Marketing Director FFE IMAT

Job Title: Marketing Director, Fine Fragrance Experience

Location: Work Location: Dubai, UAE

In this role you will lead the regional management of Marketing and Consumer Insights. This includes but is not limited to regional responsibility to grow the business and profitability by ensuring the regional team develops strong local/ regional insights and marketing strategies that can effectively feed and strengthen the general fine fragrance strategies. You will lead and supervise the regional/ local implementation of those strategies with excellence, managing and developing a team. You will define the marketing strategy including events throughout the year to support the differentiation of the company.

We are looking for an agile and experienced marketing leader, with the ability to flexibly manage, communicate, and inspire at all levels internally and externally, and achieve objectives within a highly creative and fast-moving team environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare and present the corresponding budget, accountable for its execution once approved
• Support growth strategies and contribute to differentiate dsm-firmenich by offering our clients a strong marketing expertise to support creation and launch of best fragrances
• Continuously develop and maintain above expertise collaborating with our creative centers in Paris, New York and Shanghai
  
  

We bring

• A collaborative and high-performance work environment where teams work together to bring progress to life and create a better future
• Collaboration with experts in fragrances raw materials, fragrance creation and development, fragrance innovation and beauty to drive progress
• Opportunity to build a career making a significant impact on billions of lives, with the freedom to shape your own path.
• Work in very close proximity to our business in a global and intercultural environment
• A flexible work environment that empowers people to take accountability for their work and own the outcome
• A space to grow by encouraging and supporting curiosity and an open mindset
  
  

You bring

• Bachelors or Masters degree or equivalent (business administration, economics, marketing, science...)
• Minimum 15 years of marketing experience in the fine fragrance industry or beauty and luxury brands and markets with high passion for trends, brands, products and fragrance
• Proven track record in sales and creative marketing in the fragrance/cosmetic luxury industry
• Demonstrated leadership driving dynamic growth and high impact business and strategic results
• Strong business acumen with good understanding of financial parameters (such as Gross margin, commercial margin, Ebitda, etc)
• Proven track record establishing strong client relationships and creating value
• Excellent interpersonal and communications skills and ability to work with diverse clients and team members at all levels
• Strong analytical skills, problem analysis and resolution at both strategic and functional levels
• Own the outcome by driving collective impact with high sense of accountability. Stimulate change and embrace diverse views.
• Shape the future by having an open mind set, pushing boundaries to foster innovation and curiosity. Solutions oriented harnessing collective input.
• High focus on value delivery and process improvement to meet customer needs
• Act with unity and inclusion, create a safe environment where people thrive
  
  

About Dsm-firmenich

At dsm-firmenich, we don’t just meet expectations – we go beyond them.

Join our global team powered by science, creativity, and a shared purpose: to bring progress to life.

From elevating health to making fortified food and sustainable skincare, the impact of your work here will be felt by millions – every single day. Whether it’s fragrance that helps you focus, alternative meat that’s better for the planet, or reducing sugar without losing flavor, this is where you help shape the future of nutrition, health, and beauty for everyone, everywhere.

And while you’re making a difference, we’ll make sure you’re growing too. With learning that never stops, a culture that lifts you up and the freedom to move across businesses, teams, and borders. Your voice matters here. And your ideas? They’re essential to our future. Because real progress only happens when we go beyond, together.

Our Application Process

Interested in this position? Please apply on-line by uploading your resume in English via our career portal (www.dsm-firmenich.com/careers). For further information, please contact Maria Roman, Talent Acquisition Business Partner (maria.roman@dsm-firmenich.com).

Inclusion, Belonging And Equal Opportunity Statement

At dsm-firmenich, we believe being a force for good starts with the way we treat each other. When people feel supported, included, and free to be themselves, they do their best work – and that’s exactly the kind of culture we’re building. A place where opportunity is truly equal, authenticity is celebrated, and everyone has the chance to grow, contribute, and feel they belong.

We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and we’re serious about making our hiring process as fair and inclusive as possible. From inclusive language and diverse interview panels to thoughtful sourcing, we’re committed to reflecting the world we serve.

We welcome candidates from all backgrounds — no matter your gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or anything else that makes you, you.

And if you have a disability or need any support through the application process, we’re here to help – just let us know what you need, and we’ll do everything we can to make it work.

Agency Statement

We’re managing this search directly at dsm-firmenich. If you’re applying as an individual, we’d love to hear from you. We’re not accepting agency submissions or proposals involving fees or commissions for this role.

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