About Symrise AG
Symrise is a global supplier of fragrances and flavors, cosmetic active ingredients as well as functional ingredients. Its customers include perfume, cosmetics, food and beverage manufacturers, the pharmaceutical industry and producers of dietary supplements and pet food.
With sales of around €4.9 billion in the 2025 financial year, the company is one of the world's leading providers. The Group, headquartered in Holzminden, Germany, has more than 100 locations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East, Asia, the USA and Latin America.
Together with its customers, Symrise develops new ideas and market-ready concepts for products that form an indispensable part of everyday life. Economic success and corporate responsibility are inextricably linked.
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Marketing Manager/Senior Executive (Skin Cleansing), SEAO (6-Month Contract)
As the Marketing Manager for the Beauty Care Division at Symrise, you will play a pivotal role in developing and executing marketing strategies across key categories including soap, shower and feminine hygiene. With a focus on the dynamic markets of SEAO, you will identify growth opportunities, build category expertise and collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to drive business success and grow customer preference for Symrise.
The Position:
- Identify growth opportunities and develop plans to achieve business ambitions across assigned categories.
- Align strategies cross-functionally with Creation, Applied Research and Commercial teams.
- Build and regularly update category understanding including market landscape, trends, product portfolios, new launches and consumer needs and preferences.
- Maintain a library and catalogue of products and relevant information including physical products in the office
- Organize monthly sessions to smell and experience category products
- Share category expertise quarterly with internal stakeholders to fuel olfactive development and innovation
- Share insights with key accounts and directly with key customers as required.
- Promote Symrise's fragrances, innovations and technologies to key customers, leveraging category expertise through workshops and presentations
- Collaborate with Key Account Managers and Directors to develop submission decks aligned with sales messages and cross functional inputs
- Develop awareness of wins and derive learnings to continuously improve submissions
- Support and contribute to regional and global initiatives and requests as needed including integrating information across APAC for presentations to Global Accounts
- Distil and share best practices across APAC region
The Ideal Candidate:
- 3 to 8 years of relevant experience in Marketing, preferably in B2B Marketing, preferably with experience in Beauty Care and/or Skin Cleansing including a strong grasp of trends, products, formats and technologies
- Strategic thinker with the ability to integrate various information sources and perspectives.
- Driven and resourceful, with the ability to hit the ground running
- Strong collaborations skills with the ability to work effectively across functions
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office and Canva
- Strong proficiency in English, both written and spoken; proficiency in additional languages would be an added advantage
