Sun Bum:
New Product Development Manager Job in Encinitas, CA
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Encinitas, CA
Full-time | Development - Product, Management - Product, Quality Assurance
About the job
This position at Sun Bum will focus on developing and managing new products as well as reformulations. The ideal candidate would have 2-5 years relevant experience in the personal care/OTC industry. A BS in chemistry, biology, engineering or related field and experience in regulatory, quality and formulations is a plus.
• Manage portfolio of products from product formula standpoint: development, revisions, maintenance.
• Facilitate development of new product formulas with manufacturing partners
• Support product development feedback loop through cross-functional teams (marketing,
sales), research, data collection, partners, consultants
• Manage testing and reporting of new and existing formulas
• Project timeline management
o Formalize the process, concentrating on the ability to communicate action Items and deadlines in advance and real time to stake holders across multiple projects simultaneously
• Thoroughness of product briefs
• Develop comprehensive product briefs that encompass all aspects of a new product
launch including SRP, gross margin expectations, marketing position, claims, testing
requirements, budgeted development and testing cost, specific requirements based
on channel of distribution
o Documented sign off from leadership team
• Management of test demographics
o Establish power user test demographic for each product category
• Organization and control of lab samples
o Receive, document, organize and control all samples
• Management of test demographic samples and reviews
o Distribute and document distribution samples with instructions for review including review return required date
o Collate and summarize reviews for team decision process
o Recall obsolete samples and repeat process as necessary until approved
• Timely escalation of potential major deviations from product briefs
o Escalate and document coarse changes or deviations from the original product briefs
• Master project list
o Maintain a rolling project list with proposed launch calendar
• Help create and manage product dossiers on secured shared drive
o Formulas, QQ, Testing, Certificate of Analysis
• Other duties as reasonably assigned.
• Manage portfolio of products from product formula standpoint: development, revisions, maintenance.
• Facilitate development of new product formulas with manufacturing partners
• Support product development feedback loop through cross-functional teams (marketing,
sales), research, data collection, partners, consultants
• Manage testing and reporting of new and existing formulas
• Project timeline management
o Formalize the process, concentrating on the ability to communicate action Items and deadlines in advance and real time to stake holders across multiple projects simultaneously
• Thoroughness of product briefs
• Develop comprehensive product briefs that encompass all aspects of a new product
launch including SRP, gross margin expectations, marketing position, claims, testing
requirements, budgeted development and testing cost, specific requirements based
on channel of distribution
o Documented sign off from leadership team
• Management of test demographics
o Establish power user test demographic for each product category
• Organization and control of lab samples
o Receive, document, organize and control all samples
• Management of test demographic samples and reviews
o Distribute and document distribution samples with instructions for review including review return required date
o Collate and summarize reviews for team decision process
o Recall obsolete samples and repeat process as necessary until approved
• Timely escalation of potential major deviations from product briefs
o Escalate and document coarse changes or deviations from the original product briefs
• Master project list
o Maintain a rolling project list with proposed launch calendar
• Help create and manage product dossiers on secured shared drive
o Formulas, QQ, Testing, Certificate of Analysis
• Other duties as reasonably assigned.