Job description
OUR CLIENT IS A BEAUTY TOOLS, NAIL POLISH AND HAIRCARE COMPANY THAT IS LOOKING FOR A STRONG PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT MANAGER and MUST BE IN LA!About the Position:
A critical member of the team, the Product Development Manager manages the product launch pipeline from concept to commercialization. We are looking for a candidate who has extensive product development experience and can demonstrate superior results in the beauty, cosmetics, personal care or related categories.
Overall responsibilities will include research and development of product and category trends, management of the contract manufacturers, recommendations for product assortment and new item launch development and planning while collaborating with cross-functional department teams to achieve deliverables including process improvement, process enhancement and COGs reduction.
Essential Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
• Generate ideas for the development of new products that are white space opportunities, on trend and add value to product assortments.
• Lead and manage product development projects through all phases of development ensuring deadlines are met and product launches occurs in a timely manner.
• Develop and communicate all timelines, costs, MOQ, formula attributes and material listings for products in development to both internal and external resources and stakeholders.
• Analyze, plan, and control product costs through the development process to ensure gross margin goals are met.
• Collect, analyze, interpret, and make recommendations from data to enable execution
Requirments
- MINIMUM of 3-5 years of experience in beauty Product Development and CURRENT
- Deep understanding of the specific details and milestones of the Product Development process from product concept to final launch
- On-site experience at manufacturers: formula development, line trials, production
- Project management experience
- Strong verbal communication and presentation skills
- Proficient in Word, Excel, Power Point
