Consumer Insights Senior Manager Beauty

Plainsboro, NJ, US

Hybrid (3 days in the office)

As the Consumer Insights Senior Manager Beauty for Global Consumer Brands (GCB) in the USA, you will lead the charge in executing consumer insights strategies and plans that fuel business growth. We are actively recruiting for 2 roles, one role supporting Skin Cleansing and Deodorant (APDEO) categories and the second opening supporting Hair Care both roles are critical to making a tangible impact on our brand's success.

At dsm-firmenich, being a force for good is not optional. Diversity, Equity & Inclusion is a shared responsibility woven into our daily work to not only benefit our People, Customers & Communities but also drive value. Equal access to opportunities is a given, belonging is a shared feeling, authenticity is celebrated.

Your key responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership: Report directly to the Global GCB CI Lead for Beauty based in Geneva, ensuring strategic CI programs are executed flawlessly in the region.

• Program Management: Drive the Beauty GCB consumer insights programs and plans, aligning them with category and client needs.

• Best Practices Guardian: Ensure the development and implementation of global GCB CI methods, upholding CI best practices.

• Innovation: Implement and align new beauty GCB methodologies to boost efficiency from brief to adoption success rates.

• Expert Collaboration: Serve as the consumer insights expert for beauty, collaborating with cross-functional teams and acting as a key contact for internal stakeholders and clients.

• Data Analysis: Analyze and synthesize data to develop actionable insights that inform fragrance development decisions in the USA.

  We bring

• Innovation and Creation: A rich history and a promising future of bold scientific innovation and passionate creation with our customers.

• Growth Opportunities: A space to grow by encouraging and supporting curiosity and an open mindset.

• Sustainability Commitment: The opportunity to work for a company where sustainability is core to our strategy and purpose.

• Inclusive Community: Barrier-free communities within our organization where every employee is equally valued and respected.

• Collaborative Culture: A firm belief that working together with our customers is the key to achieving great things.

• Team Spirit: An eagerness to be one team and learn from each other to bring progress to life and create a better future.

  You bring

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a Consumer Insights-related discipline or equivalent.

• Minimum 5 years of experience in a product or fragrance testing role.

• Project Management: Multi-country consumer insight project management experience.

• Results-Driven: A competitive mindset with a drive for results.

• Team Player: Self-motivated, with high autonomy and strong interpersonal and communication skills.

• Strategic Thinking: Ability to define business opportunities, set priorities, and translate tactics/strategy into actions.

• Proactive Approach: Able to develop business ‘from scratch’.

• Travel Availability: Willingness to travel as needed.

• Language Skills: Fluent in English.

  dsm-firmenich is fully dedicated to inclusion because when people feel engaged and empowered, their creativity and innovation drives unprecedented progress. We aim to build a workplace where opportunity really is equal, so everyone can thrive. We do not discriminate: there’s a place for everyone at dsm-firmenich.

  As a committed equal opportunity employer, we ensure our recruitment practices are inclusive and fair. We encourage the recruitment of a diverse workforce, representative of the communities in which we work, by using inclusive language, diverse interview panels, diversified sourcing strategies. Selection is based on qualifications, competency, experience, performance history and fit with the team to advance fair and equitable opportunity.

  Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, backgrounds, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.

  We are committed to providing reasonable support for disabled applicants in our recruiting process. Should you need assistance, and are comfortable to share this, please let us know.

  As innovators in nutrition, health, and beauty, dsm-firmenich reinvents, manufactures, and combines vital nutrients, flavors, and fragrances for the world’s growing population to thrive. With our comprehensive range of solutions, with natural and renewable ingredients and renowned science and technology capabilities, we work to create what is essential for life, desirable for consumers, and more sustainable for the planet. dsm-firmenich is a Swiss-Dutch company, listed on the Euronext Amsterdam, with operations in almost 60 countries and revenues of more than €12 billion. With a diverse, worldwide team of nearly 30,000 employees, we bring progress to life™ every day, everywhere, for billions of people.

  Please note this is a direct search led by dsm-firmenich. We only accept applications from candidates, not from agencies nor subject to agency’s fees, percentages or similar.