About Us

Established over a hundred years ago, Takasago is a global leading company in the flavour and fragrance industry, having developed flavours and fragrances for some of the world's most successful manufacturers of foods, beverages, fine fragrances, home, and personal care products. For over 35 years, we have been a leading industrial producer of L-Menthol, using our core technology, asymmetric synthesis. This technology enables us to produce unique, novel, and nature-identical aroma ingredients, and in addition, to manufacture pharmaceutical intermediates, functional materials, and other fine chemicals. Takasago Group maintains offices, production sites, and R&D centers in twenty-seven countries and regions.

Job Description

Plan and execute short, and longer-term category strategies in alignment with regional and global business objectives.
Collaborate with Sales, CSI/Marketing, Portfolio and R&D to translate market trends, customer insights, and technical capabilities into clear product value propositions.
Drive and coordinate Beverage initiatives/projects with multi-functional teams, in response to growth opportunities, and market needs.
Develop customer-facing content such as presentations, brochures, and digital marketing assets with strong technical accuracy, participate in customer meetings alongside Sales to showcase flavour solutions, technical concepts, and application benefits.
Drive innovation projects for key customers to achieve new business and market expansion.
Monitor product performance, steer and facilitate technical product developments, support pricing for competitiveness analysis.
Gather internal and customer feedback, translating it into actionable insights for product improvement or innovation.
Share and facilitate best practices and category knowledge across regional affiliates.
Support regional or local trade events, customer seminars, and innovation showcases.
Support global category initiatives and regional alignment with global strategy.
Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Food Science, Food Technology, Chemistry, or related discipline.
More than 5 years of relevant experience.
Experience in flavour, food ingredient, or FMCG category/product management.
Strong understanding of market trends, consumer behaviour, and innovation processes.
Ability to manage cross-functional collaboration across regional teams.
Good analytical, communication, and presentation skills. Proficiency in Office 365.

Category Senior Executive / Manager