Associate, Global Product Development, MAC

ELC Beauty LLC•New York, NY

About The Position

The Associate, Global Product Development is responsible for contributing to all phases of new product development and product reformulation, from concept through consumer. The role calls for innovation, creativity, awareness of global color and industry trends, a solid understanding of product development fundamentals, and expertise in prestige color cosmetics. The Associate applies strategic thinking throughout ideation and conceptualization.

Requirements

Minimum of 3 years of prestige color cosmetics product development experience.
Passion for the beauty industry.
Demonstrated project management skills and knowledge of the new product development lifecycle.
Ability to execute under accelerated timeframes and adapt quickly to changing priorities.
Ability to summarize complicated information into key messages for varied audiences.
Ability to work in a fast-paced, frequently changing, collaborative environment.
Excellent written and verbal communication and exceptional interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

Follow trends, recent competitive launches, and ingredient stories; create competitive analyses to ensure concepts fit the brand identity and remain relevant to the industry.
Track and take notes during meetings for internal and external team alignment and reference.
Assist with pulling shade prototypes and program lineups.
Attend vendor presentations and help evaluate samples.
Track new product development stages, including concepting, brief writing, lab submissions, stakeholder communications, submission evaluation, formula approval, and commercialization.
Log, label, and organize product submissions.
Coordinate and organize clinical and sensory test samples.
Coordinate and organize internal panel tests.
Pull products and prepare them for meeting requests.
Evaluate first production batches and re-establish production standards.
Evaluate finished-goods retains to ensure quality standards are met.
Create and present seasonal mood boards to senior management.
Travel to domestic and international labs when required to help establish and approve shade lineups.
Review product swatches, application, and imagery with the Photography team for accuracy and representativeness.
Provide or find Pantones and shade descriptions for complexion programs.
Lead and coordinate sampling needs.
Purchase and maintain the competitive library.