Givaudan is a global industry leader creating game-changing innovations in food and beverage, and inspiring creations in the world of scent and beauty.
With our heritage stretching back over 250 years, we have a long history of innovating scents and tastes. From your favorite drink to your daily meal, from prestige perfumes to cosmetics and laundry care, our creations inspire emotions and delight millions of consumers the world over.
Our purpose of ‘creating for happier, healthier lives with love for nature’ shows our commitment to driving purpose-led, long-term growth with the intention of increasing our positive impact on the world by innovating sustainable solutions while showing our love for nature and leading the way to improve happiness and health for people.
Our expanding market presence brings us closer to our local and regional customers and gives us greater capability to serve these customers through a global workforce that is dedicated to establishing and maintaining true partnerships. We have more than 181 locations in 50 countries worldwide with over 77 production sites, of whom, 32 located in the Europe, Africa, Middle East region, 22 in Asia Pacific, 12 in North America and 11 in Latin America.
We maintain our leadership position by challenging ourselves daily, inspiring our partnerships across the globe and serving our customers with heart and soul.
With our two business activities, Taste & Wellbeing and Fragrance & Beauty, we provide customers with a broad range of solutions that match consumer demands for clean label, organic and natural ingredients in addition to being their creative partner of choice. Our value proposition reflects the Company’s purpose of creating for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature.
Touching people’s lives ten times per day
Together with our customers in the food, beverage, consumer goods and fragrance industries, we create products that delight consumers the world over. From your favorite drink to your daily meal, from prestige perfumes to laundry care, Givaudan is there, inviting you to engage your senses, every day, enjoying moments of delight.
Committed to innovation and sustainable growth
With our heritage stretching back over 250 years, we have a long history of creating and innovating scents and tastes. Our creations inspire every day emotions and delight millions of consumers the world over.
We are at the forefront of innovation, with 10% of annual turnover invested in research, exploring and uncovering new and exciting ingredients and technologies to add to our vast palettes and portfolios.
Co-creation and collaboration with customers and partners enable us to innovate and develop game-changing products and solutions. We have a global co-innovation network of accelerators and incubators, enabling us to leverage the entrepreneurial and innovative ideas that start-ups have to offer. In addition, we partner with many of the prominent players in the industry to expand and augment innovative thinking, and accelerate the pace and quality of ideation with key suppliers.
We are committed to driving purpose-led, long-term growth with the intention of increasing our positive impact on the world by innovating sustainable solutions while showing our love for nature and leading the way to improve happiness and health for people.
Our digital ambition:
We take every opportunity to harness the opportunities available in our increasingly interconnected world. We continue to invest in our digital capabilities throughout the value chain, including artificial intelligence, robotic process automation and traceability.
Likewise, we also use technology to learn more about consumer behaviors and thus offer customer-relevant innovations that promote collaboration and data exchange.
Key figures 2020
Givaudan Group 2020 full year sales were CHF 6,322 million, an increase of 4.0% on a like-for-like basis¹ and 1.9% in Swiss francs when compared to 2019.
5 things to know before submitting your application
1. Do you accept spontaneous applications?
We do NOT accept any spontaneous applications via email or paper. The best thing to do is to create yourself a profile in our job portal. That way, Givaudan recruiters can access it and potentially contact you if they see a match with a future opportunity.
2. How can my CV stand out?
Keep your CV concise and highlight relevant skills and experiences for the role, e.g. matching job requirements. Same language as the job.
3. What happens after I send my application?
Once we receive your application, the following process will be applied:
4. How can I best prepare for an interview?
You can make some research about us via our website, check our news on social media, and practice summarizing why you are the best candidate for the role. Define your motivations.
5. It didn’t work out this time around, what can I do?
If your application was not successful, we recommend that you subscribe to our job alert system via your candidate profile through our job portal. Here you can find a quick guide on how to do so. That way, you will be notified as soon as another matching opportunity arises. Also, by following us on social media you will be notified on our news and opportunities.
Are you ready to impact your world?