Product Performance Evaluation Senior Manager
Wanting to celebrate and liberate the diversity of beauty? Our Swiss R&D center is looking for a Product Performance Evaluation Senior Manager cross-category.
RESPONSIBILITIES
As our Product Performance Evaluation Senior Manager, you will ensure our products meet the highest standards of quality, efficacy, and consumer satisfaction. You will bring your expertise to define & implement the best testing strategy for each or our categories, define KPIs by product type working in close collaboration with many partners.
Your main focus:
1. Develop and implement robust methodologies for product testing, establish the consumer-based technical success criteria.
2. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product development, marketing, and regulatory affairs, to ensure alignment on product performance goals and standards.
3. Analyze and interpret data to provide actionable insights and recommendations to enhance product performance.
4. Define and execute the consumer testing strategy to develop and confirm the irresistibility of our products and confirm final readiness.
5. Develop a reliable external network of suppliers able to meet our requirements.
6. Stay abreast of industry trends, emerging technologies, and advancements in product testing methodologies, develop external collaborations to investigate new methods.
7. Mentor and develop team members, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.
Working for Coty means building brands to inspire and enable our consumers to experience the confidence and joy of expressing their beauty. It’s also working hand in hand with your partners to achieve together the impossible, fearlessly kind to self, others and the planet.
Reporting to the Senior Director of Consumer & Sensory Science, you will get to work with many partners from R&D, CMI and Marketing teams, developing robust testing plans to validate products that will ultimately delight consumers.
The Consumer & Sensory Science team consists of 10 people, from different generations, nationalities spread over two continents. All your team colleagues are focused on results and supporting each other’s to achieve our goals.
YOU ARE A COTY FIT
You, other than, have a passion for beauty, like to lead a team and projects. As an experienced Product Performance Evaluation Senior Manager, you like strategizing and working with stakeholders, and you get energy from working in a fast-paced, diverse and international environment. Other than that, you have:
8. Scientific (Biology, Cosmetic science or related) or Psychology background – master’s degree or higher.
9. 8-10 years of experience using consumer product understanding to drive the development of winning products, preferably within the beauty industry.
10. Qualitative and Quantitative Research experience is a must.
11. Proven track record of successful project management and team leadership.
12. Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex data and provide clear, actionable insights.
13. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
14. Knowledge of industry regulations and standards related to product performance.
15. Passion for innovation and a commitment to delivering high-quality products.
16. Knowledge of formulation and of the current technologies of product development.
17. Fluency in English, French would be a plus.
As our Product Performance Evaluation Senior Manager, some of the benefits you will receive are:
18. In addition to the salary, other benefits including lunch allowance, annual local public transport pass, 25 holiday days per calendar year + 3 floating days offered by the company.
19. Coty’s global omni-working policy provides the option to work up to 50% of your month remotely.
20. We believe that a more flexible philosophy of remote working will give everyone the freedom to choose what works for their individual circumstances and empower them to always perform at their best.
RECRUITMENT PROCESS
21. A telephone/online introductory meeting follows.
22. A first online/in-person interview
23. A second interview
24. You will receive a proposal with the terms of employment.
ABOUT COTY
Coty is one of the world’s largest beauty companies with an iconic portfolio of brands across fragrance, color cosmetics, skincare, and body care. At Coty, we celebrate the entire human kaleidoscope and cultivate a culture of fearless kindness. Therefore, we are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We do not discriminate against any candidate or employee and strive to be an open, inclusive and diverse workplace where all employees can be their authentic self. Join us in making over the world of beauty!
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