## Description 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. Key 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 ## Qualifications * 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