New Product Launch Specialist

Serving as the New Product Launch Specialist

Join Our Team: At Accupac, we are Makers. Join us to make a difference.

• Competitive Pay: Annual Pay: $80K-$90K
• Bonus: Gainsharing Plan

What We Offer:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
• Health Savings Account
• Life Insurance with Optional Supplemental Plan
• Pet Insurance
• Short-Term Paid Disability
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with Vested Company Match Contribution
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• 10 Paid Holidays
• Health Advocacy Programs

What You’ll Do

• Serve as the primary owner of new product launches from quotation through first commercial shipment, ensuring projects are delivered on time, on budget, and on specification.
• Act as the main point of contact for customers throughout the launch process, providing timeline updates, managing expectations, answering questions, and ensuring readiness for commercialization.
• Host customer visits, pilot runs, validations, project meetings, and New Product Kickoff meetings while serving as a professional representative of Accupac and Cobalt Labs.
• Lead cross-functional teams across R&D, Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, Procurement, Finance, Sales, Manufacturing, and Packaging to successfully execute product launches.
• Develop and manage launch plans, project timelines, milestones, and risk mitigation strategies to ensure successful project execution.
• Cook up product specifications, pilot runs, validations, line trials, material readiness, and operational feasibility throughout the product lifecycle.
• Present launch status updates, KPI reporting, project risks, and recommendations to customers and internal leadership teams.
• Partner with internal stakeholders to drive process improvements that increase efficiency, transparency, and speed to launch while ensuring a smooth transition to commercialization.

What We’re Looking For

• Bachelor's degree preferred in Business, Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Chemistry, or a related scientific or technical field.
• 5+ years of experience in project management, new product introduction (NPI), product commercialization, validation, R&D, or a related manufacturing environment.
• Strong experience presenting to customers, leading meetings, and communicating with stakeholders at multiple levels of an organization.
• Comfortable serving as the primary customer-facing representative during product launches, customer visits, validations, and project reviews.
• Understanding of the full product lifecycle from quotation through shipment and commercialization.
• Experience working cross-functionally with R&D, Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Finance, and Sales teams.
• Exceptional organizational, communication, and project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with experience identifying project risks and developing mitigation plans.
• Experience within cosmetic, personal care, pharmaceutical, healthcare, CDMO, or GMP-regulated manufacturing environments preferred.
• Knowledge of cosmetic formulation, product development, validation activities, and cGMP requirements is a plus.