Fragrance Development Coordinator

New York, NY, US

Hybrid

The FDM Coordinator plays a key role in the Fine Fragrance creative process by directly supporting the entire FDM team activity and indirectly supporting a number of tangential functions including Perfumers, Marketing, / Communications, Sales and Consumer Insights.

A highlight of this role is the gathering, tracking, classifying, communicating and distributing of regional market products, new launches and product information to the internal creation teams across the globe.

In addition, the FDM coordinator provides a variety of admin support to the FDM group for both internal and external needs, giving him / her exposure to and knowledge of a diverse range of clients, projects, platforms, tools and skills.

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Your key responsibilities

• Manage new fragrance launches and be the key contact for fine fragrance purchasing, researching, tracking and sharing of new launch information, coordinating their olfactive classifications and uploading the new information to internal databases.
• Be the key local contact for international affiliates with regards to market products, references, sample exchanges, market tests and olfactive tools.
• Support the FDM Team with administrative responsibilities, such as Collection maintenance, pulling fragrances from product room, making samples of new launches, maintaining the fragrance refrigerators, requesting office supplies, preparing materials for olfactive trainings and wearing fragrances for FDMs and perfumers to evaluate.

Occasional additional admin support requested for other functions include sampling, expert panel involvement and office merchandising.

• Provide administrative and secretarial support to the VP FF Development, including team and VP calendar coordination; Utilize various software applications, relational databases, statistical packages and light graphic design to assemble, and format data and / or reports.
• Potential opportunity to independently manage fragrance development projects once the fundamentals of the role are mastered.

For example, the FDM coordinator may be responsible for choosing fragrances from collection, conducting modification work with perfumers and interacting with clients, in order to prepare them for the next step as an Assistant FDM trainee position.

We bring

• High challenge and high reward environment
• Culture that values diversity, where people are at the heart of the company
• Opportunity to work for a company that cares about the environment, setting and achieving ambitious sustainability objectives
• A firm belief that working together with our customers is the key to achieving great things
• An eagerness to be one team and learn from each other to bring progress to life and create a better future
• We offer competitive pay, career growth opportunities, and outstanding benefit programs

You bring

• A Bachelor’s degree or are working towards a Bachelor’s degree
• Any experience at a fragrance house or a retail brand is appreciated (not a must).
• Hard work ethic with a passion for fragrance
• Team player with a positive attitude
• Organized, able to multi-task, while maintaining a strong attention to detail

Last updated : 2024-03-24