Director Project Management New Product Development / Launches Beauty

Our client, a top beauty company, is hiring a Director of Project Management for New Product Development/Launches in Beauty. This is a full time position based in New York, New York.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the new product planning process (“Stage Gating”) for all products for a designated category brand from concept generation to execution while ensuring achievement of timing, quantity and KPI targets.
• Establish and maintain an 18-month new product development calendar in conjunction with the brands and proactively drive the Kick-off briefing process using a range of standard timeline templates that vary in duration according to product complexity
• Responsible for the cost process for all launches within a designated category.
• Gatekeeper for brand quality of both formula and packaging ensuring that all product launches pass the quality tests.
• Consistently challenge and reduce the development lead-times by ensuring appropriately balanced risks are built into the original timelines, while ensuring all COGs, quality and service requirements are achieved/exceeded
• Manage escalation of launch challenges on either side to the correct parties to mitigate risks to the business.
• Lead all project meetings and coordinate the seamless integration between all Supply Chain, Scientific, Creative, Marketing & Sales processes and functions involved in developing and launching new products

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university
• Effective interpersonal skills are a must.
• Knowledge of MS Project or other project management-related software, MS Excel, Word & PowerPoint
• Exposure to production environment & interaction of packaging, process, manufacturing
• Understanding of new product development processes & stage gate approach
• 5+ years project management experience
• Work well with cross-functional teams and take a leadership role within the team

If you meet the required qualifications and are interested in this role, please apply today.

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