Overview
Product Development Specialist Jobs in New York, United States at Adecco
Title: Product Development Specialist
Company: Adecco
Location: New York, United States
Adecco Creative and Marketing has partnered with a global beauty brand to hire a Product Development Administrator.
This hybrid NYC 40 hour/week contract ends 12/31/25. The pay is $45-$50/hr based on experience.
Job Summary
As a Consultant on the Product Development team, you will actively support the team in the development of skincare formulations. Core responsibilities will be focused on helping the team with a variety of tasks to ensure they deliver new developments on time – reformulations are of primary focus and secondarily new products.
Responsibilities
• Support Sr Manager on reformulations; preparing briefs when necessary as well as working collaboratively with the labs, and other cross functional teams.
• Track key milestones on all reformulations ensuring timely feedback is given and aligned through key team members to support on time formula approvals.
• Partner with the labs and marketing to ensure testing support of key claims.
• Review and approve relevant artworks in a timely and thorough way.
• Ensure key product development milestones are met on time for all reformulations – including formula approval, claims testing results, review of relevant AW elements and market registration.
• Monitor and track new product, ingredient, technology and larger macro trends through a variety of sources; evaluate strategic importance and potential implications to the brand.
• Attend weekly development meetings to help PD team track key needs such as sampling programs, market samples, market registration and artwork approval
• Support team on product / formula / ingredient questions from other teams / markets
• Manage key system inputs – enter purchase orders and prepare shipments
• Provide other miscellaneous ad-hoc team support and meeting prep
Qualifications
• College degree
• Product development experience in beauty
• Very strong attention to detail and an obsession with organization
• Proactive, resourceful, can-do attitude is a must
• Individual should be a team player eager to collaborate and engage with others
• Project management mindset including ability to develop timelines, track project status and move projects forward to meet deadlines on time
• Strong communication skills – able to share complex details with multiple functions to achieve milestones
• Ability to juggle multiple priorities and thrive in a fast-paced environment
• Creativity and interested in the world of beauty
• Ability to work independently, with minimal oversight once on boarded
• Proficient in Powerpoint, Excel, Word and a quick learner on other necessary computer systems
Benefit offerings available for our associates include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, EAP program, commuter benefits and a 401K plan. Our benefit offerings provide employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. There is no PTO or holiday pay for contracts. Sick leave is accrued where applicable, check your state laws.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled
Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without employer sponsorship.
To read our Candidate Privacy Information Statement, which explains how we will use your information, please navigate to https://www.adeccousa.com/candidate-privacy
The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable:
*The California Fair Chance Act
*Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance
*Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers
*San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance
