The jobholder will report to FILL & PACK PLANNING AND PURCHASING COORDINATOR, will support the management of the purchase process with suppliers of production components.

Main tasks and responsibilities:

• to analyze the requirements of the materials mainly indirect and to the necessity also direct
• create purchase orders for the procurement of materials
• monitoring of own orders portfolio
• monitoring the performance of their suppliers

Skills required

• Preferably degree in Management Engineering, Management, Economics; different level of education will be evaluated
• IT knowledge: Very good knowledge of the Office package and management systems
• Good knowledge of English language
• Previous experience, even of short duration, in a related role will be considered a plus
• Effective workload planning, respect of deadlines, ability to manage stress in a very dynamic environment
• Ability to network and build relations
• Self-motivation and great sense of responsibility and confidentiality
• Personal ethics, tact and diplomacy
• Teamworking

The jobholder will report to the REGULATORY AFFAIRS MANAGER and will support the ensurance of compliance of developed formulations to all applicable regulatory requirements with customer inputs and needs, and sales requirements of product target end markets.

Main tasks and responsibilities:

• To check formulas against customer blacklists and the main international standards
• To process of ingredient lists for label creation
• To process “Product Information” files to support cosmetic product safety
• To process documents required by customers for exporting their products
• To evaluate of tests to support product claims
• To manage of raw material documentation

Skills required

• Bachelor’s degree in Scientific Disciplines
• IT knowledge: good knowledge of the Office package.
• Good knowledge of English language
• Previous experience, even of short duration, in a related role will be considered a plus
• Effective workload planning, respect of deadlines, ability to manage stress in a very dynamic environment
• Ability to network and build relations
• Self-motivation and great sense of responsibility and confidentiality
• Personal ethics, tact and diplomacy
• Teamworking

This role represents main R&D interface for Sales and technical departments: Production, Industrialization, R&D (Regulatory, Sampling, Stability, Compatibility, Tech Transfer) and Quality.

Reporting to R&D Formulation Manager he/she will be accountable for:

Main Tasks and Responsibilities:

• To ensure R&D development steps are made on time: to follow priorities & organization
• To gather & clarify incoming data to allow R&D starting development activity by working close to Sales Project Managers
• To be the single point of contact in R&D for Project Managers to set up, follow & report on progress of R&D retro-planning of each development project
• To guarantee R&D tasks are made on time by all the teams involved at R&D level.
• To analyze, conclude and propose improvements on R&D project management process. 
• To organize and manage R&D folders of project management
• To collect and centralize technical documentation (process, specifications, formulas...) needed for Project Managers to communicate with customers
• To organize and manage R&D internal meetings related to project management including meeting reports and/or presentations and/or synthesis reports
• To collect R&D information & share with internal teams the data necessary to the management of the project.
• To check and follow-up on project status for all internal / external R&D tests to be done before production (challenge test, safety tests, stability, pilot, compatibility, regulatory check...): to verify planning, samples sending, results feedbacks, raw materials & packaging availabilities etc.
• Follow up with suppliers / external support to accomplish R&D activity if necessary.
• To report regularly the line-manager on the progress of projects and to make escalation as appropriate in case of issues / delays

Skills required

• Preferably Batchelor Degree in a scientific discipline; different or lower level of education will be evaluated according to a real and proven working experience in a similar role
• At least 3 years of experience in Project Management;
• Fluent in English; French knowledge will be a plus
• IT knowledge: Very good knowledge of the Office package and management systems
• Project management skills- planning, staffing, organizing, directing and cost controlling. 
• Technical expertise in brief assessment, portfolio knowledge, technical writing
• Working knowledge of product development
• Ability to communicate at all levels both internally and externally
• Effective workload planning, respect of deadlines, ability to manage stress in a very dynamic environment, adaptability
• Result oriented
• Attention to details
• Ability to network and build relations
• Self-motivation and great sense of responsibility and confidentiality
• Personal ethics, tact and diplomacy

Part of the Global Marketing team, the jobholder will report to PRODUCT SPECIALIST, will have a good knowledge of product performances and value proposition, and will help to identify and map textures according to internal or external briefs.

Main tasks and responsibilities:

• To support the Product Specialist during the development of new formulas and collections following the Marketing strategy, inputs from Regional Marketing and portfolio gaps.
• To propose new product ideas working in cooperation with R&D and Technology & Process Innovation Team.
• To scout for new technologies and to contribute to technical assessment of product.
• To evaluate product performances to support their development.
• To support the Product Specialist during the evaluation of the market benchmarks by highlighting similarities and discrepancies within the Chromavis formula portfolio.

Skills required:

• Preferably degree in Pharmacy, Chemistry, CTF; different level of education will be evaluated
• At least 1 year experience in another cosmetic company
• Fluent in English
• IT knowledge: Very good knowledge of the Office package and management systems
• Cosmetic lover and Make-up user.
• Strong creativity to match technical approach
• Ability to communicate with technical departments (R&D, Process Innovation)
• Effective workload planning, respect of deadlines, ability to manage stress in a very dynamic environment
• Ability to network and build relations
• Self-motivation and great sense of responsibility and confidentiality
• Personal ethics, tact and diplomacy

Reporting to Infrastructure Manager and IT Systems, he/she will be part of the IT team group and will be accountable for the following:

• Monitoring and maintenance of Oracle Database (ERP Oracle E-Business Suite)
• Create Oracle EBS clones and backups
• Advanced Help Desk
• MDM Management
• Network fundamentals

Skills required:

• High School Diploma as a minimum. Degree in Information Technology is preferable
• At least 3 years' experience in similar roles
• Good knowledge of English both written and spoken
• Excellent knowledge of Oracle Db (11g/12c) ORACLE ENTERPRISE MANAGER (11g/12c)
• Knowledge as a system of Oracle E-Business Suite ERP is appreciated
• Autonomy in the management of Linux/Windows operating systems and Active Directory
• Experience in using backup software (CA ARCServe)
• Experience in managing system monitoring software (Optional)
• Experience in managing and troubleshooting Vmware environments (Optional)
• Experience in other infrastructure areas such as storage
• Good interpersonal relationship, cooperative approach and teamwork
• Ability to analyze and to manage projects
• Good communication and ability to synthesize
• Effective workload planning, respect of deadlines, ability to define priorities and manage stress
• Self-motivation and great sense of responsibility and confidentiality, personal ethics, tact and diplomacy
• ability to read technical drawings
• Availability to travel occasionally in Italy and abroad 

Based in New York, the Product Marketing Manager and Business Developer will report to the US Head of Marketing and Business Development and will have pertinent business experience in the cosmetic industry.   He/she will cooperate to identify and map business strengths and customer needs to develop and propose the best concept for matching.

Main tasks and responsibilities:

• Support in market analysis to identify business opportunities with prospect clients or room to grow with existing ones supporting sales
• To promote products to clients providing the right selection and customizing the storytelling in terms of benefit, story angle, technical highlights, and shade selection
• To support sales in improving the rate of awarded projects
• To brief HQ Marketing and R&D for custom new developments relevant for the market.
• To support HQ Marketing and R&D to understand about local preference on Cosmetic products: texture, benefit, color match etc.
• To support HQ Marketing in developing collections for their market.
• To support HQ Marketing in organizing local exhibitions.

Skills required:

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing, Cosmetics or related field.
• 3-5+ Years related experience working in marketing or sales in cosmetic contract manufacturing, preferably makeup 
• IT knowledge: Very good knowledge of the Office package and management systems, especially creating presentation materials
• Creative thinker with strong skills in tactile/aesthetic evaluation of cosmetic products as well as the ability to effectively communicate product understanding.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment, manage multiple projects at the same time & set priorities.
• Stay on top of the latest beauty and lifestyle trends and find opportunities for new products, variations, and ideas.
• Analytical & Presentation skills
• Strong communication and writing skills.
• Outstanding organization, follow-through, and attention to detail.
• Highly flexible and responsive, with the ability to effectively manage multiple, changing priorities.
• Strong understanding of product development, consumer interests, and beauty trends.
• Analytical & Presentation skills
• Self-motivation and great sense of responsibility and confidentiality, personal ethics, tact and diplomacy 

The jobholder will report to Head of Marketing and Business Development EMEA and will have pertinent business experience in the cosmetic industry and will cooperate to identify and map business strengths and customer needs to develop and propose the best concept for matching.

Main tasks and responsibilities:

• Support in market analysis to identify business opportunities with prospect clients or room to grow with existing ones supporting sales
• To promote products to clients providing the right selection and customizing the storytelling in terms of benefit, story angle, technical highlights and shade selection
• To brief HQ Marketing and R&D for custom new developments relevant for the market.
• To support HQ Marketing and R&D to understand about local preference on Cosmetic products: texture, benefit, color match etc.
• To support HQ Marketing in developing collections for their market.
• To support HQ Marketing in organizing local exhibitions.

Skills required:

• Bachelor Degree, preferred, in Economics or any other discipline
• 3-5+ Years related experience working in marketing in cosmetic contract manufacturing, preferably makeup
• Good knowledge of English; knowledge of French will be a plus
• IT knowledge: Very good knowledge of the Office package and management systems
• Creative thinker with strong skills in tactile/aesthetic evaluation of cosmetic products as well as the ability to effectively communicate product understanding.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment, manage multiple projects at the same time & set priorities.
• Stay on top of the latest beauty and lifestyle trends and find opportunities for new products, variations, and ideas.
• Strong communication and writing skills.
• Outstanding organization, follow-through, and attention to detail.
• Highly flexible and responsive, with the ability to effectively manage multiple, changing priorities.
• Strong understanding of product development, consumer interests, and beauty trends.
• Analytical & Presentation skills
• Self-motivation and great sense of responsibility and confidentiality, personal ethics, tact and diplomacy

Main tasks / Responsibilities

• Scouting: to conduct market analysis in order to evaluate the best materials/services that can match stakeholders needs.
• To identify potential suppliers and identify the right ones.
• Create and manage RFQ for strategic services, together with the support of the Group
• Contract management.
• Supplier management with focus on price negotiation, business review, scouting.
• K.P.I.s.: savings, projects optimization, activity’s track records with the Group; Ensuring compliance to Company’s
• guidelines, procurement policies and procedures according to Company's requirements.
• To assess and to evaluate suppliers, leading performance reviews in order to ensure contracts compliance and improvement of their performances.
• To monitor market trends, competitor strategies and market suppliers
• People management with assigned tasks and target periodic reporting

Communication

60% - Internal Stakeholders

40% - Suppliers

Education required for the role

High School Diploma as a minimum; Preferably University Degree

Foreign Language knowledge

Very good knowledge of English

IT Knowledge

Strong knowledge of main IT systems (Office).

Work Experience

At least 5 years in a similar role

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Highly skilled at building and maintaining effective and productive relationships with key stakeholders and
• suppliers;
• Negotiation / Influencing skills: ability to achieve a satisfactory compromise and agreement to meet goals Teamworking
• Very good analytical skills and ability to gather information when this is poor or lacking
• Good problem solving and ability to find out solutions
• Self-motivation and great sense of responsibility and confidentiality, personal ethics, tact and diplomacy
• Ability to work under pressure
• Availability to travel in Italy and abroad including overnight stays
• People Management and People Development
• Delegation and objective setting
• Leadership
• Commitment

Reporting to R&D Director he/she will be accountable for the following:

• To request technical data to suppliers & additional samples to ensure trials & development to be done on time
• To evaluate & to approve packaging technical data from suppliers
• To check and to validate artwork (technical draw).
• To participate to innovation packaging development with Procurement & Marketing
• To meet suppliers and to participate to source new packaging by providing technical data expectations.
• To provide packaging technical support to R&D, Marketing, Procurement, Industrialization
• To test new packaging items
• To evaluate new development feasibility & to provide risk assessment
• To analyze compatibility between materials of packaging and raw materials of formula.
• To develop, to define and to validate compatibility tests to run & validation criteria according to the packaging & the formula.
• To propose new methods of tests
• To create and to manage a compatibility raw material / material database.

Skills required:

• High School Diploma as a minimum. Packaging Master Degree Preferably
• Fluent in English is an essential requisite, French or another foreign language are a plus
• Two to three years of experience in packaging development position in Cosmetic industry, or Packaging industry, or Food industry
• IT knowledge: Very good knowledge of the Office package (Excel and project management tools
• Skilled at building and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders and suppliers;
• Good communication, interpersonal and influencing skills;
• Analytical and problem solver;
• Collaborative approach to team work;
• Knowledge on technical data and drawings
• Knowledge on materials & interaction with raw materials of formulas

Reporting to Procurement Manager he/she will be accountable for the following:

• To support the Packaging NPD team in sourcing and negotiations of primary and secondary packaging for external brief, coming from a customer’s project, based on Sales request, in compliance with cost / quality / timing
• To support Marketing team in creating and updating “ready to go” packaging proposals
• To be the owner of the Packaging Innovation leading internal (Marketing / R&D) and external meeting (suppliers and customers)
• To source packaging for internal brief (marketing collections) and to negotiate the cost of the packaging with suppliers and to manage the order and delivery
• To be involved in the Supplier Evaluation process regarding technical/commercial relations and Innovation process
• To source and choose new packaging to be added in the “Packaging Room” and to update the physical and digital library

Skills required:

• High School Diploma as a minimum. Degree in any discipline is preferable
• Fluent in English is an essential requisite, French or another foreign language are a plus
• Three to five years experience in a similar role and/or in managing projects
• IT knowledge: Very good knowledge of the Office package (Excel and project management tools
• Good interpersonal relationship, cooperative approach and teamwork
• Good communication and ability to synthesize
• Effective workload planning, respect of deadlines, ability to define priorities and manage stress
• Focus on Innovation
• Ability to search for information, flexibility and adaptability, negotiation skills
• Self-motivation and great sense of responsibility and confidentiality, personal ethics, tact and diplomacy
• ability to read technical drawings
• Availability to travel occasionally in Italy and abroad

Based at our Headquarter in Offanengo (CR), he/she will report to the R&D Formulation Manager and will be accountable for the following:

• To propose and develop new formulas (textures and shades) and to participate to improvement of existing range of products: to make lab trials, to create and define formulas to answer brief by considering regulatory constraints & updates, industrial constraints as well as technology updates (new raw materials...) and insuring stability compliance.
• To read & interpret INCI and to formulate accordingly within LEAN approach.
• To perform color matching trials
• To communicate with Raw Materials suppliers to ensure availability of raw materials to perform his/her development trials. To get in contact with Raw Materials suppliers for identifying, selecting and trying new raw materials; to manage Raw Materials shortage proposing and testing their replacement / substitution.
• To study new launches and R&D technical watch (new concepts, new ingredients, new textures...)
• To propose and develop technical improvements; to propose innovative concepts or formulas to Marketing & R&D.
• To analyze and optimize existing formulas; to evaluate and characterize quality of the products: sensory analysis, physico-chemical analysis (pH, viscosity, density, rheology...). According to results, to investigate, analyze, correct, adapt and propose solutions until reaching the target.
• To provide technical support writing Product Technical Data Sheet, technical reports and to present them to project team
• To propose and carry out experiment plans.
• To cooperate for Technical Transfer:  to anticipate and check industrial feasibility during formula development, to assist in the resolution of manufacturing issues as applicable and support Industrialization & Production as applicable for formula issues during Production phase

Skills required:

• Bachelor Degree as a minimum in scientific disciplines (Chemistry, Pharmacy, Biology etc)
• More than 7 year experience in powders formulation
• Knowledge of Chemical Lab analysis:  physico-chemical analysis, stability, sensory analysis etc, and Regulatory
• Good knowledge of English: French will be a plus
• IT knowledge: strong knowledge of the Office package and main IT systems for Lab (e.g.  (COPTIS)
• Effective interpersonal skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Good problem solving and ability to find out solutions
• Effective workload planning, respect of deadlines, ability to define priorities and manage stress in a very dynamic and demanding environment
• Good analytical skills and ability to gather information when this is poor or lacking
• Ability to work in autonomy
• Self-motivation and great sense of responsibility and confidentiality, personal integrity and ethics, tact and diplomacy

Reporting to the Customer Service Manager he/she will be accountable for the following:

• To be responsible for the management of all activities related to reorders of products starting from order entry on time and complete with information required to execute properly
• To build, develop and maintain the relationship with customers understanding their needs  and problems to ensure a high quality service
• To represent the company in a professional manner during all activities with an outside exposure
• To coordinate effectively company functions involved in order processing, analysing and running reports needed to carry on the order track activities.
• To have a deep knowledge of product specifications to be able to coordinate with the Project Manager and the Bill of Material team in case of inaccuracies or incorrect information
• To interface with Administration to check customer’s payments prior to order processing and to interface with customers on this  
• To interface with customer during all phases of order fulfilment to inform the customer of any time deviation from agreed timing
• To cooperate with the Project Manager in the operative management of first order to customer, as a result of the project management process (launch) ensuring that all instructions are correctly executed
• To attend meetings with customers and internal meetings and to visit occasionally customers

Skills required:

• High School Diploma as a minimum. Degree in any discipline is preferable
• Fluent in English is an essential requisite, French or another foreign language are a plus
• One/two year experience in a similar role in complex or multinational companies or in a very dynamic environment
• IT knowledge: Very good knowledge of the Office package (excel and ppt) and willing to use / learn company systems (ERP, WMS, etc.)
• Good interpersonal relationship and teamwork
• Good communication and ability to synthesize
• Effective workload planning, respect of deadlines, ability to define priorities and manage stress
• Proactivity, precision and attention to details/numbers
• Ability to search for information, flexibility and adaptability, negotiation skills
• Self-motivation and great sense of responsibility and confidentiality, personal ethics, tact and diplomacy
• Availability to travel occasionally in Italy and abroad

Reporting to Sales Manager he/she will be accountable for the following:

• To review and understand Sales budget with the Sales manager to have a full understanding of the objectives, the market, risks and opportunities linked to customers and market.
• To be responsible for the positive results of projects from customer’s brief to order acquisition: creation and management of timelines and all phases of the project in cooperation with the Sales Manager. Ensuring regular updates are communicated to the customer and internal departments
• To manage the day-to-day activities to carry out projects assigned
• To coordinate all company functions involved in product development to ensure activities are completed in time to achieve the timeline. Highlighting any risk to the Sales manager. 
• To monitor prices for existing products in case of price changes regarding packaging, BOM changes (coming from the customer)
• To build a deep knowledge of the customer to develop customer’s loyalty, to provide right answer/solution to customer’s request in the right time.
• To have daily contacts with customer concerning progress of the project
• To attend or host meetings with customers and internal meetings to manage the development of the projects
• To be able to manage internal and external relationships while coordinating the project
• To have a deep knowledge of the products concerning their technical characteristics, production limits, formulation and industrialization to direct the customer towards the right product
• To visit occasionally customers supporting the Sales Manager

Skills required:

• High School Diploma as a minimum. Degree in any discipline, preferably Economics, Marketing or Languages is preferable
• Fluent in English is an essential requisite, French or another foreign language are a plus
• Two-three year in cosmetic or multinational manufacturing companies 
• IT knowledge: Very good knowledge of the Office package
• Excellent interpersonal relationship and teamwork
• Excellent communication and ability to synthesize
• Effective workload planning, respect of deadlines, ability to define priorities and manage stress in a very dynamic environment
• Proactivity, precision and attention to details/numbers
• Ability to search for information, flexibility and adaptability
• Self-motivation and great sense of responsibility and confidentiality, personal ethics, tact and diplomacy
• Availability to travel occasionally in Italy and abroad