Sales Lead Global Consumer Brands

Lead Global Perfumery & Beauty Commercial Strategy

Step into a high-impact global leadership role to lead and grow one of our strategic customer partnerships for the Europe, India, Middle East, and Africa regions. You will shape the commercial agenda, strengthen senior-level client relationships, and mobilize cross-functional teams to deliver sustainable growth across Perfumery & Beauty. This position requires a strategic, commercially driven leader who can translate account priorities into winning opportunities, build trusted partnerships, and drive execution with excellence across regions and categories.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and lead the commercial strategy for the account across Europe, India, and the Middle East, translating customer priorities, market dynamics, and growth ambitions into clear plans, value creation initiatives, and measurable business outcomes.
• Own the end-to-end commercial agenda, including business planning, pipeline management, results delivery, contract negotiations, risk management, and execution of major strategic initiatives.
• Build and maintain trusted relationships with key client stakeholders regionally, positioning the company as a preferred strategic partner through strong customer intimacy, proactive business development, and excellent service delivery.
• Lead cross-functional collaboration across Sales, Fragrance Development, Creation, Consumer Insights, Marketing, Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, and Legal to deliver superior solutions, fast execution, and consistent global account governance.
• Drive innovation and portfolio growth by identifying new business opportunities, shaping proactive value propositions, and ensuring strong delivery from brief to adoption across relevant categories and markets.
• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team, creating clarity on priorities, strengthening collaboration across geographies, and fostering a performance culture focused on growth, accountability, and customer excellence.

What We Bring

• A strategic role with visibility and influence across the organization.
• The opportunity to shape growth with a leading global consumer goods company through creativity, science, innovation, and strong commercial partnership.
• A collaborative and entrepreneurial environment where you can mobilize global teams and make a tangible impact on the Perfumery & Beauty business.
• A strong platform to further develop leadership, global account management, and strategic commercial capabilities.
• Competitive base salary, variable compensation plans, and an attractive set of benefits.
• The chance to work with outstanding talents across Sales, Creation, Fragrance Development, Consumer Insights, Research, Marketing, and Operations.

What You Bring

• Bachelor's or master's degree or equivalent in business administration, science, or a related field, with strong experience in strategic sales, account management, or commercial leadership within fragrance, beauty, consumer goods, or related industries.
• Proven track record leading complex key accounts, ideally with exposure to large multinational consumer goods customers.
• Strong commercial acumen and ability to deliver profitable growth, manage business complexity, and make sound decisions based on customer, market, and financial insights.
• Excellent negotiation, influencing, and stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to engage senior internal and external leaders.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and develop teams, build collaboration across cultures and geographies.
• Customer-centric mindset with a passion for building long-term partnerships, anticipating customer needs, and delivering excellence at pace.
• Strategic thinking, resilience, and strong execution discipline, with the ability to connect the big picture to clear priorities and tangible results.
• Fluent English communication skills; additional languages such as French are a strong plus.

About Us

We don't just meet expectations; we go beyond them. Join our global team powered by science, creativity, and a shared purpose to bring progress to life. From elevating health to making fortified food and sustainable skincare, the impact of your work here will be felt by millions every single day. Whether it is fragrance that helps you focus, alternative meat that is better for the planet, or reducing sugar without losing flavor, this is where you help shape the future of nutrition, health, and beauty for everyone, everywhere.

While you are making a difference, we ensure you are growing too. With learning that never stops, a culture that lifts you up, and the freedom to move across businesses, teams, and borders, your voice matters here. Your ideas are essential to our future because real progress only happens when we go beyond, together.

We believe being a force for good starts with the way we treat each other. When people feel supported, included, and free to be themselves, they do their best work. We are building a place where opportunity is truly equal, authenticity is celebrated, and everyone has the chance to grow, contribute, and feel they belong. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and are serious about making our hiring process as fair and inclusive as possible. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds, no matter your gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or anything else that makes you, you.