Veblen International
Product Development Executive
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Product Development Executive
A fast-growing beauty brand is looking to appoint a Product Development Executive to join its expanding Product Development team based in Manchester.
This is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious product developer to play a key role in bringing innovative, category-defining beauty products to market, working across formulation, packaging, components, and merchandise.
The business has built a strong reputation for creating innovative, consumer-led products and fostering a highly engaged community. With a commitment to simplifying beauty and delivering best-in-class products, the company continues to challenge industry standards through creativity, authenticity, and a customer-first approach.
Responsibilities
- Lead product development projects from initial concept through to first production, ensuring alignment with brand objectives, quality standards, and commercial goals.
- Manage project timelines, critical paths, and key development milestones across multiple workstreams.
- Own product costings and support supplier negotiations to achieve target margins while maintaining product quality and performance.
- Plan and execute product testing strategies to ensure products are inclusive, consumer-led, and market relevant.
- Leverage consumer feedback, testing results, market trends, and industry insights to drive product improvements and innovation.
- Partner closely with Marketing teams to ensure product performance supports launch claims, messaging, and commercial objectives.
- Manage supplier relationships and lead project meetings throughout the product development process.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Packaging, Technical, Quality, and Marketing teams to deliver high-quality products.
- Proactively identify and mitigate risks related to product development, quality, timelines, and costs.
- Create engaging product presentations, development updates, and recommendation decks for key stakeholders.
- Stay informed on emerging ingredients, technologies, trends, and competitor activity to identify future product opportunities.
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Experience Requirements
- Experience within a beauty, cosmetics, or skincare product development role.
- Strong understanding of the end-to-end product development process.
- Experience leading and delivering multiple projects simultaneously.
- Commercial awareness and an understanding of product costings and supplier management.
- Formulation product development experience and technical knowledge would be highly advantageous.
- Experience in shade development is preferred.
- Strong project ownership, accountability, and delivery focus.
- Strategic thinker with a proactive and solutions-focused mindset.
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.
- Adaptable, agile, and comfortable operating within a fast-paced environment.
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The Package
- 25 days holiday.
- Discretionary bonus scheme.
- Enhanced maternity and paternity leave.
- Vitality health insurance.
- Flexi start and finish times.
- Hybrid Working (4 days a week in office).
- Flexible public and religious holidays.
- Training and development budget.
- Product allowance.
- Cycle to Work scheme.
- Charity day.
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