A Category Marketing Manager with the global leader in the creation of Taste & Wellbeing and Fragrance & Beauty, and an essential member of our Taste & Wellbeing Regional Innovation team focusing on the exciting Snacks & Savoury category for the dynamic SAMEA (South Asia, Middle East, and Africa) region, while being based in our Dubai office – Your future position?

To support our exciting new ways of working for our SAMEA (South Asia, Middle East, and Africa) region, we are now hiring for a ‘Category Marketing Manager for Snacks & Savoury’ role for our Regional Innovation organisation for the Taste & Wellbeing business. 

You will be in charge of the strategy and innovation roadmap for the Snacks & Savoury category for the SAMEA region and establish a clear vision focusing on value creation and bottom line, to ensure our continued success and growth in the region. You will have the opportunity to define, shape, and develop the category strategy, priorities and tactical plans and partner with our local, regional, and global teams to provide marketing expertise internally and externally. The role also offers excellent opportunities to interact and collaborate with a wide range of Taste & Wellbeing cross-functional partners in our Commercial organisation, Science and Technology, Creation and Application, Consumer & Sensory Insights, Pricing, Operations, Purchasing, and Frontline technical teams.

This is an individual contributor role based in our Dubai office in the United Arab Emirates and directly reporting to the Taste & Wellbeing Head of Regional Innovation for the SAMEA region. You will be a key member of our Taste & Wellbeing Regional Innovation team. Although a part of the role’s success will be measuapply-d on and long term category project pipelines developed, there are no direct P&L responsibilities associated with the position. 

The world enjoys literally tens of thousands of different brands and unique flavour experiences in food and beverage. Despite being an already highly dynamic category, the pace of innovation in food and beverage is speeding up. We seek an inspiring individual who can use a strong understanding of the consumer landscape to build, maintain, and deliver the industry’s best pipeline of programmes and presentations covering customer trends, capabilities and innovation. In addition, ensure that our products, technology and concepts are showcased in ways that offer valued solutions for our customers’ brands. This is your opportunity to not only bring your talents and excellence to Givaudan but also to learn from some of the best in the taste industry and to work with many of the world’s most iconic food and beverage brands.

This role embodies the essence of who we are, what we excel at, what places us at the top of our game every day, and translates this to our customers for the most meaningful conversations as we partner with them to bring fresh thinking and new insights to market. The role offers a rare career opportunity where B2B marketing gets fuelled by consumer understanding. It’s a fast-paced industry, and we pride ourselves on our winning record, so bring your drive and spirit!

In this exciting role, you will:

Develop category strategies, priorities and action plans – 

• Be the regional subject matter expert for Snacks & Savoury by analysing customer products, growth rates, shares, new product introductions, and competitive landscape.
• Identify gaps and business opportunities in the Snacks & Savoury category and drive regional or global development projects to address those opportunities.
• Closely collaborate with internal and external partners (e.g. Sales, Regional Product Manager, Technical teams, Flavour Creation, Consumer & Sensory Insights). 

Partner with local markets to provide expertise to our customers –

• Build an ongoing pipeline of customer trends, capabilities, and innovation presentations aligned with regional and global strategic priorities and account plans.
• Lead the development of new Snacks & Savoury concepts for our customers in collaboration with our Consumer and Sensory Insights, Application and Flavour Creation teams.
• Ensure that our products, technology and concepts are translated to be relevant to the customer brands and local markets.
• Ensure the regional marketing activity is consistent with and supports the Taste & Wellbeing branding and positioning.

Collaborate with global and regional product managers on commercialisation opportunities –

• Ensure that our products, technologies, and concepts are relevant for the markets, fully understood by our local teams and well known by our customers.

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