Product Development Specialist, Makeup

Estée Lauder Companies•New York, NY

14d

About The Position

This role is responsible for contributing to all phases of new product development and product reformulation processes from concept to consumer. This individual must be innovative and creative with a keen awareness of global color and industry trends. This position requires a solid understanding of product development fundamentals with an expertise in prestige color cosmetics along with the ability to apply strategic thinking throughout ideation and conceptualization.

Requirements

Minimum 3 years color prestige color cosmetics product development experience
Passionate about the beauty industry
Demonstrated skills with project management and knowledge of new product development lifecycle
Ability to execute under accelerated timeframes and quickly adapts to change in priorities
Proven ability to take complicated information and summarize the key messages for a variety of audiences
Ability to work in a fast⁃paced, often⁃changing, collaborative environment
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with exceptional interpersonal skills

Responsibilities

Follow trends, recent competitive launches & research ingredient stories to create competitive analysis to ensure all project ideas/concepts meet the brand's key identity, as well as stays relevant in a vast and growing industry
Track & take notes in all meetings for internal & external team alignment and reference
Assist team with pulling shade prototypes and lineups for programs
Attend vendor presentations & assist team with evaluating all samples
Contribute to tracking all stages of new product development from concepting, brief writing, communicating with lab on submissions, communicating with internal/crossfunctional stakeholders on development, evaluating submissions, formula approval and through commercialization
Log, label and organize all product submissions
Coordinate and organize clinical and sensory test samples
Coordinate and organize Internal Panel Tests
Pull products and set up for all meeting requests
Evaluate all 1st Production batches and re⁃establish Production Standards
Evaluate all finished goods retains to ensure quality is on par
Create and present Seasonal Mood boards to Senior Management
May be required to travel to labs internationally and domestically to help establish and approve shade lineups
Review product swatches, product application & product imagery with the Photography team to ensure that it is accurate and representative
Provide/find Pantones, Shade Descriptions for all Complexion programs
Lead and coordinate all sampling needs
Purchasing and maintaining the competitive library