Product Development Coordinator | Global Beauty Company

Job Summary

The Product Development Coordinator is responsible for supporting the Product Development team by organizing, updating, and upkeeping documents, products, and filing systems. They will assist various team members on product development components. This individual must be innovative and creative with a keen awareness of global color and industry trends.

This position is based in the brand's Corporate Headquarters located in Irvine, CA. This role is temporary starting ASAP lasting until end of June, with the ability to extend based on performance and the business needs of the team. The hours are full time Monday-Friday. This is a great opportunity for someone looking to gain experience working for a reputable beauty brand!

Key Responsibilities

• The Product Development Coordinator will track, label, organize and manage all product samples: project benchmarks, formula standards, shade standards, production standards (internal and vendor facing).

• Assist Product Development team with competitive market research: trending finishes/ forms, ingredient callouts, claims testing and overall market assessments.

• Works closely with Director on approval of competitive product purchases

• Track, organize, label and manage all competitive product; storing away for future use and department visibility.

• Setup and organize on-stie/ off-site vendor facing meetings.

• Track, organize, label and manage all vendor presentation products received; storing away for future use and department visibility.

• Track and manage all FedEx and UPS shipments to and from vendors, via detailed shipment tracker.

• Assist in ideating and conceptualizing future product launches and product trends via curation of moodboards and product innovation decks.

• Assist in ideating, pulling and purchasing shaded benchmarks for future product launch concepts.

• Works closely with Director/ Manger to review incoming formula and shade development in building formula development skills and color eye; while supporting team to track detailed color, texture and attribute directives to send to vendor(s).

• Label and organize all master project bens for ease of accessibility of all standards throughout development pipeline of product.

• Ensure all 1st Production Standards are tracked and updated in accordance to QA and manufacturer suggested timelines.

• Assist Product Development team with weekly product development meeting(s) and record detailed information on product related tasks.

• Track & take notes in all meetings for internal & external team alignment and reference.

Desired Skills and Requirements

• Minimum 1 year color cosmetics product development or similar experience

• Passionate about the beauty industry

• Advanced level in Microsoft business programs – Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

• Must be detailed oriented and very organized.

• Must feel comfortable being driven by deadlines with a high sense of urgency and agility.

• Ability to execute under accelerated timeframes and quickly adapts to change in priorities

• Proven ability to take complicated information and summarize the key messages for a variety of audiences.

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with exceptional interpersonal skills