Product Development Manager

**PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT MANAGER - COSMETICS**
- A progressive team, who have a strong work ethic and entrepreneurial spirit
- Opportunity for an experienced cosmetics/beauty Product Developer to join an industry leader
- End to end management of product lifecycle & analysis

**Are you passionate about beauty?**

We have an exciting opportunity to join Australia’s fastest-growing beauty brands as our Product Development Manager. This is a full-time role based out of our HQ in Sydney.

About Us

For more than 20 years, we’ve been thinking in pink. Our heritage brand ModelCo is beloved for our innovative, on-trend colour cosmetics and award winning self-tanning solutions. MCoBeauty is Australia’s leading luxe-for-less, cruelty-free and vegan beauty brand, the global viral sellout success story behind Woolworths’ #1 top-selling mascara, XtendLash. We’re proud to deliver innovative beauty solutions that are on-trend, affordable and deliver premium results. We’re a dynamic team of hard workers, passionate about making beauty fun, relatable and accessible for everyone.

This is an opportunity for a talented and confident individual to be part of a team who embraces your creativity. You must live and breathe beauty and cosmetics product, have amazing attention to detail and thrive in a fast
- paced environment.

**Tasks include but are not limited to**:

- Work with CEO and Marketing and Retail Managers to develop an innovative NPD strategy and pipeline on a 6 month cycle.
- Responsible for the NPD calendar and producing all launches on time and within budget.
- Identify, source and develop on brand product concepts for new product ranges
- Manage all phases of formula development, packaging and new product innovation, including all briefing, sourcing and communication with contract manufacturers, chemists and labs.
- Manage production, approvals and review batch submissions, including maintaining an archive of library of samples of prior packaging and retain production samples -including approvals.
- Introduce the business to a network of global beauty manufacturers and establish relationships with existing third party suppliers and laboratories to develop best-in-class formulas
- Manage timelines to ensure delivery, correct allocation to retailers and on time launch.
- Develop COGS worksheets for all new launches or product changes including product forecast and inventory requirements.
- Oversee all stock management requirements and develop plans to manage deletions & stock exits.
- Manage and execute on all stock write-offs as approved by CEO.
- Complete product evaluation, planning and forecasting for all new launches
- Adhere to quality control standards, policies and procedures including consumer testing.
- Attend innovation tradeshows - locally and globally.
- Liaise with local and international authorities to register and then monitor the registration of products throughout their lifecycle
- Ensure product registrations are complete in-time for product launches

**Financials**
- Manage reporting on all financials for the ModelCo product range - including a pricing strategy.
- Responsible for achieving sales and COGS targets for ModelCo Brands.
- Confidently negotiate cost of goods to get the best outcome for the business
- Managing within product sampling budget and achieving and reporting on product sampling initiatives.
- Provide input into annual forecast for the brand and monthly reporting on progress in the monthly P&L narrative

**YOUR SUCCESS IN THIS ROLE WILL BE DEPENDENT ON THE FOLLOWING SKILLS & EXPERIENCE**:

- Experience within Skincare/ Beauty industry is a MUST
- Knowledge of manufacturing processes and NPD experiences
- Experience with product registration for global markets is beneficial
- Superior verbal and written communication skills
- Tertiary qualified
- Strong negotiating skills
- Demonstrable and impressive track record of achievement in revenue growth, management of budgets and developing relationships with agency and publisher partners
- Exceptional project management skills
- Great interpersonal communication skills and well-presented
- Effective time management and the ability to meet deadlines
- The ability to work under pressure
- Highly organized with the ability to forecast and forward plan
- An understanding of the cosmetics and general beauty industry is essential
- An instinct for style and an eye for aesthetics.
- A good communicator and can build relationships with a network of suppliers

**Company Perks**
- Competitive salary package
- Product allowance
- Fantastic collaborative company culture This role is based from our HQ based in Rosebery, NSW, with occasional travel required.

This role is based from our HQ based in Rosebery, NSW and may require interstate and overseas travel to support the expansion of the business.