Associate Product Manager - Beauty & Personal Care

Position: Associate Product Manager (Beauty & Personal Care) Overall Experience: 4 - 6 years Location: Pune Working Days: 5 Days from Office Notice Period Requirement: 30 Days (Maximum) Roles & Responsibilities: - Drive end-to-end development of beauty and personal care products from concept to commercialization. - Translate consumer needs, market insights, and trends into new product opportunities. - Collaborate with formulation partners and manufacturers to develop, test, and refine product samples. - Lead product trials, testing cycles, and quality enhancements. - Benchmark global and domestic beauty brands to identify innovation opportunities. - Identify and collaborate with third-party manufacturers and suppliers. - Manage product development timelines, costing, and production readiness. - Ensure quality standards and performance benchmarks are consistently met. - Work on packaging development aligned with brand positioning and functionality. - Partner with packaging vendors through sampling and finalization. - Ensure adherence to regulatory, safety, and industry standards. - Support product launches in collaboration with marketing, operations, and design teams. Candidate Requirements: - Must have 4+ years of total experience in product development, with at least 2+ years in the beauty/personal care/skincare/cosmetics industry. - Must have end-to-end experience across product ideation, formulation, development, testing, vendor coordination, commercialization, and launch. - Must have experience collaborating with formulation partners and third-party manufacturers to develop, test, and refine product samples. - Must have experience leading product trials, testing cycles, and quality enhancements, while managing timelines, costing, and production readiness. - Must have a strong understanding of product lifecycle, formulations, manufacturing processes, and beauty & personal care trends, consumer insights, ingredients, and innovations. - Must have experience with packaging development - evaluating materials, aesthetics, and cost efficiency, and working with packaging vendors through sampling and finalization. - Must have strong stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills, working closely with sourcing, marketing, design, regulatory, and manufacturing teams. - Must have experience ensuring regulatory, safety, and quality compliance, and maintaining product documentation, specifications, and certifications. Note: Final Interview Round will be Face to Face only