New Product Development Manager
22 hours ago
City of London
Assistant NPD Manager As the Assistant NPD Manager for our fragrance brand, you will play a crucial role in supporting the New Product Development team in bringing innovative and high-quality fragrance products to market. You will work closely with cross-functional teams, including External fragrance house, Marketing, Packaging, and Regulatory Affairs, to ensure the successful development and launch of new fragrance products. Key Responsibilities: PRODUCT IDEATION AND CONCEPT GENERATION • Collaborate with the head of NPD to plan and execute the entire new product development process from concept ideation to product launch., • Daily research of blogs and competitor websites for delivery of a monthly Innovation Report (innovation in makeup, skincare, active ingredients, packaging and broader innovation)., • Assist in creating and managing project timelines, ensuring that all milestones are achieved within agreed deadlines., • Support the formulation and testing of new fragrance products, working closely with the fragrance house and external lab., • Assist in creating and managing project timelines, ensuring that all milestones are achieved within agreed deadlines., • Coordinate artwork brief completion, collating necessary information from all departments and suppliers., • Ensure artwork is received on time from design, • Create master product documents (1 document per product with sku, barcode, supplier, supplier code, INCI, PAO, shade description, marketing text, perfumer tips, vegan…)., • Keeping the master product documents up to date as they will be the reference documents for all departments., • Responsible for the clearly organised physical product archive (Colour approval, PPS, gold samples, batch approvals…), • Update the Adverse reactions database, • Quality incidents database update, • Place the first Purchase Order for all the NDP products and pass accurate order information to Supply Chain team for On going purchase., • Project management of all raw material purchasing from PO placement to delivery REQUIREMENT • 5+ years Experience in similar role from fragrance company is essential, • Experience in company like L'Oréal, Estee Lauder, Unilever ,Coty, etc would be a big bonus, • Bachelor degree in marketing/ business development is a must (Master degree is a bonus), • Highly analytical and sensitive with numbers., • Passion for the Beauty industry and good product knowledge., • Strong communication skills with the ability to influence at all levels effectively., • Strong project management skills and attention to detail, • Proficient in all Microsoft applications, inc Outlook, Excel, Word, etc., • Experience with data entry & multiple documents, ensuring complete detail and accuracy even when working at a speed, • Strong team player – working together and building excellent relationships internally and externally