Business Development Manager

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with passion and creativity, 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. Every day, your talent, your innovative spirit, and your determination 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.

Business Development Manager
Overall mission:
We're looking for a Business Development Manager to help shape unforgettable consumer product fragrances and guide creative success across Spain and Portugal. Based at our L'Hospitalet del Llobregat (Barcelona) site and reporting to the Sales Director, you will work with passionate teams in Sales, Marketing and Fragrance Development, turning creative ideas into scents that inspire.

In this exciting role you will:
Fragrance Development

• Develop olfactory strategies tailored to client needs, market dynamics and category trends, and provide clear direction to Perfumery teams
• Manage multiple briefs, selecting fragrances that meet defined criteria and customer's needs
• Collaborate with the Creative Center and diverse teams to ensure accurate project completion on time and present the work done to the customers
• Conduct olfactory evaluations of new market products to identify relevant notes, insights, and opportunities for creative development
• Build a partner to fragrance experts in the development centers to stay up to date on any innovation

Marketing Insight

• Stay ahead of consumer and market trends, collaborate with Marketing to create proactive concepts and client-ready ideas
• Collaborate with the Key Account Management team to manage projects and provide support during customer visits
• Participate in customer meetings, workshops and presentations to communicate fragrance rationales and support business development
• Contribute to commercial success by supporting new business wins through deep product understanding and customer engagement

Collection Management

• Build, curate and maintain an outstanding fragrance collection that fills portfolio gaps, aligns with market needs and integrates company technologies
• Ensure fast, strategic and commercially aligned fragrance selections for briefs, tenders, and proactive projects

You:

• Advanced degree in Perfumery, Cosmetic Science, Chemistry, or a related field
• Minimum of 5+ years of experience in fragrance evaluation or development within the fragrance industry
• Demonstrate project management capabilities and solid systems expertise to support the planning and coordination of development projects from concept to completion
• A commercial mindset with the ability to connect olfactory development to customer needs and business opportunities
• Knowledge of fragrance products, market categories and important customers in the local region
• Passion for fragrances, olfaction and creative development
• Collaborative ability to to manage clients and our teams on project briefs and technical discussions
• Fluent in Spanish and English, proficiency in French is a plus
• Available to travel for customer meetings, market visits and internal collaborations

Our benefits:

• Continuous training and professional development program
• Collaborative and safety-oriented work environment
• Growth opportunities within a global company
• On-site medical assistance
• Accident insurance
• Language courses (free English and French)
• Support for public transportation
• Purchase of perfumes and access to special discounts
• Employee Assistance Program

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.