Product Developer Beauty Skincare

SUMMARY

Our client is hiring a Product Developer Beauty Skincare to join the team.

A suitable candidate should be a motivated and multi-skilled individual that meets the requirements of the role.

DUTIES TO INCLUDE

• Work with the Product Development team alongside the Design & Development Manager on all New Product Development.
• Researching competitors and consumers need to create new product concepts and briefs, working from new developments through to bulk production.
• Organising testing of all new samples, planning testing strategies and sending updates to factories on samples received.
• Creating visual reports of new product progress and presenting these to a wider team, including CEOs, and retailers.
• Managing and guiding the Product Development Assistant to help support processes.
• Study upstream the technical, timing and economic feasibility of Marketing briefs and Operations briefs.
• Formalise the definition of the products to be developed.
• Communicate regularly on project status and alert management and businesses on risks.
• Organize and chair meetings to convince, motivate and federate internal and external interlocutors around projects.
• Mobilize the different stakeholders on the project and carry out the necessary chasing.
• Responsible for discrepancies regarding timings, costs or quality versus the committed.

KEY REQUIREMENTS

ESSENTIAL

• A passion and understanding of the beauty industry and the various demands in this industry.
• High attention to detail and strong organisational skills.
• A positive mindset and a can-do attitude.
• Experience in product development processes: brief, product specifications, estimated prices, standards, artworks, resourcing planning.
• Knowledge of technologies: packaging, formula, manufacturing and packaging process.
• Experienced user of project planning software and managing multiple projects.
• Strong experience working in a cross-functional organization structure.

DESIRABLE

• Experience in risk evaluation techniques.
• Master’s degree or equivalent.