Sr Product Development Specialist III - Skincare

Skills & Experience 
Experience: 3+ years portfolio/product/management experience. Beauty industry and/or direct selling experience preferred. Experience in a global market preferred. Experience working on complex projects.
Education: Bachelor’s degree (MBA preferred) in marketing or business administration
 

• Proven ability to work on complex product projects with numerous cross-functional dependencies.
• Demonstrated ability to lead multiple projects with multiple timelines.
• The ability to influence and exchange information on multiple projects with various levels of leadership with a broad and global cross-section of key partners is a must.
• Ability to build strong relationships and collaborate across a multitude of functions and levels.
• Solid business and financial acumen with analytical skills including understanding of financial principles and how to demonstrate this knowledge to make sound business recommendations to achieve business goals in a complex environment with multiple layers of partners.
• Must have the ability to demonstrate critical thinking skills, problem-solve, assess risks, and coordinate plans across multiple cross-functional teams.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to act as a change agent and adapt to changing business and organizational dynamics.
• Must demonstrate the ability to gather and analyze competitive, cost, and historical information and to prepare price comparison charts.
• Must be able to effectively project manage projects and meet timelines.
• Must demonstrate the ability to develop options and recommend pricing, develop and tabulate results of feedback surveys and ensure the accuracy of communications.
• A good understanding of the core principles of product portfolio management is preferred.
• Must be well organized, have high levels of detail on projects, and handle multiple activities/tasks under pressure.
• Must be proficient in software applications such as MS Excel (development of spreadsheets, import/export, and linking); MS Word; MS PowerPoint; MS Project, MS Teams and MS Outlook, Tableau Qualtrics, or other research SaaS platforms. Oracle Agile software experience is desired.
• Demonstrates the Global Product Management (GPM) functional competency behaviors for Sr Product Specialist III.

Company Overview

Looking for a career where you can make a difference?

At Mary Kay we are committed to enriching the lives of women and their families around the world, we offer careers with unlimited opportunities to do something beautiful every day. More than 5,000 employees work in locations around the world. They provide the products, marketing and other support to millions of Independent Beauty Consultants (IBCs) who work as independent contractors, selling our products directly to consumers in nearly 40 markets on five continents.

We are a company that believes in our people and cares for them with truly exceptional benefits. We offer:

• A comprehensive health plan which includes medical, dental, and vision with low premiums
• 401(k) plan
• A generous profit-sharing program
• Free access to on-site fitness center and on-site clinic