Senior Manager, Product Development

Our client, a haircare brand, is looking for a Senior Manager, Product Development to join their team on a freelance basis, ASAP!

Responsibilities
- Support Director in the development, management, and execution of overall Hair & Body category strategy and product development.
- Meet regularly with raw material houses and vendors to discuss new innovations and ingredients. Concept opportunities for launches, obtain samples and manage development of formulations.
- Manage all elements required for concept, benchmark and usage testing.
- Manages financial analysis for all projects
- Assist in development of COG estimates in partnership with Finance and liaise with cross-functional teams throughout development cycle to manage updates and ensure product feasibility.
- Partner closely with marketing to propose and align on final concept, formulation story, and claims.
- Prepare all briefing and materials to initiate program development with vendors and teams, including but not limited to: sales and marketing, creative, PR, digital, merchandising, education.
- Manage formula story and claims throughout development cycle, communicating with marketing, vendors, labs and regulatory to ensure information accuracy and overall alignment.
- Manage lab, pilot, and production bulk approvals between our labs and our vendors, ensuring timeliness and accuracy of formula parameters from a PD perspective.


Qualifications
- BS/BA, with 7-10 years relevant work experience, ideally in product development of cosmetics and/or personal care with strong background and interest in formulation development.
- Chemistry degree preferred but not required.
- Strong analytical and project management skills required.
- A thorough understanding of the development cycle, being interwoven with package design, sales and advertising, industrialization and manufacturing.
- Excellent organizational skills, ability to handle multiple tasks under tight deadlines

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Please submit your resume for consideration!