Personal Care Philippines Activation Research

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support the PC Country R&D Lead for the on-time and in-full delivery of the R&D program, ensuring relevant product technology and performance deployment. Programs will encompass innovation, product superiority and brand-led growth activities.
• Lead the product activation workstream for innovation (including Y2) and brand-led growth (BLG) activities. Adapt global activation assets to local market needs. Partner with Brand, CSP (Customer Strategy & Planning) and Digital Marketing Media team to customize science communications and product assets to local requirements -including adapting to the social environment.
• Work closely with marketing to design comprehensive technical activation plans for different touchpoints (customers, shoppers, consumers, influencers, authorities & experts). Create science content that aligns with marketing strategies, including demos, claims and product stories/ visuals. Ensure that the content is scientifically accurate and engaging for the target audience. Likewise, effectively communicate science contents in an accessible and engaging manner.
• Lead assessment of activation impact and identify improvement opportunities using available tools and mechanisms to amplify further impact (e.g. input into post-launch evaluations). Share actively success stories and best practices for learnings.
• Support R&D Capability Building particularly on developing Social First capabilities – merging science communications with culture and consumer cohorts to develop future fit R&D Science communications, relevant to today and tomorrow's consumers.
• Local claim support development, risk assessment and clearances: Engages with Brand, CTI, and local claims forum to ensure claims are supportable and compliant to local Regulatory (FDA) and Advertising Standards Council requirements.
• Be flexible and open to pivot to other R&D roles, e.g. Technical Project Lead, as required by evolving business priorities and as aligned with the line manager. As Technical Project Leader, lead the technical workstream for projects partnering with the Marketing & Supply Chain, lead to ensure risk management is in place, products are compliant to internal and external requirements, and key network milestones identified and delivered on-time and in-full. Lead product mix development and/or deployment for markets in scope depending on the type of projects.

KEY REQUIREMENTS

• Has a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Chemistry Engineering or Food Technology / Science / Engineering
• Has working experience within any Cluster Foods R&D
• Has experience with ingredients (their functionalities and interactions /synergies), Formulations and Processing (pilot plant and factory scales)
• Leadership skills, autonomy and independency
• Has technical mindset applied to business solutions
• Has entrepreneurial mindset

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