Category Expert (Contract, On‑Demand) — Food / Natural Ingredients & Fragrance/Beauty (Aroma Chemicals & Essential Oils)
We are looking for a senior category expert (15+ years) to fine‑tune existing approaches and provide consulting and best‑practice guidance across two areas:
- Food / Natural Ingredients (e.g., vanilla, citrus/bergamot, botanicals, extracts, cultures/probiotics)
- Fragrance/Beauty (aroma chemicals & essential oils)
This is a mature environment—the focus is on review & refinement rather than building processes from scratch (no SRM setup).
Key Responsibilities (Food / Natural Ingredients)
- Review and fine‑tune current sourcing/selection approaches for priority natural ingredients.
- Provide pragmatic consulting and best practices on supplier choices, ways of working, and decision criteria.
- Offer senior insights on risk awareness and options (at a high level).
- Summarize recommendations in clear, executive‑ready PowerPoint slides.
- Work in short iterations with light touch check‑ins.
Key Responsibilities (Fragrance/Beauty — Aroma Chemicals & Essential Oils)
- Review and fine‑tune current sourcing/selection approaches for aroma chemicals and essential oils.
- Provide pragmatic consulting and best practices tailored to a mature setup.
- Offer senior insights on feasible options and improvements (at a high level).
- Summarize recommendations in clear, executive‑ready PowerPoint slides.
- Work in short iterations with light touch check‑ins.
What You Bring
- 15+ years of experience as a senior category expert in one or both areas (Food/Naturals; Fragrance/Beauty).
- Track record of fine‑tuning established approaches and advising teams with best practices (including sustainability ideas where relevant).
- Ability to distill guidance into concise, actionable PowerPoint outputs.
- English is sufficient; familiarity with Sievo and Ciruto is a plus.
Engagement Details
- Contract, on‑demand; initially up to 15 hours per expert.
- Approx. 10 weeks with possibility to extend.
- Remote; optional 1–2 hours remote pitch Q&A in January if needed.