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Phaxis · 1 week ago

Director, Product Development

Port Washington, NY

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

8+ years exp

Phaxis is seeking an experienced Product Development Director for a leading company in the beauty industry. The role involves overseeing the entire product lifecycle from design to launch, ensuring it meets customer and business needs while collaborating with various teams across the globe.

DeliveryHuman ResourcesStaffing Agency

Responsibilities

Manage and coordinate communication with design, R&D, and production teams in the U.S., Korea, and China

Orchestrate the end-to-end product development process by collaborating with all departments involved to ensure operational excellence, both for new products and changes to existing products

Creates unique color concepts, based on color & trend forecasting

Identifies formula and shade prototypes and manages briefs to R&D

Manages Formula Evaluation & Stability: track and evaluate all internal and external formulas, providing assessment and redirection where needed

Translates R&I platform technologies into consumer relevant ideas/benefits/RTB

Attends key trade shows for emerging innovations to identify breakthrough product, package or trend opportunity

Leads comprehensive analysis on both category and segments to determine overall product & shade trends and white space opportunities

Collects consumer and market insights and findings for formula, design, and shade development

Oversee the design and manufacture and plan how to market and promote the product

Market research and generate ideas for products based on market research

Plan and manage product development schedule

Assess competitors and product market data

Provide management with analyses and reports

Specify and oversee the research and product/consumer test needed

Qualification

Product DevelopmentMarket ResearchData AnalysisMicrosoft Office SuiteERP/PLM ExperiencePassion for BeautyFashionBilingual in KoreanEnglishDetail OrientedCritical Thinking

Required

8+ years of experience in a similar role for a beauty, cosmetics, fashion, or related business

Experience utilizing Market insights and consolidating various research into learning (insightful summaries); Synthetizing multiple data sets into one cohesive story

Curate and create highly impactful presentations of insights (articulate, strategic, self-motivated)

Detail oriented

Passion for beauty, fashion, knowledge on the category

Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite, Google Suite, ERP/PLM experience

Well-organized and self-driven individual, passionate about streamlined processes and quality products

Must be a critical thinker and have an interest in innovation

Drive to create groundbreaking products, and success

Data-driven method for decision-making using KPIs and metrics