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Position Title: Director, L’Oreal Dermatological Beauty Skincare Development, L’Oreal Research & Innovation
Location : Clark, New Jersey (Hybrid)
Department : Skincare Development
Reports Into : Assistant Vice President, R&I LDB Skincare Development
For more than one hundred years, L’Oréal believes that beauty needs Science. In a world now transformed by digital technology and the emergence of new scientific domains, we are confident in our ability to turn these opportunities into major innovations, closely linked to the new consumer expectations all over the world. Science & Technology are allowing us to invent safe, trustable, sustainable & responsible beauty products and experiences that will change people’s lives.
L’Oréal Research & Innovation (R&I) has continuously invested upstream in its research with a high level of ambition. Our 4,100 L’Oréal R&I people are talented and highly skilled, located in major markets, working in a cooperative way, open to the world. L’Oréal, Research & Innovation is a vast, multidisciplinary, scientific community working in more than 30 specialized fields, spread out across the world in 21 research centers across 6 regional hubs, 14 evaluation centers, and 49 scientific and regulatory departments. Our employees represent over 60 nationalities and are united for one passion: to invent and perfect innovative, high-performance products for the well-being of all across the world.
To discover more on our scientific and technical functions at L’Oréal Research & Innovation, please check out our website
We are seeking an Director for our Skincare Development Team to support our formulation Development efforts for L’Oreal Dermatological Beauty in our Clark, New Jersey Research facility.
As a Director in our Skincare Development team, your main responsibilities are:
Leads the L’Oreal Dermatological Beauty brand efforts to frame long-term and short-term strategy to establish market winning position.
Partner with marketing brand to bring strategic innovations in all zone and help build global innovation portfolio with key consumer need gaps/opportunities
Identifies and recommends new product technology paths for new global launches with a SBWA (Sharing Beauty with All) ambition.
Maintain the Global Catalog with the constant regulatory and raw material changes.
Establish strong connection with marketing, operations, safety, analytical, advance research, domains, dg, and packaging to bring consumer relevant and competitive products in the market.
Create consumer knowledge map with CMI/Competition intelligence and Evaluation Intelligence to identify
- Market and consumer deep dive
- Technology differentiation
Managing the brand development lab teams ensuring right people in the right function and ensure their development and upskilling. Retain talent and further strengthen the succession plan.
Recommends and supports training for team development and supports their growth.
Continue to strengthen Safety Culture across R&I; meet mandatory safety training requirement.
Maintain timelines for Officializing formulas for an LDB DMI Brand to manufacture with all accompanying ingredient and product specifications and clearances as required for general safety, microbiology, claim support, processing, and product/package interaction.
Project management with marketing, operations, valorization, and top management with budget and organization of new and maintenance launches.
Tracks the progress of all ongoing projects and supports project leaders with pain-points, technical expertise, and management feedback within project status and laboratory meetings.
Plans and cooperates with departmental peers on skincare departmental activities.
To Succeed in this Position, You Have:
A completed Advanced Degree in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering preferred is required.
10+ years in skincare formulation and team management is required, with direct examples of success in:
- Creating formulations with breakthrough active ingredients at high levels and patented technologies
- Renovation and modernization of top selling core pillar products globally to achieve measurable performance improvements
- Managing global projects with partners in Advance Research, RM D3I teams, external collaboration
- Solving complex stability and performance issues in highly complex formulations
Technical Formulation Mastery: Lead development of cutting edge skincare formulations that combine innovative active ingredients, sensorial textures, and first to market technologies. Demonstrate history of developing products that achieve global success across diverse markets
Strategic Alignment: Drive innovation by leveraging in depth consumer knowledge with specific expertise in understanding China’s competitive skincare market to execute high priority innovations that align with consumer and market needs
Team Development and Leadership: Experience leading and mentoring 4-5 Chemists and providing technical guidance and career development. Proven ability to elevate the team’s capabilities with clear examples of driving team-wide innovations and excellence
Product Pillars: Experience transforming top selling legacy product pillars and making improvements as part of the modernization. Achieving measurable improvements in consumer perception, efficacy, L4TF sustainability metrics, quality, cost are key considerations
Partnerships and Collaboration: Demonstrate ability to work closely with Global upstream R&I teams (Advance Research and Domains in US, France, China, Japan, etc.,) and with external partners such as raw material suppliers and contract manufacturers to transform first-to-the-world ingredients and groundbreaking technologies into successful product launches
Crisis Management Excellence: Expertise in handling crises related to formulation, consumer complaints, raw material discontinuation, or production issues. Proven track record of quickly identifying root causes and implementing effective and scalable solutions.
Consumer Validation Expertise: Proven record of conducting large scale BUTs and CUTs to validate new star launches and achieving winning results against key competitor benchmarks
Sustainable Innovation: Significant experience improving product sustainability metrics aligning with L4TF goals while simultaneously enhancing performance and consumer appreciation while managing cost equation
Intellectual Property Leadership: Advanced understanding of skincare patent landscape with experience filing patents that protect key innovations and secure competitive advantage
Cross Function Influence: Skilled at presenting complex technical concepts to marketing and other stake-holders ensuring alignment and strategic impact
Resource Management: Able to balance multiple complex projects while maintaining focus on strategic priorities. Able to work closely with our cross-functional partners to truly prioritize key strategic projects to best utilize our resources and budget
The ability to be onsite, in the office as this is an essential function of the position (required)
Authorization to work in the United States on a full-time, permanent, ongoing basis without the need for legal sponsorship now or in the future (required)
What’s In It For You:
Corporate Short-Term Incentives (Corporate Profit-Sharing Bonus, Individual Performance Bonuses based on level)
Competitive Benefit Package (Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, Pension Plan)
Hybrid Work Policy (Up to 2 Days per week work from home for eligible roles, subject to manager approval)
Flexible Time Off (Paid Company Holidays, Paid Vacation, Vacation Buy Program, Volunteer Time, Summer Fridays & More!)
Access to Company Perks ( VIP Access to L’Oréal’s Internal Shop for Discounted Products)
Learning & Development Opportunities (Unlimited Access to E-learnings, Lunch & Learn Sessions, Mentorship Programs, & More!)
Employee Resource Groups (Think Tanks and Innovation Squads)
Access to Mental Health & Wellness Programs
Don’t meet every single requirement? At L’Oréal, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and innovative workplace. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the qualifications listed in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways! You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles!
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and take pride in a diverse environment. We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital or veteran status, medical condition or disability, or any other legally protected status.
If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete an application for a recognized disability under applicable law, please email [email protected] . Please note this email will only respond to specific requests for assistance completing the application as a request for accommodation for a disability. All others will not be considered.
Our Safe Together Plan: Your safety is our highest priority. We will proceed with caution and adhere to enhanced protection standards to ensure our sites are safe for all employees. We must all operate with the shared responsibility for each other’s health & safety in mind.
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