading Chemical Manufacturing company.

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