As a Beauty product technologist, you will be responsible for developing new products and processes to ensure that new colour cosmetics and personal care products are progressed from concept, development, trial and testing stages through to launch for cosmetic brands. As the key Technical and Regulatory contact, you will ensure you will collaborate closely with the NPD, Innovation & Development, and Communications teams to deliver high-quality cosmetic products that meet both regulatory standards and consumer expectations.
Duties and Responsibilities
· Lead development and design of new cosmetic formulations and products (colour cosmetics/personal care) working hand in hand with suppliers.
· Monitor supplier's performance against CPAs and brief requirements alongside product managers
· Be involved in product development from concept to launch, providing technical insights to NPD and Marketing teams, contributing to the NPD brief from a technical perspective.
· Manage and Co-ordinate sample requirements for product testing, evaluation, and user trials.
· Work in collaboration with suppliers on INCI listing, pack copy, claims and testing data approval.
· Creation and Management of Production Information Folder, ensuring the information is up to date and accurate.
· Collate and verify supplier technical information for the legal requirements of Product Information Folder.
· Gathering and approval of regulatory documentation & ensure ongoing compliance of existing products
· Registering of new products under the EU Cosmetic Product Notification Portal (CPNP) and the SCPNP portal for UK
· Use analytical and scientific data to provide insights and aid decision making on products for the Marketing team
· Helping marketing understand new formulations and bring industry insight to develop NPD.
· Provide education to Marketing and wider team, on new formulations and wider regulatory trends to strengthen existing product portfolio and NPD pipeline.
· Conduct testing on competitors and benchmarks, to help assess performance and inform NPD pipeline and marketing decisions.
· Proactively raise and deal with NPD issues within the team to ensure minimal impact to the business such as potential ingredient issues or finished product queries.
· Manage all product technical queries and customer complaints
· Keeping up to date with Global cosmetic regulations and regulatory changes, and manage necessary product updates with the team
· Managing and running of Internal User trials to provide robust claim substantiation
· Collaborate with Communication team and product technical marketing documents and support with educational videos and posts.
· Work directly with supply partners to ensure product compliance and assist in the development of NPD. Including visiting international and local supply partners as required.
What we are looking for
· Excellent team working and organisational skills, coupled with flair, passion, and creativity for product development.
· years of NPD or Technical knowledge gained from a Beauty, Science or Cosmetic environment ideally with experience in Cosmetic Formulation development and/or Cosmetic Regulations and Compliance.
· Have excellent communication skills with the ability to be influential across teams and to higher management.
· Strong project management skills and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment
· Strong Knowledge of EU/UK Cosmetic regulations. Experience in International Cosmetic regulations (USA) is highly desirable.
· Ideally educated to degree level within a related science.
· Experience in working with international and local cosmetics manufacturers.