Job Title: Manager- Color & Artwork

Brand: NYX

Location: El Segundo, CA

Who We Are:  

For more than a century, L’Oréal has devoted its energy, innovation, and scientific excellence solely to one business: Beauty. Our goal is to offer each and every person around the world the best of beauty in terms of quality, efficacy, safety, sincerity and responsibility to satisfy all beauty needs and desires in their infinite diversity.  

At L'Oréal Consumers Products, our mission is to democratize the best of beauty, and for us, beauty has to be sustainable. Our division holds the world’s #1 beauty brand with L’Oréal Paris, the #1 makeup brand with Maybelline New York, the #1 natural brand with Garnier, as well as NYX Professional Makeup.  

ROLE OVERVIEW: 

Be the point person for color and artwork at NYX, responsible for delivery of timely and cost effective decoration of new product launches and maintenance of basic business activities. Lead new and improved color & artwork processes that will result in effective cost reduction / harmonization programs for new or existing products.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND BASIC DUTIES

• TEAM MANAGEMENT 
  • Cultivate strong collaborative relationships with Product Development, Development, Packaging, and Supply Chain
  • Strengthen C&A community through transparency, vision, and collaboration
  • Lead, mentor, and develop direct report
  • Conduct performance reviews and support career growth
  • Delegate tasks and manage team workload
• CORE RESPONSIBILITIES: 
  • Oversee the execution of Color Matching activities for all components. 
  • Complete C&A deliverables in accordance to the validated timeline 
  • Anticipate and elevate blocking points to ensure meeting deadlines and or major launches
  • Drive Division + Operations + Vendors adherence to key dates 
  • Communicate and align with Development on key milestone progress and risk 
  • Foster extrapolation in Homologation and Compatibility, through discussions with technical teams but also, while discussing conception with Brand Development and Marketing
  • Anticipate potential risks in regards to timing or conception, align with Development and Packaging on action plan
  • Systematically follow “Risk Elevation Process” and elevate appropriately to key operational partners
• P&L MINDSET: 
  • Provide recommendation for cost effective and improved flexibility decoration at QCP
  • Develop decoration solutions aimed to improve flexibility, profitability and reduce slow movers and obsoletes
  • Educate cross-functional teams on the financial impact of color and artwork decisions, including production sample costs and press approval expenses, to optimize spending within the industrial budget
• QUALITY: 
  • Use extrapolation, homologations, color approval and proof approval to meet deadlines for SPEC issuance (i.e. made in statements, label claim)
  • Knowledge of supplier capability in anticipation of the pre-QCP/QCP
  • Participate /Lead-decoration portion in QCP meetings with Brand Development and provide advice to respect project complexity and minimize Time to Market 
  • Ensure no first reception rejections due to missing color standards and panoplies 
  • Complete risk analysis on decoration briefs
• DIGITAL: EFFICIENT TOOLS
  • Be proficient in internal systems MINDS, TAG, BI
• PERCEIVED VALUE INNOVATION/SUSTAINABILITY
  • Ensure the aesthetic consistency
  • Be consumer centric and aware of consumer insights
  • Propose the highest perceived value decoration at the lowest cost
  • Provide recommendations for sustainable decoration options, drive awareness of L’Oreal for the Future sustainable pack practices

• PROTECT CONSUMERS AND DATA
  1. Respect confidentiality of launches

What We Are Looking For: 

Required Qualifications: 

• Minimum 5+ years of experience in color management, graphic arts, printing/decoration technologies, or artwork approval processes within the consumer goods, beauty, or related manufacturing industries.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Graphic Arts, Print Technology, Industrial Design, Packaging Engineering, or a related technical discipline required.
• Travel to vendors and plants will be a requirement (10-15% of time)
• Proficient PC skills – Excel / Powerpoint
• Proficient communication skills (written & verbal), to be able to deal effectively with all levels of our organization AND our suppliers.
• Good organizational skills to manage the documentation, materials, and information.
• Develop and maintain a professional knowledge of new or emerging trends and technologies.
• Must be team oriented and able to create strong relationships with all cross functional partners

Salary Range: $90,200- $128,500 + bonus