Operations Products Development Project Leader

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Job details

Company overview

Our client is a global cosmetics and beauty product manufacturer that operates a wide range of businesses both domestically and internationally. They manufacture various beauty products, including skincare, haircare, makeup, and fragrances. Each brand within their diverse brand portfolio presents distinctive characteristics of its own and all work to drive innovation and shape industry trends.

Responsibilities

Manage new product development from conception to industrialization, in collaboration withother stakeholders, DMI, RAI and Operations with a 360° product approach (quality/timing/cost/sustainability).
Main responsibilities:

• Conduct risk assessment with main stakeholders to ensure the industrial feasibility and establish action plans. Follow up of the action plan and adjust it when necessary until all solution will be implemented.
• Create project planning by checking the accurate lead time in corporation with other actors, follow up to be done throughout whole development process, revise it when necessary.
• Support Marketing to find the best packaging solution in quality, costs, timing and sustainability
• Bring innovation relevant to the brand.
• Contribute to Brand P/L improvement by controlling the cost of goods.

Requirements

Minimum requirements:

• Project management with internal/external stakeholder both in Japanese and English at least 3 years
• High communication skill (both Japanese and English)
• Knowledge on cosmetics packaging including decoration : preferable
• Basic skill on MS office (Word, Excel, Power Point)
• Competencies:
  • Innovator
  • Strategists
  • Entrepenueur
  • Integrator
  • People developer
• Passion for cosmetics products, willing to move forward
• Accurate and watchful
• Flexible both on time management and mindset.
• Resilience for pressure
• Possibility to be a manager in future

Salary

6 - 8 million yen

Location

Tokyo