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.