Loreal Vacancies – Manager, Product Performance Management

Job Description:

As a Manager – within the Product Performance Management team, this position requires an experienced and proven leader equipped with the confidence and skills to manage high profile projects and a team of instrumental/clinical researchers, complemented with the tools needed to negotiate timelines, budgets, and priorities. This Leader should have a background in instrumental/clinical testing design, while also possessing excellent analytical, strategic thinking and collaboration skills which will be essential for leading studies and teams within the different L’Oreal US brands.

Job Responsibilities:

• Partner with all US Hair Color Application Domain and Development lab teams at the stages of conception and early innovation through to in market
• Develop & lead robust international evaluation plans across our Evaluation Sciences (Consumer, Sensory/Expert, Instrumental/Clinical)
• Consolidate pre/post market performance and reviews for competitivity analysis to ensure we maintain superiority
• Build strategic body of evidence and define deployment next steps with core team (i.e. synthesize evaluation results cross-science, organize performance dossier)
• Collaborate with worldwide Category Performance Leader for Hair Color and global network
• Embody the USER VOICE and experience within marketing / strategic meetings, Application Domain Core Team, and Hub reviews
• Evaluation voice and partner representation in R&I management meetings
• Understand and connect category market knowledge to user experience
• Challenge project ambitions to ensure right targets and countries represented

Job Requirements:

• Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills
• Flexibility to work in global frame and deliver deadlines
• 7+ years of research experience in product evaluation, concept development, product innovation / development, project management, consumer market insights
• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Psychology/Sociology/Market Research/Business/Engineering or product science related field
• Proven ability to drive organizational alignment and influence stakeholders
• Highly motivated, self-guided with strong strategic vision and able to storytell / present in a way that is inspiring
• Must be authorized to work in US on a permanent, ongoing basis, without need for sponsorship now or in future
• Experience in cosmetic industry or salon is a plus
• Able to translate consumer, instrumental, and sensory insights into actionable recommendations to drive product development and exceptional consumer satisfaction
• Strong communication, organization, presentation, and interpersonal skills

Job Details:

Company: L’Oréal

Vacancy Type:  Full Time

Job Location: Clark, NJ, USA

Application Deadline: N/A

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