Role Overview:

As the Product Development Manager on OD, Make-up and NOE (Network of Excellence) you will have two main responsibilities:

1. Manage a portfolio of projects:

Manage a portfolio of projects within Operations, as Brand business partner, and in collaboration with R&I, with an overall vision of the finished product (pack, formula, process...), in compliance with commitments made with the Brands, by ensuring global responsibility for the project (timing, gross margin, L4TF, perceived value, innovation, quality).

2. Drive transversal projects:

Drive transversal projects across the SAPMENA Zone to the Packaging, Development and C&A community in the area of EXCELLENCE, DATA & TECH, and SUSTAINABILITY. You will be in very close contact with the DGO (Direction Générale d'Opérations), to understand the global frames, processes, guidelines and deploy them locally. You will also be responsible for reporting back to DGO the status and progress from the zone.

Job Responsibilities:

MAKE-UP/OPEN-DEVELOPMENT:

- Study the feasibility of new briefs and advise marketing by providing optimised solutions (pack, formula, process) as part of a consumer-centric and perceived-value approach.

- Formalise and validate the technical translation of the marketing brief, in compliance with the QCP system, including validation and monitoring of Autocoms.

- Implement and conduct product risk analysis where necessary.

- Prepare, distribute and ensure the monitoring of schedules. Show flexibility to speed up development and activate lead time improvement levers.

- Prepare, distribute, and ensure the follow-up of price estimates; discuss the gross margin and report dilutive projects.

- Contribute to the design-to-value approach by suggesting appropriate value-analysis actions (packaging, process, formulas) and by deploying validated actions.

- Create, distribute, and optimise SPOT ID Cards.

- Discuss and build, together with the brands, the L4TF roadmaps and ensure they are monitored.

- Mobilise actors involved in the project and the necessary experts and ensure appropriate reminders are sent out.

- Report regularly on the progress of projects, report deviations (definition, scheduling, price, L4TF commitments) and suggest solutions, manage/coordinate multidisciplinary projects (process, tools, formulas, etc.).

- Help Brands prepare launch plans by incorporating profitability, scheduling, lead time, quality, and L4TF challenges.

- Develop your knowledge of the market/competition as part of a category-based approach.

- Understand specific Supply-Chain flows and processes and facilitate their activation throughout the projects.

- Ensure data quality through regular updates in the different tools: Magellan, MINDS, SPOT, TAG.

NOE (Network of Excellence):

- Analyse and identify teams' upskilling needs.

- Plan and prepare training for team upskilling on all PACK&DEV tools and processes.

- Follow closely with DGO changes and evolutions and implement them locally.

- Lead the AMPLIFY catalogue management process: in contact with Zone Regulatory team, S&OP, R&I and Product development, frame and direct the execution of formula replacement and/or artwork compliance change.

- Support and facilitate Group transformation projects such as SPEED and Simplification.

- Manage tools training, upskilling, network of LKU, problem resolution for Magellan, MINDS, SPOT ID Card, TAG, Compack, etc.

- Drive the PACK&DEV activities linked to factory WISE implementation.

- Support AI acceleration.

- Participate in L4TF project transformation.

To succeed in this position, you:

- Are a driving force for all organisational and process improvements.

- Lead your development projects with rigour, aiming for operational excellence.

- Can obtain information from experts in a meaningful way to anticipate and manage risks.

- Optimise the management of your projects by providing, at the right moment, the inputs needed for decision-making.

- Understand and takes cognisance of Brand strategy (quality, profitability, quality level, etc.) and the challenges faced by Operations.

- Develop optimised solutions (value for money, timescale, sustainability) to meet MKT expectations in accordance with operations strategy.

- Identify brand innovation needs and push innovative solutions (packaging innovation, process, formula).

- Demonstrate knowledge of the technical areas in your activity: packaging, formula, manufacturing and packaging processes, supply.

- Understand the organisation, its Corporate Social Responsibilities and its design quality system.