Manager, CeraVe Color & Artwork, L'Oréal Dermatological Beauty, L'Oréal Operations

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About the role

Join us at L'Oréal Dermatological Beauty, the world leader in dermo-cosmetics, where we help everyone in their quest for healthy and beautiful skin. Our division features brands like Vichy, La Roche-Posay, CeraVe, SkinCeuticals, and SkinBetter Science.

We are seeking a Manager, Color & Artwork, where you will lead and oversee all color matching and aesthetic management for CeraVe’s packaging components, based in our Clark, New Jersey Operations Hub for the US. In this role, you will apply expert color science to assess and approve color development across materials like PCR plastic resins, paper cartons, and labels. You will partner closely with Marketing, Operations, and technical teams to drive high-quality, cost-efficient, and sustainable decoration concepts while ensuring strict adherence to timelines and quality standards.

Responsibilities

• Color & Aesthetic Management
  • Lead and oversee color matching for CeraVe packaging components based on Marketing’s decoration brief across multiple zones.
  • Apply expert color science to assess and approve color development across PCR plastic resins, paper cartons, and labels for aesthetic consistency.
  • Conduct risk analyses on marketing aesthetic briefs, providing recommendations for highest perceived value at lowest cost.
  • Assist and oversee on-site print trials and press approvals to ensure color and decoration compliance with L'Oréal quality standards.
  • Contribute to artwork routing and system-based artwork approval processes.
• Packaging Project Execution
  • Manage packaging tasks for lower complexity projects, including specification issuance and critical testing (compatibility, decoration validation, light resistance).
  • Drive extrapolation on testing and homologation through close collaboration with technical teams, Marketing, and Development.
• Project Leadership & Risk Mitigation
  • Anticipate and escalate potential blocking points, ensuring Color & Artwork owned deadlines are met and launches stay on schedule.
  • Utilize L'Oréal's Risk Elevation Process to formulate robust action plans for timing or conception risks.
  • Serve as a technical lead and point of contact to support and upskill other color & artwork developers.
• Innovation, Sustainability & Strategic Collaboration
  • Lead sustainable decoration solution developments in alignment with L'Oréal's group-wide commitments.
  • Provide expert advice in conception meetings to optimize project complexity, minimize time-to-market, and reinforce awareness of financial impacts (e.g., sample costs, press approvals).
  • Support global operations partners on projects executed in other zones.

Requirements

• A completed Bachelor’s degree in Packaging Engineering or a related engineering/technical discipline is required.
• 5-7+ years of experience in product development or project management within dermo-cosmetics, prestige beauty, or consumer goods is required.
• Proficient PC skills including Excel and PowerPoint.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to deal effectively with all organizational levels and suppliers.
• Good organizational skills to manage documentation, materials, and information.
• Ability to be onsite in the office at least 3 days a week, and travel between NJ/NY L’Oréal sites as well as US vendor sites (10-15% of time) is required.
• Authorization to work in the United States on a full-time, permanent, ongoing basis is required. No immigration support/sponsorship offered for this role.

Benefits

• A place for you to leave your comfort zone and grow beyond your potential.
• Real responsibility from day one.
• An inclusive environment where people of every ethnicity, social background, age, religion, gender, sexual orientation, and disability are accepted and celebrated.
• Opportunities to contribute to societal and environmental causes.
• Competitive Benefits Package (Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, Pension Plan).
• Hybrid Work Policy (Up to 2 days per week work from home for eligible roles, subject to manager approval).
• Flexible Time Off (Paid Company Holidays, Paid Vacation, Vacation Buy Program, Volunteer Time, Summer Fridays & More!).
• Access to Company Perks (VIP Access to L’Oréal’s Internal Shop for Discounted Products, Monthly Mobile Allowance).
• Learning and Development Opportunities (Unlimited Access to E-learnings, Lunch & Learn Sessions, Mentorship Programs, & More!).
• Employee Resource Groups (Think Tanks and Innovation Squads).
• Access to Mental Health & Wellness Programs.

Pay

Base Salary Range: $90,200 - $128,500 (The actual compensation will depend on a variety of job-related factors which may include geographic location, work experience, education, and skill level).