Design Producer
Glydways
Product Development Manager
R+Co
full-time
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Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States • California
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💰 $90,000 - $110,000 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Manage development of O/S projects from ideation through approval including but not limited to competitive analysis, benchmarking, product brief creation, ingredient selection, shade proposals, submission tracking and timeline management
- Ideate with PD and Packaging on new concepts
- Work closely with labs to create blue-sky concepts and present back to PD and Packaging Team
- Exploration of new ingredient stories and PODs
- Travel onsite for development and approvals
- Participate and lead discussions in weekly PD strategy meetings
- Participate and lead in quarterly dream sessions
- Evaluate submissions and provide timely feedback to vendors
- Build and maintain product data sheets from concept to product launch stage
- Lead Trend Forecasting and present data to internal teams
- Oversee maintenance and updating of all standards and benchmarks
- Evaluate all batch submissions and support finished goods approvals
- Organized tracking of all submissions, standards, and approvals. Organized PD storage. Send timely feedback on lab submissions and production batches
- Build and maintain effective and strong relationships with contract manufacturers and 3rd party vendors
- Create development timelines including all essential creative and execution milestones
- Support consumer and clinical testing along with copy substantiation
- Manage stability testing samples and deadlines
- Support weekly vendor and NPD status on behalf of PD
- Lead product education sessions for all new launches for internal teams
- Collaborate with Packaging Team through all stages of product development
- Work with Marketing to build product copy and go-to-market materials
- Work with Sales to build education materials
- Work with Regulatory & Legal for all claims and name approvals
- PD support for cross-functional teams (ie photoshoots, education material, customer service questions, etc)
- Evaluate root cause analysis with quality complaints
- Help address social and customer service questions related to product
- Spearhead all internal formula and shade testing and model testing
- Organized tracking of all feedback and development stages
- Managing and communicating status of all projects during weekly cross-functional meetings
- Oversee comp requests and tracker for internal team and retailer meetings
- Work with Marketing to prepare pricing analysis and recommendations
- Attend industry trade shows and vendor presentations. Present to internal team. Provide competitive and trend insights to the PD team and cross functionally
- Partner with Packaging team to assist in component development
- Managing product inventory for PD Team
- Manage the PD rooms, retains and product trays
Requirements
- 4+ years' relevant work experience within product development
- Being passionate about beauty is an understatement
- Innovation mindset. Not afraid to push the boundaries.
- Strong eye for color and ability to communicate with chemists
- Understanding of timely execution to maintain launch timelines
- Excellent work ethic, with the ability to be a self-starter and manage up
- Must be organized, detail oriented, resourceful, and adept at prioritizing and working on multiple projects at once to meet timelines
- Ability to work in fast-paced, often-changing collaborative environment and ability to pivot when needed
- Leads with respect and empathy
- Values open communication and honesty
- Strong interpersonal skills + strong team player
- Hardworking and willingness to help others
- Domestic & international travel required
- Makeup artist or beauty advisor experience is a plus
- Cosmetic chemist or contract manufacturer experience is a plus
