Senior NPD Manager - Bodycare & Haircare

We’re Beauty Pie. We’re the world’s first luxury beauty and wellness buyers’ club. And we’re disrupting the beauty industry, one face cream at a time.

Before we arrived on the scene, if you wanted really great beauty products, you had to shop at traditional beauty retail - and overpay for all the crazy markups. Now, our members have access to shop from the best-quality beauty and wellness products (from the leading labs in France, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Japan, Korea, etc) and get a bigger piece of the Beauty Pie.

So, what will you be doing?

• Set the strategy for your product categories
• Build, maintain and manage a trend-led NPD calendar and pipeline
• Lifecycle management of the existing product portfolio and delivery of EPDs and other initiatives
• Lead the Body and Hair team to deliver the category strategies and NPD pipeline from concept to launch
• Develop and manage new product concepts, formulas and packaging that are globally viable within COG targets across categories
• Prepare business cases for tracking through Commercial stage gate process
• In depth category performance review, market, trend and competitor research to inform and create category strategies
• Writing concept briefs, setting benchmarks, sourcing packaging
• Develop products across multiple product categories
• Undertaking internal user trials to collate sample performance feedback
• Work to agreed critical paths with relevant stakeholders to ensure actions are achieved within deadlines and to hit launch windows
• Manage and track sample submissions and obtain approvals from management in-line with cost targets
• Ensure specifications are updated and maintained at all times including briefs and trackers
• Prepare clear and comprehensive NPD briefs, and ensure finished products match brief and expectations of business
• Prepare clear and comprehensive copy and artwork briefs
• Route and approve copy and artworks through with designers, including creating mock ups for internal review and approval
• Build and maintain strong relationships with all third party stakeholders including suppliers
• Effectively and efficiently communicate with all internal and external parties
• Prepare concept presentations and training sheets to share with the sales and marketing team for successful sell-in of new concepts.
• Set benchmarks, approve colour and print production and attend print runs to ensure quality is met
• Manage, file and store retained samples
• Provide regular competitor analysis and reports from shopping trips and trade fairs to identify emerging trends & ideas
• Work cross-functionally across NPD team and internal stakeholder (including Operations, Studio, E-Commerce and Marketing) to develop and launch cross-category seasonal collections.

We believe it's all about mindset, great skills, the right attitude and a fantastic work ethic. If you’re aligned to our values, excited about the opportunity, and you’re really good at what you do (even if you don’t tick all the boxes) apply anyway!

• Graduate with minimum 8 years’ experience within a fashion brand or FMCG business with specific bodycare and haircare experience
• Proven management experience
• Ability to manage projects in a highly organised, structured fashion, utilising company systems and processes, while showing attention to detail, good judgement and an ‘eye’ for opportunities
• Ability to innovate, develop and execute against all product initiatives
• Collaboration cross-functionality in pursuit of brand/category and company business goals.
• Effective prioritisation, implementation and monitoring skills
• Strong team player with ability to listen, support, contribute and influence
• Excellent communication/presentation skills
• Proactive self-starter, with a sense of humour, able to work under pressure and who is flexible and comfortable with productive change

What makes someone ‘Beauty Pie’?

Our culture is our DNA. It defines who we are, how we operate and how we hire. And it all springs from our values, which are very important to us:

• Bring Your ‘A’ Game: Take ownership & accountability. Make sh*t happen. Grow. Support. Evolve. Invent. Be open-minded.
• Be Intelligently Rebellious: Challenge the status quo. Push boundaries. Embrace change. Think BIG.
• Be Customer Obsessed: Listen & learn. Take ownership. Act fast. Be humble & empathetic. Build & keep trust. Be grateful for feedback.
• It’s All For One (& One For All): Take advantage of collective intelligence. Act with integrity. Support & challenge. Embrace individuality. Do right by our company, our members, our colleagues & our environment.

We’re committed to diversity & inclusion

As a business that’s based on fairness and self-worth, our commitment to inclusivity runs through the heart of everything we do. We believe that innovation and creativity come from having a diverse workforce, and are committed to building teams with unique identities, from different backgrounds and with individual perspectives.

We’ve got a long way to go, but here’s how we’re doing as of June 2024:

Employees who identify as female: 68%

Employees from minority ethnic backgrounds: 28%

Employees who identify as living with a disability: 10%

Employees who identify as female in our Product Engineering teams: 32%

Employees who identify as LGBTQIA+: 13%

A bit about our ways of working

We foster a high-performance culture, where you are trusted to get the work done. We treat all of our teams like adults in giving them autonomy and flexibility.

At Beauty Pie we want to support employees to do their best work, have a good work life balance and work flexibly whilst staying connected - and getting the job done.

In order to encourage in-person collaboration and create a strong team environment, we aim to be in the office 3 days a week, with flexibility built in around role, type of work and personal requirements. We encourage you to discuss this as part of the interview process to understand the requirements in this role.

Your piece of the Beauty Pie:

• Free Membership to Beauty Pie + discount off our products
• 25 days holiday & your birthday off / 22 vacation days for the US team
• Flexible bank holidays
• Equal leave for all new parents regardless of gender or personal circumstances

• Private Medical Insurance
• Menopause support
• £2,500 / $2,500 to spend on your fertility journey after 2 years service
• 10 therapy sessions through AXA PPP

So, what are you waiting for? Apply now for a chance to be part of an inspirational, international and talented team.

Beauty Pie is an equal opportunity employer. The company will not unlawfully discriminate on grounds of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, disability or age, pregnancy or trade union membership.

Please let us know, if you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the application and/or recruitment process.