Product & Innovation Manager (Personal Care Category) - ref. f81013103
Hiredly X Kuala Lumpur Full-time
Insight & Category Leadership: Champion consumer research, competitor mapping, latest trends, and TAM sizing in our core categories
- Product Strategy & Roadmap: Build and defend an 18-month, data-backed roadmap; run quarterly keep/kill reviews, and commercial business case
- Sourcing & QC Management: Source, audit and contract manufacturers, enforce QC protocols and regulatory compliance
- Margin & Cost Discipline: Own landed COGS, negotiate with ODMs/OEMs across CN/SEA, meet and exceed GM% targets
- Product Development & Packaging: Drive concept-to-golden-sample cycle, manage formulation tweaks, design, and certifications, with stage-gate discipline
- Launch & Lifecycle Stewardship: Partner with Brand Managers and Growth on GTM assets, monitor post-launch P&L, repeat-rate and defect data, trigger refresh or cost-down actions
- Product Expertise & Ownership: Be the leading expert on our products and entire development process, including product and process improvments
- Team Leadership: Recruit, mentor and performance-manage two Associate PMs, fostering a culture of speed, ownership and continuous improvement
- Background: Experienced in Innovation roles with at least 1 role as functional lead and manager, and with cross-functional expertise (CX, Innovation, Sourcing, Marketing)
- Category Expertise: Category expertise and passion in at least Skincare or Mother & Baby products, both is a plus
- Commercial Fluency: Proven P&L / gross-margin ownership; comfortable building back-of-envelope models and defending them
- Process Management: Track record installing or running stage-gate / PLM processes in a fast-growth, resource-lean environment.
- Execution Experience: Led and executed on end-to-end process from idea to launch for SKUs in our categories
- Language: Mandarin fluency (spoken & written) for factory negotiation; bonus points for experience living/working in China supply-chain hubs
- Leadership: Demonstrated experience managing high performing teams well
- Team Player: Able to build teams and work well with others
- Entrepreneurial Drive: A self-starter that takes initiative, is comfortable with ambiguity and isn't afraid to get their hands dirty
- Startup Fit: Thrives in a high growth and dynamic environment, and enjoys the hustle
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