Job Description

A rapidly expanding consumer goods company is seeking a creative, detail-driven Personal Care Product Development Specialist to support high-profile national retail partnerships. This role is heavily focused on the development of beauty, personal care, and health products and offers the opportunity to bring trend-forward ideas from concept through retail launch.

This position is ideal for a product development professional who enjoys owning multiple projects, collaborating across departments, and navigating the unique demands of retail-driven beauty and personal care product pipelines.

Company & Position Highlights:

Category Focus: Beauty, personal care, and health products developed for major retail environments

End-to-End Ownership: Drive products from early ideation through commercialization and ongoing support

Cross-Functional Exposure: Work closely with R&D, formulation, packaging, quality, marketing, sales, and retail partners

Growth Opportunity: Join a fast-growing organization with long-term advancement potential

Compensation & Benefits: Competitive salary with a full benefits package

Salary Range: $75,000–$85,000 annually, based on experience

Key Responsibilities of the Personal Care Product Development Specialist:

• Manage the complete product development lifecycle for beauty, personal care, and health items, from initial concepts through post-launch support
• Create and maintain comprehensive product documentation, including formulations, specifications, packaging requirements, testing protocols, and timelines
• Lead new product launches, line extensions, and SKU optimization initiatives
• Coordinate with internal teams and external manufacturers to ensure product quality, regulatory compliance, and on-time commercialization
• Support trend, market, and competitive research to guide product innovation within the beauty and personal care space
• Oversee retailer-specific onboarding, compliance submissions, and product setup processes
• Analyze POS and performance data using platforms such as Nielsen or Retail Link to inform development and assortment decisions
• Partner with marketing and sales teams to support packaging development, samples, presentations, and go-to-market execution
• Prepare professional materials, including line reviews, product proposals, launch summaries, and Quarterly Business Reviews

Qualifications of the Personal Care Product Development Specialist:

• A bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution is highly preferred
• 5–8+ years of product development experience within retail beauty, personal care, health, or consumer packaged goods categories
• Demonstrated success launching personal care or beauty products into national retail accounts
• Strong working knowledge of formulation coordination, packaging development, compliance, and retail timelines
• Hands-on experience managing multiple SKUs in fast-paced retail environments
• Experience using POS, sales, and trend platforms such as Nielsen, Retail Link, or similar tools
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel
• Highly organized with exceptional attention to detail and the ability to manage overlapping projects
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with both internal teams and external partners
• Familiarity with mass, drug, grocery, or specialty retail product development processes strongly preferred

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