Manager, Market and Competitive Intelligence

We are a leading chemical company, with the best teams developing intelligent solutions for our customers, and for a sustainable future.

We connect and develop people with diverse talents all over the world. For you, this means a variety of ways to progress.

Not only your performance but also your personality matter to us, regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, orientation, and background.  At BASF, careers develop from opportunities. 

Objectives of the Position

• At BASF Aroma Ingredients, we are accelerating growth through capacity expansions and portfolio strengthening in an increasingly competitive global landscape. Our ambition is to maintain and further reinforce our position as a leading global supplier of Aroma Ingredients.
• The role focuses on driving business growth by providing market and competitive intelligence across the Flavor & Fragrance (F&F) industry value chain and deeply assessing our competitors.
• Build and run an end-to-end intelligence engine, structuring intelligence, and turning data into decision-ready insight.
• Continuously monitor and assess F&F market trends, customer needs, and application developments to anticipate market shifts and support strategic decision-making.

Main Tasks

• Deliver actionable Market and Competitive Intelligence across both core and specialty ingredient portfolio. Derive strategic and tactical initiatives.
• Own end-to-end competitive intelligence framework, covering competition mapping, competitor profiles, competitor landscaping, competitor benchmarking, etc.
• Compile and synthesize market, competitive, and customer intelligence into high‑quality reports and measures.
• Be the key interface for competitive intelligence and enable knowledge transfer across relevant cross‑functional and multidisciplinary teams.

Requirements

• Minimum bachelor’s degree in science, business management, economics, or a related field.
• Experience in Market and Competitive Intelligence, product management, strategic marketing, corporate strategy, or business strategy
• Experience in developing and presenting strategic recommendations to various levels of management
• Experience in intercultural, cross-functional, and multidisciplinary environments, ideally both in a global and Asia‑focused context.
• Strong strategic thinking and entrepreneurial mindset, with strong analytical thinking required
• Excellent analytical skills & structured problem‑solving approach. Strong project management, communication, and stakeholder‑management skills, with high self‑motivation and strong organizational capabilities.
• Solid understanding of P&L and balance sheets, basic knowledge of company valuations
• Excellent command of written & spoken in Mandarin skills are a strong advantage
• Proficiency in AI-tools.