Job Description

About Us

Symrise is a global supplier of fragrances and flavors, cosmetic active ingredients as well as functional ingredients. Its customers include perfume, cosmetics, food and beverage manufacturers, the pharmaceutical industry and producers of dietary supplements and pet food.



With sales of around €5.0 billion in the 2024 financial year, the company is one of the world's leading providers. The Group, headquartered in Holzminden, Germany, has more than 100 locations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East, Asia, the USA and Latin America.



Together with its customers, Symrise develops new ideas and market-ready concepts for products that form an indispensable part of everyday life. Economic success and corporate responsibility are inextricably linked.



Symrise – always inspiring more...

Your Role

As Perfumer (m/f/d) you will be part of our Global Fragrances Ingredients Management Team consisting of 25 people including 9 perfumers. In this role you will manage the development of replacements, extenders and solutions for critical raw materials as well as the harmonization of raw materials and formula for acquisitions as well as formula reworks.

This requistition is a fulltime position to be located in our global Headquarter in Holzminden, Germany.


You oversee internal and external customer support for renewability, naturals & synthetics development, QC issues, production issues and complaint management. You are the first point of contact for raw material questions related to regulatory, research, shared raw materials, AI, stock optimizations, REACH and many more. You manage formula reworks of existing business for legal compliance, stop of raw material productions, portfolio cleanings etc. You are part of our team raw materials and fragrance evaluations e.g. new raw materials, triangular tests. You are responsible for your dedicated customers where you will be the technical point of contact.

About You

You are a certified perfumer with 3-5 years of working experience. You have broad knowledge about raw materials in the perfumery industry and their pysical and chemical characteristics. You are experienced in formulations and interactions in different applications. You are conscious about regulatory and the safety of the products. You are an experienced project manager skilled in projectmanagement tools. You have a stress resistent mindset and are able to work in a constantly changing environment in regards to priorization. You are fluent in both written and verbal English and ideally have a good command of another major language such as French.

Our Offer

Become part of our open and transparent culture. It will give you the opportunity to flourish and to develop inspiring experiences that contribute to the health and well-being of consumers in 160 countries around the world. Putting our employees in the focus fuels our strong company growth above market rates and makes us an excellent place to develop your career.

Come join us and embark on a fascinating journey with Symrise.

If you feel that you fit the above criteria, then please apply by using our online application system. Your application will be treated confidentially.




Job Reference: EA03339