Manager, CeraVe Color & Artwork, Dermatological Beauty, Operations

Manager, Cera Ve Color & Artwork, L'Oréal Dermatological Beauty – Clark, New Jersey

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At L'Oréal Operations, we create innovative, inclusive, and sustainable beauty together with our business partners by designing, developing, sourcing, manufacturing, and distributing over 6 billion products globally every year. We support over 36 brands across four L’Oréal divisions. We are consumer-oriented, and we act responsibly all along the value chain.

At L'Oréal Dermatological Beauty
, our mission is to help everyone in their quest for healthy and beautiful skin. Our division is the world leader in dermo-cosmetics by adding health to beauty, featuring brands like Vichy, La Roche-Posay, Cera Ve, Skin Ceuticals, and Skin Better Science.

We are seeking a Manager, Color & Artwork
, where you will lead and oversee all color matching and aesthetic management for Cera Ve’s packaging components, based in our Clark, New Jersey Operations Hub for the US. In this role, you will apply expert color science to assess and approve color development across materials like PCR plastic resins, paper cartons, and labels, partnering closely with Marketing, Operations, and technical teams to drive high-quality, cost-efficient, and sustainable decoration concepts while ensuring strict adherence to timelines and quality standards.

• Color & Aesthetic Management
  • Lead and oversee color matching for Cera Ve packaging components based on Marketing’s decoration brief across multiple zones.
  • Apply expert color science to assess and approve color development across PCR plastic resins, paper cartons, and labels for aesthetic consistency.
  • Conduct risk analyses on marketing aesthetic briefs, providing recommendations for highest perceived value at lowest cost.
  • Assist and oversee on‑site print trials and press approvals to ensure color and decoration compliance with L'Oréal quality standards.
  • Contribute to artwork routing and system-based artwork approval processes.
• Packaging Project Execution
  • Manage packaging tasks for lower complexity projects, including specification issuance and critical testing (compatibility, decoration validation, light resistance).
  • Drive extrapolation on testing and homologation through close collaboration with technical teams, Marketing, and Development.
• Project Leadership & Risk Mitigation
  • Anticipate and elevate potential blocking points, ensuring Color & Artwork owned deadlines are met and launches stay on schedule.
  • Utilize L'Oréal's Risk Elevation Process to formulate robust action plans for timing or conception risks.
  • Serve as a technical lead and point of contact to support and upskill other color & artwork developers.
• Innovation, Sustainability & Strategic Collaboration
  • Lead sustainable decoration solution developments in alignment with L'Oréal's group-wide commitments.
  • Provide expert advice in conception meetings to optimize project complexity, minimize time-to-market, and reinforce awareness of financial impacts (e.g., sample costs, press approvals).
  • Support global operations partners on projects executed in other zones.

• Education:
  
  A completed Bachelor’s degree in Packaging Engineering or a related engineering/technical discipline is required
• Experience:
  
  5-7+ years of experience in product development or project management within dermo-cosmetics, prestige beauty, or consumer goods is required.
• Proficient PC skills including Excel and PowerPoint.
• Proficient written and verbal communication skills to deal effectively with all organizational…