Senior Manager, Product Development
The Senior Manager of Product Development will help lead the global development of multiple categories for the Harry’s and Flamingo brands. Working closely with cross-functional teams including Marketing, Insights, Packaging, Project Management, Quality and Sourcing, will bring products to market, to meet our customer’s needs and is true to Harry’s and Flamingo brand positioning. We seek a strong team player with a passion and appreciation for products that drive performance with pleasing aesthetics, and rigor to meet challenging timelines. The candidate should be energized by working in a fast-paced, creative environment, and have prior consumer products experience in beauty, with a desire to build a foundation for future growth.
About the Team
The R&D Soft Product Development Team at Harry’s is responsible for all personal care category launches from concept to launch, as it pertains to research, product development, and Packaging. As Harry’s and Flamingo brands continue to grow, the Product Development Team will be the primary driver of new product innovation.
What you will accomplish:
- Help lead product development and innovation efforts to achieve high quality, efficacious, and aesthetically pleasing formulas, within allotted timelines. maintaining costs and commercial constraints.
- Participate in the concept ideation process for the innovation pipeline.
- Translate research insights, competitive trends, and technical knowledge into clear briefs.
- Evaluate and track product submissions, coordinate appropriate efficacy, and quantitative product testing, create product fact sheets.
- Develop strong relationships with contract manufacturers and to allow for sustained high-quality products and smooth development.
- Ensure on-time delivery of product development milestones, inform and manage risk assessments for successful commercialization.
- Create competitive analyses, seek out trends in personal care, keep abreast of industry news and launches.
- Attend sourcing trips, pilots, first production as needed.
This should describe you:
- Product Developer at heart – Excited by new products, technologies, formats, and how they interact with one another to create the ultimate user experience, down to the last detail.
- Creative problem solver – Energized by puzzles, and can't sleep until a solution is found.
- Life-long learner: Hunger for knowledge, admits when they don’t know the answer and diligently works to find it.
- Proactive doer: Gets things done before being asked to do them.
- Process/systems builder: Creates new systems/processes so that every detail has a place and every place has its detail
- Relentless commitment to achieving goals and objectives: Won't give up until key stakeholders align and commit (internal colleagues and external suppliers), maintaining positive relationships for long term success
- Professional, enthusiastic, a solid team player and possess a drive for results.
- Extremely organized, dependable and self-motivated with the ability to excel in a hands-on, fast paced environment.
- You thrive on direct, honest, and supportive communication.
- You are always thinking about how to help the teammates around you excel
- To you, there’s nothing more exciting than a new challenge
- Sense of humor – we take our work seriously and ourselves un-seriously
Here's who you'll work with:
- You’ll report into the Senior Director of Product Development
- You’ll work with internal teams including Marketing, Insights, Packaging, Sourcing, Project Management, Quality and external suppliers and contract manufacturers.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college/university required.
- Proven track record of high level performance with a minimum of 8 years experience in product development of Cosmetics, Personal Care, or Health & Beauty industries.
- Direct experience working in dynamic teams, driving process, interacting with vendors and key partners to ensure delivery of projects against aggressive timelines.
- Demonstrated analytical abilities and negotiating skills.
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively at all levels in the organization and with suppliers to manage multiple projects and changing business needs.
- Responsible, dependable, self-starter/proactive with strong initiative.
- Willing and able to travel as needed - domestic and international.
About Harry's
Harry’s Inc. started in 2013 with simple, fairly priced products that delivered an amazing experience to guys every day. Since then, Harry’s expanded to the UK, developed relationships with retailers such as Target and Walmart, expanded our grooming brand into a personal care powerhouse, and launched a women’s brand called Flamingo.
The key to our success? Our amazing people. From chemists, mechanical engineers, CX associates, to creative directors, sourcing managers, and logistics specialists, Harry’s team is comprised of some of the most brilliant, diverse, and humble people you’ll ever meet.
Our brands answer unmet consumer needs, but our company is a place of inclusion and innovation that attracts some of the brightest minds across industries, geographies, and backgrounds. Whether we have a team of 3 or 300, our core values and our startup mentality remain; we value continuous improvement and learning, teamwork and collaboration, creative problem solving, and open and direct dialogue and feedback. Come for the coffee and free products, stay for the amazing, passionate culture.
Harry’s is committed to bringing together individuals from different backgrounds and perspectives. We strive to create an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive, feel a sense of belonging, and do great work together. As an equal opportunity employer, we prohibit any unlawful discrimination against a job applicant on the basis of their race, color, religion, veteran status, sex, parental status, gender identity or expression, transgender status, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability or genetic information. We respect the laws enforced by the EEOC and are dedicated to going above and beyond in fostering diversity across our company.