Laboratory Team Leader - Fragrance Creation & Application

Overview

• 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 17,000 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.
• Laboratory Team Leader for our Fine Fragrance Creation & Application teams - Your future position?
• Fragrance is at the heart of Givaudan.
• As the global leader in the creation of fragrances, taste and wellbeing solutions, we touch billions of consumers every day.
• Our Fragrance Creation & Application teams combine science and creativity to design solutions that deliver superior performance and emotional impact for our customers worldwide.
• To support our growing activities, we are looking for a passionate and experienced Laboratory Team Leader to join our Fragrance Creation & Application function.
• Based in a collaborative laboratory environment, you will play a key role in ensuring seamless laboratory operations while supporting our creative, development and commercial teams.
• In this role, reporting to the Fine Fragrance Creative Center Director, you will supervise a team of technicians and coordinate daily laboratory activities in full compliance with EH&S standards.
• In this exciting role, you will
• Coordinate daily activities of the Application and Creation laboratories.
• Define priorities in alignment with creative, development and sales needs.
• Provide expert technical support to Creation, Development and Sales teams, as well as external customers.
• Act as a key point of contact for specific customers or projects.
• Investigate technical issues related to stability or applications and develop tested solutions.
• Update, maintain and share technical documentation, methodologies and protocols.
• Supervise, coach and mentor a team of laboratory technicians.
• Plan, organise and optimise team workload to meet business objectives.
• Support HR related processes including performance management, development and succession planning.
• Foster a positive, collaborative team culture focused on safety, quality and continuous improvement.
• You?
• Are you a hands on laboratory leader who enjoys combining technical expertise with people leadership?
• Do you thrive in a collaborative environment where science meets creativity?
• If you are passionate about fragrances and motivated to support teams, we would love to hear from you.
• Your professional profile includes
• Degree or higher education qualification in Chemistry or a related scientific discipline.
• Minimum 6 years of relevant experience in a laboratory or technical environment.
• At least 2 years of experience leading or supervising laboratory teams.
• Strong technical knowledge of fragrances, formulation, application and stability testing.
• Good understanding of ISO, GMP, EH&S requirements and laboratory best practices.
• Fluent oral and written English.
• Leadership mindset with the ability to engage, motivate and develop others.
• Our benefits
• Opportunities for continuous learning and professional development.
• A creative and collaborative work environment.
• Annual bonus.
• Education support*
• Life and Health Insurance
• Flight ticket allowance*
• (*As per company policy)
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• At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives.
• We value the different perspectives that come from diverse cultures, backgrounds, and experiences.
• Everyone — regardless of race, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, culture, religion, or any personal circumstances — is warmly welcomed at Givaudan, a place where we all love to be and grow.
• Every essence of you enriches our world.
• Join us in making a difference together.