About Us
Established over a hundred years ago, Takasago is a global leading company in the flavour and fragrance industry, having developed flavours and fragrances for some of the world’s most successful manufacturers of foods, beverages, fine fragrances, home, and personal care products.
For over 35 years, we have been a leading industrial producer of L-Menthol, using our core technology, asymmetric synthesis.
This technology enables us to produce unique, novel, and nature-identical aroma ingredients, and in addition, to manufacture pharmaceutical intermediates, functional materials, and other fine chemicals.
Takasago Group maintains offices, production sites, and R&D centers in twenty-seven countries and regions.
Responsibilities:
Key Responsibilities:
- Conduct
comprehensive market, consumer, and competitive analyses, translating
insights and emerging trends into strategic recommendations (internal and
external requests).
- Lead
cross-functional collaboration with sales, technical, regulatory, and
portfolio to develop flavor-related new product concepts with strong value
proposition that align with customers' brand positioning, product
portfolios, and evolving market demands.
- Monitor
market dynamics and product launches to identify emerging trends, uncover
growth opportunities, and support proactive business development
initiatives.
- Perform
marketing administrative duties such as marketing asset maintenance and
other ad hoc assignments as needed.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's
Degree in Marketing, Business, Food Science, or a related discipline.
- Minimum
of 2 years of relevant marketing experience, preferably within the FMCG,
flavor, food ingredients, or other consumer goods industries.
- Strong
understanding of marketing and commercial trends within the Food &
Beverage and Flavor industries, with the ability to translate market
insights into commercially relevant opportunities.
- Proficient
in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.
- Familiarity
with basic graphic design tools (e.g. Canva) and/or AI-powered content
creation tools is an added advantage.
- Strong
project management and organizational skills, with experience coordinating
multiple projects with cross-functional team.
- Self-motivated,
proactive, and adaptable, with a positive attitude and a strong
willingness to learn and embrace new challenges.