Manager, Product Development, Color Production

Responsibilities

• Review production batches and commercial bulk against approved standards to assess shade accuracy, texture, appearance, odor, and overall product quality.
• Partner closely with Product Development teams to support shade development, shade matching, and color standard management across multiple product categories.
• Evaluate manufacturing submissions and provide timely approvals, feedback, and corrective actions to contract manufacturers.
• Support day-to-day production oversight, including batch reviews, reorder approvals, and expedited manufacturing decisions.
• Travel onsite to manufacturing facilities as needed to review production batches, support line trials, troubleshoot issues, and ensure alignment to approved standards.
• Collaborate with Quality, Operations, Regulatory, and external manufacturing partners to investigate and resolve color, aesthetic, and production-related issues.
• Establish, maintain, and periodically refresh approved production standards and retains to ensure consistency throughout a product's lifecycle.
• Maintain organized archives of standards, retains, production references, and batch history documentation.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives related to color consistency, manufacturing robustness, and batch approval processes.
• Provide technical expertise on color cosmetic formulation, pigment behavior, shade development, and manufacturing variability.
• Balance multiple project reviews, production timelines, and manufacturing priorities while maintaining exceptional attention to detail.

• Bachelor's degree in Cosmetic Science, Chemistry, Product Development, QA or related field preferred.
• 5-7+ years of experience in Color Cosmetics Product Development / QA, Color Formulation, Shading, Quality Assurance, Quality Control, or Manufacturing Support.
• Strong understanding of color cosmetic formulation, pigment technology, shade matching, and production processes.
• Familiarity with cosmetic commercialization, scale-up, and production troubleshooting.
• Demonstrated experience reviewing pilot, line trial, bulk, and production batches.
• Exceptional visual color assessment skills and ability to identify subtle shade, texture, and aesthetic variations.
• Knowledge of cosmetic quality systems, manufacturing controls, and batch approval procedures.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Willingness and ability to travel domestically and internationally to manufacturing partners as required.