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About the Role

Kendo is seeking a Manager, Process Engineering to oversee technical project execution and product lifecycle management for Fenty Beauty and other core brands. This role provides technical expertise and leadership to ensure new products meet all internal and external requirements, facilitating the seamless transfer of products from development to industrialization and mass production.

Responsibilities

• Manage new product development (NPD), newness execution, and the lifecycle of existing products for Fenty Beauty.
• Manage and monitor pilot batches, line trials, and first productions, ensuring industrialization success criteria are defined and translated into technical requirements.
• Lead and schedule pilot and line trial meetings for all new products through commercialization or first production.
• Oversee pilot project tasks, including batching, filling, and assembly.
• Create comprehensive reports summarizing scale-up and line trial outcomes, detailing corrective action plans where necessary.
• Maintain detailed records of work undertaken and summarize findings for senior management presentations.
• Support essential project documentation, including specifications, product dossiers, manufacturing procedures, process reports, and launch compliance documents.
• Support Quality assurance on non-conformances, including investigations and the updating of manufacturing procedures.
• Develop testing protocols and control plans in partnership with Quality and Development teams.
• Implement a manufacturing design review process incorporating manufacturing Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) assessments.
• Standardize processes for risk assessment and failure identification during the development phase.
• Support change requests and change controls for existing products in coordination with Contract Manufacturing (CM) sites.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required; a major in Science or Engineering is strongly preferred.
• 5+ years of experience in cosmetic product formulation.
• Experience in makeup/beauty and skincare emulsions is highly desired.
• Prior experience working in Packaging, R&D, or a laboratory setting is advantageous.
• Proficiency with the MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Exceptional interpersonal, written documentation, and presentation skills; ability to read, analyze, and interpret technical protocols and draft operating procedures.
• Exceptional organizational and time-management skills; creative problem-solving and analytical abilities with keen attention to detail; flexible, positive attitude; capable of working independently and cross-functionally.
• Thrives in a fast-paced, dynamic, and rapidly changing startup environment.

Skills

• MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Interpersonal skills
• Written documentation skills
• Presentation skills
• Technical protocol analysis
• Operating procedure drafting
• Organizational skills
• Time-management skills
• Creative problem-solving
• Analytical abilities
• Attention to detail
• Flexibility
• Positive attitude
• Independent work
• Cross-functional collaboration

Location

• San Francisco

Work Type

• Hybrid

Experience Level

• 5+ years

Education Level

• Bachelor's degree

Salary/Compensations

• $108,300 - $130,200 per year

Benefits

• Annual bonus
• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Flex paid time off program
• Parental leave
• Employee discount/perks
• Retirement plan with employer contributions
• Summer Fridays
• Opportunity to work from anywhere for two weeks during the calendar year
• December wellness/shutdown week

About the Company

• Kendo Holdings, Inc. is a San Francisco-based beauty brand developer and wholesaler owned by LVMH Moët Hennessy - Louis Vuitton.
• Kendo has become the hub of creativity and next generation beauty product development for global Sephora channels and selective retailers outside of Sephora.
• Through original development, collaborations and acquisitions the Kendo stable of brands will always be creative, inspiring and innovative.
• A dynamic engine of speed, expertise and market-savvy, the Kendo team continues to redefine the beauty industry through great product, great storytelling, great retail and direct-to-consumer partnerships.
• Core values include: ‘Can Do’ Spirit, Advocacy, Diversity, and Inclusion, Storytelling, Resilience, and Product Excellence.
• The Kendo house of brands currently includes: Fenty Beauty, Fenty Skin, Fenty Eau de Parfum, Fenty Hair, Ole Henriksen, Lip Lab.

Equal Opportunity

• Advocacy, Diversity, and Inclusion: We recognize and celebrate the full spectrum of personal identities. We create safe spaces so everyone’s voice is heard. We listen with humility and act with courage.