Skincare Innovation Manager

Trinny London; London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Trinny London is seeking a Brand Innovation Manager for their Skincare Product Innovation team. This mid-senior level role involves shaping strategy, driving product development, and collaborating across functional teams to create innovative skincare products that align with brand values.

Benefits

Hybrid and flexible working

25 days holiday plus Wellbeing Days

Company discounts

Vitality health scheme

Annual personal training and development budget

Enhanced family friendly packages

Pension scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Office socials and celebrations

Qualifications

• Degree in Cosmetics Science or Chemistry or experience in a lab environment is advantageous.
• Previous experience in the beauty industry in skincare product development.
• Experience with sales data and analysis.

Responsibilities

• Drive ideation, concept creation, and product story development.
• Identify opportunities for improvement for existing products.
• Prepare business cases and write clear product and design briefs.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Strong interpersonal skills

Attention to detail

Agility and adaptability

Organizational skills

Education

Degree in Cosmetics Science or Chemistry

Job description

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Are you ready to rethink your routine? We're looking for a Brand Innovation Manager to join our Skincare Product Innovation team. As Brand Innovation Manager for Skincare, you will work closely with the Head of Skincare Brand Innovation to shape the Skincare category strategy and be responsible for the creation, briefing and development of gold and silver launches that perform at the highest quality and efficacy standards, working closely with our Marketing teams to ensure that the benefits are communicated clearly and in an engaging way to the consumer.

Welcome to Trinny London!

Here at Trinny London, we're changing the face of makeup and demystifying skincare, and we're only just getting started. Founded in 2017 by Trinny Woodall, Trinny London is challenging people all over the world to rethink their routines.

We have achieved tremendous growth since 2017 and we're proud to be one of Europe's fastest-growing beauty brands. We're generating millions of sales by developing innovative products, acquiring hundreds of thousands of supporters and customers all over the world, and more importantly, building a talented and motivated team to support our fantastic growth.

Our Values

We live by three core values: we bring fearless passion, we act with smart intent and we all wear yellow together.

We always go the extra mile, working together to push boundaries and celebrate our wins and learnings as a team. We listen to every idea, big or small, and make considered decisions. We support each other to achieve our goals and thrive on collaboration.

The Role

Your daily to-dos might look like this:

• Working with the founder, Chief Innovation Officer and Head of Skincare Brand Innovation to build the skincare product innovation strategy and long term NPD pipeline that reflects the brand vision, mission, goals and values
• Driving the ideation, concept creation, briefs, artwork & product story development, toolboxes, training materials and business reports and ensure the cross functional input from key stakeholders
• Identifying opportunities for improvement for existing products (EPD)
• Leading the ideation on your projects, with emphasis on high quality, innovative concepts and creation of ‘legacy' products that fit in line with our business and marketing strategies and brand values, ensuring the needs of the founder, key stakeholders and consumer are met
• Preparing business cases for each project gate
• Writing product and design briefs with clear deliverables, target costs and RRPs, ensuring key skincare pillars are always front of mind.
• Getting sign off on product briefs from key stakeholders and briefing out to functional teams, supporting procurement, packaging and project management in supplier brief meetings.
• Briefing the Designer and Senior Packaging Manager and co-developing the product design and artwork for primary & secondary packaging - always including competitor analysis
• Ensuring the development of the formula and pack is as per the brief. Includes approval of the final prototype at gate 2, working closely with the team, project managers, technical, packaging, and procurement teams to develop the prototype
• Working closely with the Head of Skincare Brand Innovation on the pricing strategy and review, working cross functionally with the Finance & Management team
• Developing and building, with technical functions, strong product claims that can be communicated on all your projects
• Keeping up to date with market, competitor and supplier innovations and keeping innovation and creativity front of mind - attending relevant trade shows and taking inspiration trips
• Working closely with the technical, packaging and quality teams to set quality standards for formula and packaging and approving bulk manufacture.
• Supporting the delivery of creative, engaging and on-brand product assets by working closely with the Product Marketing & Design Team and attending relevant shoots
  
  

Requirements

These skills will help you go far in this role:

• Degree in Cosmetics Science or Chemistry or background in a lab environment would be advantageous
• Previous experience within the beauty industry in skincare product development
• A strong understanding and knowledge of technical and testing requirements
• Speed to market and able to work in a fast paced, start-up work environment
• Strong communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills (within our team, and across the business)
• Experience with sales data and analysis
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Agility and adaptability
• Highly organised
• Quality-first always in mind
  
  

We love to hear from anybody interested in Trinny London! Although it's useful to have the skills listed above, we're always eager to hear from ambitious people looking for their next challenge.

Benefits

Our mission is to give our customers the tools they need to be their best. And the same goes for our team through our benefits:

• Hybrid and flexible working, with core working hours
• 25 days holiday (we're also partial to a handful of spontaneous and well-earned Wellbeing Days throughout the year, as well as Early Finish Fridays and Summer Fridays)
• Welcome to Trinny London Starter Stack and swag
• Company discount for yourself, your friends, and family
• Vitality health scheme, EAP and Medicash (including dental, optical & audiological care)
• An annual personal training and development budget
• Enhanced family friendly packages
• Pension scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• T-Parties = many office socials as well as summer and festive celebrations!
• Rewards and Recognition Scheme (awarding length of service with gifts, vouchers and additional annual leave)
  
  

Equal Opportunities

We celebrate diversity in our customers, our products, and the teams we build. We champion inclusivity and want everyone to be the best versions of themselves.

We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome people from all backgrounds, with their unique perspectives, ideas and experiences.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Manufacturing

• Industries

  IT Services and IT Consulting

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