R&D (Senior) Product Developer Wella Retail Hair

At the earliest possible time | location: Darmstadt, Hessen | permanent

ABOUT WELLA

Wella Company is one of The World’s leading Beauty companies, comprised of a family of iconic brands such as Wella Professionals, Clairol, OPI, Nioxin and ghd. With 6,000 employees globally, presence in over 100 countries, Wella Company and its brands enable consumers to look, feel, and be their true selves. As innovators in the hair and nail industry, Wella Company empowers its people to delight consumers, inspire beauty professionals, engage communities, and deliver sustainable growth to its stakeholders. . For more information about the Wella Company, visit our website www.wellacompany.com and follow us on LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook.

ABOUT R&D

Research & Development in Wella is a highly collaborative, competent and innovative group. You join diverse teams of highly passionate Scientists, Engineers and Hair & Nail Artists who innovate at the frorefront of technology and beauty trends. We:

• Deliver end-to-end innovation​ through an empowered learning culture, exploring, developing and qualifying innovations that delight consumers​.
• Innovate and bring to life the future of the Company, guided by focused consumer research and the trends that will grow our industry long term​.
• Drive safety, sustainability, quality and regulatory always front and center to our work​.

We want you to join the Wella R&D family on an exciting journey through exciting challenges and opportunities as we become an independent, winning Wella again!

THE ROLE

We offer you an exciting role as Product Developer for Wella Retail Hair R&D to design, develop and deliver new & holistic hair propositions, covering hair color and ancillaries for multiple regions to support the growth of our global Wella Retail Hair Color business.

The mission is enabling ambitious growth & value creation via bringing superior, premium & differentiated products to market and winning with consumer relevant benefits, concepts and business models.

Within your role you will be responsible for:

• Support development and design new Hair Colorant products for our Wella Retail Brand(s).
• Develop market and competitive landscape understanding as well as consumer knowledge of our product category to drive new & meaningful products, claims and demo development
• Deliver technical product design criteria, test design and claims support with in vitro/in vivo methods
• Support technical readiness, registration/notification, freedom to practice for product launch

• Work closely with global/regional multifunctional teams (technical & commercial) to deliver initiatives. 
• Occasional international travel for consumer research and/or training might be required

WHAT YOU CAN BRING

• Technical background: Minimum bachelor’s degree from University in Natural Sciences or Engineering (Chemistry, Chem-eng, Cosmetic Sciences, Natural Sciences, Biology/Biotech or related fields).
• Being beauty & hair involved and/or work experience in the Beauty/hair category would be beneficial. 
• Love for consumer understanding, technology and R&D: Consumer insight and technical curiosity/ understanding, desire to penetrate science deeply and support claims with robust science approaches and translate scientific insights into intuitive and relevant science stories and demos.
• Good communication and collaboration skills: this role will require daily interactions across technical and commercial functions and the candidate should be able to communicate and influence and represent R&D within x-functional teams.
• Passionate about new digital and AI tools/applications as well as digital product communication and social media, experienced with different types of applications would be welcomed (i.e. Instagram, TikTok)
• Capable and willing to work in a fast-paced environment
• Company language is English.  Any other language knowledge is very welcomed.
• We deeply value diversity & inclusion and strong team spirit.

WHAT WE OFFER YOU

You would have the chance to work for a key hair color brand and be a part of a dynamic, competent and fun team.  You would have a chance to run your projects, learn & grow on project management and influence the technologies and innovations we develop. Last but not least, you’ll have a chance to see your own products in the market – a proud moment for any product developer!

• Attractive salary package with a wide range of benefits
• Free company parking as well as central location and good public transport connections
• Promotion of personal potential and individual career paths
• Support during the induction period and the opportunity to take on responsibility at an early stage
• Flexible working hours and the opportunity to work from home
• A collegial working atmosphere at an employer with an appreciative corporate culture
• Open communication and an international as well as diverse environment in which the "WE" is in the foreground!

Become a part of the "WELLA- family" - we live our values! #wellafamily #WellaCareers

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

We offer equal employment opportunity to qualified individuals without regard to ethnical origin, religion, color, national origin, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Wella Company with disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities.