Salary
💰 $86,080 - $129,120 per year
About the role
- Lead the qualification process for new product development, working cross functionally to ensure technical elements meet product action standards
- Support product development teams through R&D timeline management and deliverables
- Serve as main point of contact for Claims, Compliance & CTI project deliverables and liaise with team members to ensure timely execution
- Lead documentation management including reviewing raw material documentation and evaluating regulatory, safety, and company standards
- Design and lead trainings for cross functional partners including new brands, customers, sales teams, and new employees
- Serve as functional expert in areas such as consumer science, competitive intelligence, raw material review, or knowledge-based selling
- Manage network of 3rd party testing labs to meet quality, efficiency and cost requirements and evaluate future lab capabilities
- Design and execute consumer tests, including recruitment, sample management, data collection, analysis, result summary creation, and documentation
- Liaise with external partners and experts to design, deliver, interpret and communicate consumer trends to support product development
- Research, design, and implement product demos to support Knowledge Based Selling and yearly R&D agenda
- Lead product qualification in key categories and attend new product development activities as technical expert
- Coordinate third party testing, regulatory toxicology testing, GHS classification analysis, labeling and Safety Data Sheet generation
- Collaborate with formulation chemists, packaging engineers, regulatory affairs, Legal, Project Management and Brand Management on claims and compliance
- Design consumer, technical, and analytical studies to support product claims and create claims support standards for global use
- Lead claims development meetings, document decisions, and liaise with global leaders to ensure claims are technically and legally supported
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Scientific discipline eg. toxicology, microbiology, Biological Science, Physical Science
- Related experience (6+ years) in R&D in consumer product goods industry (ideally across different R&D functions)
- Previous experience in consumer test design is a benefit
- Strong communication skills; proven record of working well in cross functional teams
- Good analytical skills and being able to write well written reports
- Experience in managing logistically complex projects and large volumes of data
- Able to coordinate the needs of multiple functional areas simultaneously
- Able to prioritize and meet deadlines within specified time constraints
- Self-motivated with an enhanced ability to work independently
- Desire to work in a small, entrepreneurial environment and for a socially responsible business
- Strong computer skills, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Proficiency with Product Vision, electronic notebook would be a plus
- Willingness to continually embrace personal and professional development
- Travel is expected up to < 10% of the time