Global Packaging Manager, Clairol Retail Hair Color Wella Company, NJ USA
ABOUT THE WELLA COMPANY
Together, WE enable individuals to look, feel, and be their true selves.
Wella Company is one of the worlds leading beauty companies, comprised of a family of iconic brands such as Wella Professionals, Clairol, OPI, Nioxin and ghd. With 6,000 employees globally, presence in over 100 countries, Wella Company and its brands enable consumers to look, feel, and be their true selves. As innovators in the hair and nail industry, Wella Company empowers its people to delight consumers, inspire beauty professionals, engage communities, and deliver sustainable growth to its stakeholders.
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POSITION OVERVIEW:
We are looking for a Research and Development (R and D) Packaging Development Manager positioned as Brand Leader for Clairol and will report into the R and D Global Packaging Director for Retail Hair. Position is currently based in Morris Plains, NJ, but mostly work:from:home as able during the current pandemic situation. Position will eventually move along with the Retail Hair team to another location in or nearby Morris County, NJ.
In Retail Hair Color, our Clairol and Wella Retail global brand houses are clear challengers in the beauty industry, driving innovation, perfect in:store experience, trends and new channel opportunities.
THE ROLE
The Global Packaging Manager will be responsible for the following:
* Lead 1:2 direct reports to deliver all primary and secondary aspects of the Clairol Retail Hair Color portfolio.
* Provide packaging expertise and mastery in defining and developing appropriate package design solutions, meeting design intent, performance, functionality, aesthetics, cost, manufacturability, timing and quality requirements.
* Partner in the initiative teams with Marketing, R and D Product Development, Initiative Leaders, Creative Design Agencies, and our Supply Chain experts in Procurement, Plants, and at Third Party Manufacturers in order to deliver the design intent and bring the brand vision identity to life.
* Design and deliver near and midterm (1:3 years) package innovations within initiatives meeting design intent, performance, functionality, aesthetics, and cost, manufacturability, timing and quality requirements.
* Shape and drive execution of consumer:focused technical learning plans, guiding the final designs that you develop and specify end:to:end through all design and delivery stage gates.
* Define packaging design performance criteria and apply FMEA approaches to build in robustness and quality from the beginning. Initiate and execute tests to demonstrate robustness and manufacturability.
* Projects will include both structural and decorative packaging development and technologies, partnering across functions in order to overcome barriers and bring the brand vision and identity to life.
* Collaborate with our global plants and suppliers to understand and integrate the requirements of possible supply chain solutions in the packaging design and engineering process. Identify possible suppliers and cost drivers of your designs, consider menu options to optimize cost, scale and simplification delivering speed to market, delight and best value.
* Search for new growth:driving innovation ideas, trends, and technologies internally and externally to make them available to grow our brands and bring irresistible delight and functional excellence.
* Expertise on ways to elevate products by adding premium:ization. Effective at smartly finding ways to reduce COGs.
* Manage base business portfolio projects of our brands.
QUALIFICATIONS
* Minimum Bachelor in Package Engineering (preferred) or other technical field, i.e. Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry, Industrial Design. Masters/Doctorate a plus.
* 5 : 10 years of experience in Packaging R and D within the Beauty or F