Strategy & Business Development Analyst (m/f/d)

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with passion and creativity, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions. There’s much to learn and many to learn from, with more than 16,000 employees around the world to explore ideas and ambitions with. Every day, your talent, your innovative spirit, and your determination will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.

We are looking for a Strategy & Business Development Analyst to join our team. You will play a crucial part in overseeing the landscape of the Food & Beverage Ingredients industry. You will develop insights, reports, and recommendations to guide strategic development plans and craft strategies.

You will be based in Kemptthal and report directly to the Director of Strategy and Business Development.

You will:

Landscaping & Business Assessments:

• Conduct comprehensive landscape studies and market reports to support strategic projects
• Enhance landscaping and market understanding within the food and beverage ingredients sector
• Assess value chains to identify opportunities for growth in the Taste & Wellbeing (T&W) area

Company Profiling:

• Perform in-depth analyses of selected companies of interest to Givaudan
• Draw conclusions about the companies on their strategic fit with Givaudan

M&A Support:

• Help with M&A plans by scouting and selecting potential targets
• Manage the M&A company database, ensuring a pipeline of targets
• Provide recommendations to support informed decision-making

Strategy Development:

• Produce insightful reports on strategic plans through market analysis and opportunity identification
• Facilitate strategy/business development projects, develop global strategies and contribute to the execution of T&W strategy

Your professional profile includes:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Economics, or a related field
• Experience with strategy, business development, or market analysis
• At least 1 year Food & Beverage Ingredients knowledge required
• Passionate about analytics and the experienced to summarize complex information into applicable insights
• Strategic mindset, business savvy, detail orientated and agile
• Expert in communication and presenting to convey findings to important stakeholders
• Experience in data analysis tools and market research methodologies
• Business fluent in English; of advantage additional language skills

Your benefits in Kemptthal:

• Excellent opportunities for progressive learning and development
• 40 hour working week
• 1 remote working day per week
• Additional paid days off
• Favorable pension fund contributions
• Subsidized meals in the Staff restaurant
• Sport and leisure club (amenities/showers on site)
• Discounts at the company shop
• Subsidized: REKA vouchers and SBB half fare travelcard
• Worldwide private accident coverage and free choice of hospital
• Worldwide private accident insurance
• Additional family/education allowance

Every essence of you enriches our world.
Givaudan is committed to equal opportunities. Therefore, we welcome applications regardless of cultural and social background, gender, age, religion or sexual identity.
We also have a safe working environment, progressive working conditions and are certified as an equal pay employer.