Fragrance Development Intern (Personal Care) - 6M

Fragrance Consumer Products division - Fragrance Development (Evaluation)
Intern for the Personal Care team - ‎6 months

An Internship opportunity with our fabulous Fragrance Consumer Products
Personal Care Category Evaluation team for the Middle East and North Africa
region, and based in our Dubai Media City office - Your future position?

Do you want to start your fresh and invigorating career journey in the
wonderful world of Fragrance with an internship opportunity with the world's
leading Taste & Wellbeing and Fragrance & Beauty company? Then you should read
further!

Our senses step into gear from the moment we wake up in the morning until we
turn in for the night. The consumer grooming and cleaning regimen intersects
with personal care, home care, fabric care, oral care, and active beauty
products, with fragrance at the core of every experience. Givaudan Consumer
Products (CP's) are, more often than not, responsible for carrying you through
the olfactive journey of your day.

Givaudan's CP teams are present in every region of the world. Years of
experience have resulted in an innate knowledge of consumer preferences
depending on the segment and geographical location. Our CP teams work together
to create the success that Givaudan thrives on and brings together a variety
of skill sets - creation and evaluation, consumer market research, marketing,
sampling, sales, customer relations, and QC, and we have a selection of key
competencies present in each region.

Our Fragrances Evaluator's are olfactive development specialists whose primary
goal is to guide perfumers in the fragrance development. To do so, Evaluator's
have a strategic view and analyse current olfactive trends, forecast future
trends, and assess consumer preferences.

We currently have a ‎6-month ' Internship' opportunity for our Fragrances
Consumer Products Personal Care Development (Evaluation) team in Dubai. This
is a fantastic opportunity to work closely with our fragrance development
experts and will help you to translate and extend your theoretical knowledge
and understanding of fragrances and applications to practical experiences and
enriched learnings.

The role reports to the Personal Care Creative Fragrance Director for the
Middle East & North Africa, offering excellent personal and professional
development opportunities. The internship period would be full-time for ‎5 days
a week for ‎6 months and could be extended later on depending on our evolving
business needs in the region.

You will work for a company that touches billions of consumers more than a
hundred times a day. With its heritage stretching back over ‎250 years,
Givaudan has a long history of innovating scents and tastes. Our passion is to
collaborate with customers and partners to develop game-changing innovations
in the food & beverage, fragrance and beauty industries. We have a culture
that works to inspire, challenge and capture the heart and soul of consumers
and customers. Our customers in the region have national, regional, and
international profiles, which brings diversity and curiosity to your day-to-
day job.

Sounds interesting? It could well be your perfect internship opportunity if
you are committed with energy and drive to learn new skills and develop your
olfactive knowledge!

In this exciting role, we can offer you:

• Responsible and demanding project work.


• Participation in a wide range of tasks with the Fragrance Consumer Products Evaluation team, including but not limited to:

a) Develop basic fragrance understanding, including history, raw materials,
fragrances families, and perfume archetypes through guided learning and self-
study.
b) Undertake assignments in category teams and develop a deep understanding of
evaluation protocols, market and consumer dynamics, best sellers and best
smellers within the categories.
c) Understand the brief processes and develop the ability to complete simple
briefs with coaching from the Creative Fragrance Director.
d) Shadow senior evaluators on real-time briefs.
e) Undertake assignments in other departments to gain an in-depth
understanding of related functions in the organisation

• Evaluation of training programme: Commit to and complete all stages of the Evaluation training programme on time as agreed with the Creative Fragrances Team Director responsible for guiding and training.


• Close collaboration with other x-functional teams: marketing, commercial, pricing, and quality.


• Flat hierarchies in an open-minded team.


• Support other administrative tasks when required.


• Integration into an international working environment.

You?

Are you someone who wants to grow and shape your own world? Who thrives being
in a culture where you can express yourself in a creative team environment?
Who wants to collaborate and learn together with teams who are as passionate
as you are? Then come join us - and impact your world.

Your professional profile includes:

• Recently successfully completed a Bachelor's or Master's degree in perfumery or chemistry.


• Have a strong affinity and interest in new tastes, smells, and a variety of fragrances.


• Preferably has basic olfactory skills: the ability to define, recognise, memorise olfactory notes and fragrance language terms and determine olfactory directions (to be assessed later by a standardised olfactory test during the interview).


• Already residing in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).


• Preferably already have a valid UAE residence visa from a parent, spouse, university or other valid residence arrangements.


• Strong oral and written proficiency in the English language. Knowledge of additional languages like Arabic will be advantageous.


• A team player and comfortable with diversity.

Our benefits:

• A creative team environment that will inspire you.


• Excellent opportunities for progressive learning and development.