Key Responsibilities
• Develop and bring to market, in collaboration with the brands and Development teams, high-quality, safe, and high-performing products, aligned with the Domain/brand innovation strategy and the Group’s sustainability commitments.
• Own assigned projects and missions, ensuring complete, end-to-end delivery within the agreed timelines.
• Lead and manage the China eye DA team to deliver key project milestones and consolidate team development plan with SPL.
• Work within project teams, taking on versatile roles and responsibilities according to project needs and project stage.
• Clearly define ambitious project objectives; mobilize the right skills to build and manage the project team. Influence and persuade to secure buy-in from sponsors and stakeholders.
• Build the formulation strategy based on patents, publications, and the technical state of the art, and mobilize the right experts for this purpose.
• Validate consumer insights, assess the competitive landscape and the technical state of the art, and conduct literature reviews.
• Plan projects and experiments, manage timelines, assess risks, and implement mitigation actions.
• Analyze results, ensure robust interpretation, and propose technical solutions to address project challenges.
• Conduct laboratory trials; oversee scale-up, industrialization studies, and all testing (stability, safety/efficacy, and consumer); draft technical summaries and project status updates; and provide systematic reporting and/or presentations.
• Build connections with related laboratories for technology sharing and collaboration; develop a network of technical partnerships capable of engaging with external stakeholders.
• Contribute to safeguarding L’Oréal’s intellectual property (patent filing and protection, etc.).
• Ensure compliance with all company and R&I rules and guidelines, e.g., safety rules and good laboratory practices.
• Lead and coordinate cross-functional initiatives.