Associate Scientist - Technical Products Research

Estée Lauder Companies•Melville, NY

10d•$70,000 - $80,000

About The Position

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. is looking for the newest member of the Technical Products Research (TPR) team to help continue to be obsessed with consumers to reimagine beauty and create breakthrough technical product solutions for generations to come. TPR is a sub-function within Research and Innovation (R&I) that focuses on early upstream consumer understanding, product benchmarking, and guiding the development of platform technology and product solutions. The role is to be the voice of the consumer in R&I’s upstream developments, generating and integrating consumer, technical and competitive landscape knowledge to guide the technical innovation teams on opportunities & implications of technical choices, and ensure holistic technical product design (formula + packaging + idea). Within the Estee Lauder Companies’ (ELC’s) Beauty Reimagined strategic vision, a key goal is to become the best consumer-centric prestige beauty company. To achieve this vision, we must put the consumer at the center of everything we do. For ELC to have increased success of our products in market, we have to know what consumers truly desire then design & deliver products to meet those needs. As a member of the TPR team, you will be instrumental in providing key information and guidance to the company to deliver against this vision. The Associate Scientist/Engineer within the TPR group in Global R&I is responsible for helping to deliver new and improved products through in-depth consumer understanding - uncovering & translating consumer beliefs, needs & desires into critical product design features and technologies, benefits, and experiential cues. This includes defining targets & acceptable ranges for product performance via consumer and technical research and understanding. They will work across sub-categories on platform & upstream research projects, working with our Advanced Technologies group, Formulation team, and Packaging & Processing innovation partners. This role is responsible for being the voice of the consumer to help guide & inform the technology innovation teams on opportunities & implications of technical choices.

Requirements

Bachelor of Engineering or Science

Responsibilities

Be the voice of the consumer in R&I’s upstream developments.
Generate and integrate consumer, technical and competitive landscape knowledge.
Guide technical innovation teams on opportunities & implications of technical choices.
Ensure holistic technical product design (formula + packaging + idea).
Uncover & translate consumer beliefs, needs & desires into critical product design features and technologies, benefits, and experiential cues.
Define targets & acceptable ranges for product performance via consumer and technical research and understanding.
Work across sub-categories on platform & upstream research projects.
Work with Advanced Technologies group, Formulation team, and Packaging & Processing innovation partners.