AM-Product Development(Fragrances)

Qualification

Post Graduate Diploma in Cosmetology/Perfumery

Job Responsibilities:

This position is required to achieve the desired level of performance in the following Key Result areas:

• Develop new creative ideas and fragrance themes as per new trends, market opportunities and consumer preferences.
• Develop and implement product launch plans for new fragrance products.
• Develop innovation prototypes and solutions in line with innovation projects objectives and parameters.
• Analyze market trends and consumers need to develop product strategies.
• Negotiate with vendors to ensure cost effectiveness and quality of raw materials used in fragrance production.
• Monitor competitor activities and develop strategies to differentiate products.
• Utilize customer feedback to develop product enhancements and improvements.
• Reworking on fragrances based on consumer preference, needs, expectations, and feedback
• Responsible for understanding and decoding olfactive expectations of the consumers.
• Performing the Olfactory assessment for stability studies of various personal care formats, assessing the fragrance in terms of profile and strength
• Communicating observations and next steps in the product development phase
• Devising and implementing the process and/or product improvement strategies and plans to attain continuous improvement
• Resolving the concerns and escalating the major issues to supervisors

Required Skills & Competencies

• Strong Interpersonal skills
• Should be passionate & self -driven
• Basic understanding on regulations governing perfume
• Must possess a sound understanding of Perfumes, consumer expectations/insights, as well as, gaps in delivery of existing products. Should possess some level of consumer interaction to understand consumer needs
• An appetite for learning, open mind for innovation, questioning status quo, ability to think out of the box
• Ability to work in a team

Ability to demonstrate the practical use of knowledge base in Innovation projects