Associate Scientist/ Scientist, Product Research, Skin Care

Job description

Description

Overview of role
Keen to consider this unique opportunity to create the future for our leading skin care brands?

Skin care is one of the key growth engines for P&G with brands like SK-II and Olay delighting the consumers with our inspiring and exciting innovations.
We are looking for a strong product and consumer researcher who will define the cutting edge irresistible front-end innovation (FEI) for the most demanding beauty consumers.

If this sounds exciting to you, read on!

Your team
Located at the P&G Singapore Innovation Center, the individual will be part of an exciting Skin Care FEI R&D organization. You will work in multi-functional innovation teams comprising of Product Designers, Skin Measurement Scientists, Technologists and commercial partners.

How success looks like
• Demonstrate leadership and positive collaboration with multi-functional teams
• Contribute to category growth and gaining of new users through product innovation in Asian markets
• Demonstrate strong iterative innovation mindset & skills

Key Responsibilities
• Lead market & consumer landscape analysis for unarticulated insights
• Lead consumer digital behavior (cognitive & non-cognitive) & online eco-system deep dive (focus on China)
• Design, execute, and analyze consumer insights from online & offline channels
• Translate consumer & market insights into well-defined solution development framework & success criteria
• Lead iterative prototyping with technical team & consumer and recommend product solutions
• Define & manage key project milestones; including presentation, communication and coordination with multi-functional teams

Qualifications

·  Master’s or PhD degree in Science or related fields
·  Additional qualification or specialization in Sociology, Psychology, Digital, Design or equivalent experience or knowledge will be an advantage
·  Has passion in beauty and aspires to work in this category
·  2-5 years' relevant experience
·  Fluency in oral and written Chinese, consumer fundamentals and China eCommerce/Social eco-system and consumer digital footprint from lifestyle, entertainment to online shopping
·  Fluency with digital consumer & market research skill sets including social listening, E-rating & reviews, A/B testing, and digital behavior tracking, etc
·  Experience in innovation design, able to successfully translate non-structural insights into product development criteria
·  Strong technical rigor & problem-solving ability in product innovation, data mining & integration skills
·  Good business acumen to link future consumer opportunities to innovation defined criteria
·  Lean or Entrepreneurship mind-set & behavior by crafting and executing fast learning cycles
·  Strong leadership, collaboration, presentation & communication skills (oral & written communication) to work with multifunctional and leadership teams

About us
We produce globally recognized brands and we grow the best business leaders in the industry. With a portfolio of trusted brands as diverse as ours, it is paramount our leaders are able to lead with courage the vast array of brands, categories and functions. We serve consumers around the world with one of the strongest portfolios of trusted, quality, leadership brands, including Always®, Ariel®, Gillette®, Head & Shoulders®, Herbal Essences®, Oral-B®, Pampers®, Pantene®, Tampax® and more. Our community includes operations in approximately 70 countries worldwide.

Visit http://www.pg.com to know more.

Our consumers are diverse and our talents - internally - mirror this diversity to best serve it. That is why we’re committed to building a winning culture based on Inclusion and our ideal candidate is passionate about the same principle: you will join our daily effort of being “in touch” so we craft brands and products to improve the lives of the world’s consumers now and in the future. We want you to inspire us with your unrivaled ideas.

We are committed to providing equal opportunities in employment. We do not discriminate against individuals on the basis of race, color, gender, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, citizenship, disability, veteran status, HIV/AIDS status, or any other legally protected factor.

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