Marketing Specialist

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with passion and creativity, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions. Every day, your talent, your innovative spirit, and your determination will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.

Your future position? Are you a creative and commercially minded marketer? This 12-month maternity cover opportunity within Givaudan's UK F&B commercial team offers a unique chance to work at the heart of the fragrance and beauty industry partnering with local brands and shaping ideas that touch millions of consumers every day. Reporting directly to the UK Local & Regional Sales Director, you'll collaborate closely with Local & Regional Account Managers and your fellow Marketing Specialist, bringing together trends, insight, and client needs to deliver inspiring marketing solutions. You'll gain hands-on exposure to strategic marketing, customer partnerships, and the day-to-day coordination that ensures projects run smoothly. From crafting presentations to managing administrative tasks and timelines. This role offers a rich mix of creative and practical experience that will deepen your marketing expertise and prepare you for future growth opportunities within the field, an ideal next step for someone seeking to build toward roles such as Marketing Manager over time.

Your main responsibilities will be:

• Collaborate and connect – Work with the Sales Director, Account Managers, and your Marketing Specialist colleague to deliver impactful marketing presentations for UK and regional clients.
• Customer Interface – deliver online and face-to-face presentations, real engagement with customers.
• Translate trends into ideas – Monitor fragrance, beauty, and lifestyle developments and transform insights into engaging concepts and tailored customer stories.
• Create and communicate – Design persuasive, visually engaging materials that showcase Givaudan's creativity and innovative client solutions.
• Think strategically and act practically – Contribute to portfolio reviews and product gap analyses, supporting solutions that meet client and market need.
• Manage multiple projects – Coordinate activities and deadlines across our broad customer base and categories, maintaining strong organisation and proactive communication.

This role is ideal for someone seeking to broaden their marketing experience in a creative, and fast-moving environment gaining confidence, responsibility, and impact.

Your professional profile includes:

• A degree in Marketing, Business, or Design, or equivalent experience.
• At least 2 years' marketing experience in a B2B environment (fragrance, beauty, or FMCG is beneficial).
• Advanced PowerPoint with design abilities and a keen eye for storytelling through visuals.
• A collaborative and open mindset.
• Energy, curiosity, contribute ideas, and take ownership of projects.
• Genuine passion for fragrance and beauty trends and how consumers connect with them.

Benefits:

• 25 days holiday per year plus bank holiday.
• Flexi time.
• Discount Club with many retailers.
• Free parking.

At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people. You work within an inspiring teamwork culture – where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions. Diversity drives innovation and creates closer connections with our employees, customers and partners. Givaudan embraces diversity and is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone impacts our world.