Fragrance Science Technology Lead

**JOB TITLE **Fragrance Science Technology Lead

**LOCATION** **Port Sunlight R&D

**WORK-LEVEL **2C

Unilever is one of the world’s leading suppliers of Food, Home and Personal Care products with sales in over 190 countries and reaching 2 billion consumers a day. Unilever has more than 400 brands found in homes around the world, including Persil, Omo, Dove, Knorr, Domestos, Hellmann’s, Wall’s, Ben & Jerry’s, Marmite, Magnum and Lynx. Faced with the daunting issues of climate change and the need for human development, we want to move towards a connected world where everyone can live well and within the natural limits of the planet. That’s why our purpose is “to make sustainable living commonplace”.

As one of the world’s largest users of Fragrances, we recognise that creating exceptional fragrances is at the heart of delivering extraordinary consumer experiences and creating world-leading products. Superior fragrances play a critical role in the delivery of unmissable superiority for Unilever. To support this, we have embarked on a fragrance transformation journey to deliver world-class fragrances for our Personal Care, Beauty & Wellbeing and Home Care Business Groups. This transformation will consist of expert fragrance teams creating unmissably superior fragrances that are affordable by design.

**JOB PURPOSE**

To deliver this ambition, you will lead the Fragrance Science Technology Programme within the Unilever Fragrance Team to ensure that we a have fruitful upstream pipeline of ingredient and benefit-led technologies to deliver unmissably superior fragrances, at affordable cost, across Personal Care, Beauty & Wellbeing and Home Care.

**RESPONSIBILITIES**

You will be responsible for defining and leading the One Unilever **Fragrance Science Technology Programme** **by:

- Collaborating with business group R&D partners who are exploring upstream ingredients and benefit-led technologies, to ensure x-business group applicability and thus maximise One Unilever Fragrance Innovation opportunities
- Developing strategic partnerships with external partners to establish and maintain a One Unilever Fragrance Ecosystem enabling programme delivery
- Engaging and aligning key stakeholders to ensure the programme enables Fragrance Innovation opportunities at a One Unilever level

You will be responsible for landing the One Unilever Fragrance Science Technology Programme through the business groups to ensure tangible business impact and delivery.

**ALL ABOUT YOU**

We are looking for an exceptional individual with the right attitude, mindset, and competencies to drive the One Unilever Fragrance Science Technology Programme within the Unilever Fragrance Team. The individual should have experience of driving strategic technology programmes (ideally fragrance) within the FMCG sector or within a Fragrance House.

The individual should have a proven track record of:

- ** Excellent **thought **leadership skills** - envisioning a better future and then defining and operationalising the programme, that enables them and the wider team, to create that future
- ** Strong stakeholder management skills **- positively influences stakeholders to gain support and sponsorship of a transformational programme
- ** Innovation management skills **- driven a project/programme from inception through to portfolio implementation and market launch
- ** Technology development** skills** - connecting consumer insight with technical possibilities to define and deliver innovations of the future
- ** Excellent collaboration skill** **- partnering with technical partners, multifunctional colleagues, fragrance evaluators, perfumers and Fragrance Houses to deliver innovations that step-change impact for the consumer

**Key Stakeholders**
- Unilever Fragrance Vice President (line manager)
- Unilever Fragrance Leadership Team
- Fragrance Business Group Directors (PC, HC, B&W)

**NOTES**

**What we offer**

Whilst the role is advertised on a full-time basis, we would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options and what this may look like for you. We strive to achieve a family-friendly and inclusive workplace and to, above all, create possibilities for all.

**Relocation to the UK