Senior Marketing Executive

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

• Conduct comprehensive market, consumer, and competitive analyses, translating insights and emerging trends into strategic recommendations (internal and external requests).
• Lead cross-functional collaboration with sales, technical, regulatory, and portfolio to develop flavor-related new product concepts with strong value proposition that align with customers brand positioning, product portfolios, and evolving market demands.
• Monitor market dynamics and product launches to identify emerging trends, uncover growth opportunities, and support proactive business development initiatives.
• Perform marketing administrative duties such as marketing asset maintenance and other ad hoc assignments as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Marketing, Business, Food Science, or a related discipline.
• Minimum of 2 years of relevant marketing experience, preferably within the FMCG, flavor, food ingredients, or other consumer goods industries.
• Strong understanding of marketing and commercial trends within the Food & Beverage and Flavor industries, with the ability to translate market insights into commercially relevant opportunities.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.
• Familiarity with basic graphic design tools (e.g. Canva) and/or AI-powered content creation tools is an added advantage.
• Strong project management and organizational skills, with experience coordinating multiple projects with cross-functional team.
• Self-motivated, proactive, and adaptable, with a positive attitude and a strong willingness to learn and embrace new challenges.