The Product Assistant supports the Product team by assisting the product manager with the execution of NPD & core product development. This role is trend-focused, digital native, and requires a passion for beauty and social media.
This fast-paced and ever-changing role requires a team member who is confident in self-managing and prioritizing tasks, working to tight deadlines while maintaining a consistent level of productivity and output.
What you’ll do:
* Support the Product Manager/Junior Product Manager with new product development (NPD).
* Monitor product & suppliers CPA’s (critical path management). Ensure timelines of product development are met & update the manager on any supplier delays or changes to products weekly.
* Work with the team from concept to launch of new products, involved in brainstorming, trend research, briefing, sampling, testing & launching new products.
* Be product-focused and bring forward ideas for new products and trends.
* Be competitor & market aware, looking at pricing/offer and newness.
* Support the product & brand team in identifying key product, social & global trends. Be market aware & trend reactive. Create new in-trend reports and competitor reports where needed.
* Assist the Product Manager with shade work and product development where required, including concepts, shade work, ideation & overall product development.
* Oversee product & business sample management, working with the supply base and warehouse teams to ensure samples arrive on time. Support other teams with sample requests including photography, sales & trade marketing teams.
* Support e-commerce imagery approval & assist photography/content teams.
* Engage in supplier-focused work with the product supply base to ensure key deadlines are met, including weekly CPA tracking and updating teams.
* Update product and commercial packs with up-to-date information and imagery of products.
* Assist and complete handover forms & sign off packs of new product information to the business.
* Provide License & Collaboration support – assist with licensed concepts, uploads, and approvals.
* Work alongside product design and compliance technical teams on artwork & product design.
What you’ll have:
* A passion for beauty, being trend-driven, and having active social engagement.
* A high level of Microsoft Office knowledge, with proficiency in PowerPoint & Excel.
* Highly organized, adaptable, with the ability to multitask.
* Confidence to put forward ideas & be innovative.
* A team player who is happy to work alongside the brand team & with other cross-functional teams in the business.
* Driven and focused, able to work to deadlines.
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