Product Development Coordinator – Health & Beauty

Sakar International; Edison (NJ); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Sakar International is seeking a creative, tech‑savvy product development specialist for its Health & Beauty division in Edison, NJ. You will drive new product concepts across personal care, skincare, and beauty tools, collaborating with design, sourcing, and marketing teams.

You’ll research trends on TikTok, Instagram, and retailers, manage Excel trackers and costing, and build decks for retailer meetings while guiding products from concept through packaging and piloting samples.

Qualifications

• Passionate about beauty, skincare, personal care, and emerging trends.
• Comfortable with technology, AI, and social media insights.
• Excellent Excel tracking, costing, and presentation skills.
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Research beauty, skincare, personal care, and wellness trends across platforms and retailers.
• Identify trends and help develop new product ideas and concepts.
• Work with overseas factories on sourcing, pricing, samples, and development.
• Help manage products from concept through final production.
• Use AI tools to create concepts, renderings, research, and presentations.
• Collaborate with design on packaging, artwork, copy, and callouts.
• Review samples and communicate changes to factories.
• Create Excel product sheets, trackers, line lists, and costing.
• Build PowerPoint decks for retailer meetings.
• Attend sales meetings and shape assortments based on retailer needs.
• Research competitive products, packaging, and pricing opportunities.

Skills

Trend research

Creativity

Project management

Strong communication

Detail-oriented

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

AI tools

Job description

We are looking for a creative, highly motivated, and tech-savvy individual to join our growing Health & Beauty division.

This role will focus on developing new products across personal care, bath & spa accessories, cosmetic accessories, skincare accessories, beauty tools, and other emerging HBA categories.

Responsibilities

• Research beauty, skincare, personal care, and wellness trends across TikTok, Instagram, Amazon, major retailers, and emerging brands
• Identify trends and help develop new product ideas and concepts
• Work with overseas factories on sourcing, pricing, samples, and product development
• Help manage products from initial concept through final production
• Use AI tools to create product concepts, renderings, research, and presentations
• Work with our design team on packaging, artwork, product callouts, and copy
• Review samples and communicate product changes and comments to factories
• Create and maintain Excel product sheets, trackers, line lists, and costing
• Build PowerPoint presentations and product decks for retailer meetings
• Attend sales meetings and help develop products and assortments based on retailer needs
• Research competitive products, pricing, packaging, and new opportunities in the market

Who We’re Looking For

• Passionate about beauty, skincare, personal care, and emerging trends
• Extremely comfortable with technology, AI, and social media
• Strong knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint
• Creative with a good eye for products, packaging, and design
• Highly organized and detail-oriented
• Strong communication and follow-up skills
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and managing multiple projects
• Excited to learn the entire product development process from trend → concept → sourcing → packaging → sampling → retail

This is an in-person position in our Edison, NJ office. Please do not apply if you are not within a commutable distance from Edison, NJ.