Fragrance Design Manager - Beauty & Wellbeing

• Act as the fragrance thought partner for Brand and Category teams, influencing fragrance direction and briefs in line with brand ambition and consumer insight
• Build strong, trusted relationships with Brand stakeholders through clear fragrance storytelling and evidence-based recommendations
• Proactively shape fragrance intent early in projects and confidently challenge when needed to deliver the best consumer outcome
• Develop deep, first-hand understanding of South East Asian consumers, cultural preferences, climate needs, and usage habits
• Engage in regular market immersion activities including consumer exposure, store walks, and competitive benchmarking
• Ensure fragrances feel authentically local while strengthening brand equity and consistency
• Lead fragrance design and evaluation from brief creation through selection and launch across innovation, renovation, and regulatory projects
• Translate brand vision and consumer insights into clear, inspiring fragrance briefs for Fragrance House partners
• Act as the regional creative authority with perfumers, guiding development through confident olfactive judgement and feedback
• Actively mine and adapt assets from the global Beauty & Wellbeing creative fragrance bank to meet regional needs
• Own and curate key local fragrance jewels that reflect regional insight and strengthen local brand differentiation
• Feed successful local learnings and creations back into the global fragrance ecosystem where relevant
• Partner closely with Formulation, Consumer Insights, Regulatory, Procurement, and Supply to ensure fragrances are scalable, compliant, and high quality
• Influence decisions through clear communication, preparation, and collaboration within a fast-paced FMCG environment
• Mentor and support junior fragrance colleagues, contributing to capability growth and inclusive ways of working
• Act as a role model for collaboration, curiosity, and Unilever behaviours

• Proven experience in fragrance design, evaluation, or development within a CPG / FMCG organisation (e.g. Beauty, Personal Care, or related categories)
• Comfortable operating in a complex FMCG environment with pace, ambiguity, and multiple stakeholders, balancing creativity with scale, speed, cost, and regulatory requirements
• Strong olfactive capability with the confidence to articulate fragrance direction clearly
• Experience working directly with Fragrance House partners and perfumers from a customer or in-house perspective
• Ability to build influence, trust, and partnership with Brand teams
• Openness and curiosity to immerse yourself in diverse markets and cultures

Possible flexible working options and what this may look like for you