Manager CIMR

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.

Responsibilities:

Strategic Marketing:

• Identify opportunities in the marketplace and translate them into a marketable concept
• Support sales function to achieve the desired growth and sales target
• Collaborate with various functions like Sales, Creative Fragrance Development, Perfumery, R&D, Consumer Insights & Market Research, etc. to drive projects
• Pro-actively innovate and respond to market needs
• Conceive out-of-the-box and creative idea/ concept for our clients that meet business objectives 
  Knowledge of the regional market in terms of consumers' psyche, new product development, retail climate, market potential/ size, key players, consumption patterns, etc

Information Management/ Exchange:

• Update and maintain New Product Information (NPI) database

• Manage the product library efficiently Ensure effective communication with global counterparts

Consumer Insights and Market research (CIMR):

• Plan and implement CIMR activities in India as required by Sales or Evaluation  
   Departments.
• Co-ordinate and monitor global or regional CIMR activities in India
• Engage in selection and evaluation of market research agencies as and when required
• Prepare annual budget for Marketing and CIMR expenses in line with business  
  requirements
• To carry out any additional job related duties that may be assigned from time to time.
• Implement and conforms to all established environmental management system.
• Support the implemented environmental management system.
• Comply with all applicable procedures and legal and other requirements.
• Comply with Takasago Group's Charter of Corporate Behaviour and Code of Conduct.

Qualifications:

• Sensory Evaluation
• Ability to design and execute qualitative and quantitative consumer and product research studies
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Creative thinker
• Proactive and Independent Researcher
• Team Player