Associate Product Developer, Fine Fragrance

Description
Your Role
At Victoria’s Secret & Co our associates are the heart of our business – they bring our values to life, create lifelong relationships with our customers, deliver innovation that keeps us at the forefront of the industry and inspire our happy, healthy and inclusive culture. Our values were developed in partnership with our passionate associates, reflecting our company’s core beliefs and reminding us of who we aspire to be together. They represent what we stand for as a company.

Your Impact
Product & Fragrance Development

Partner with manager on the development of product and fragrances; help brainstorm new ideas

Distribute samples to team and brand for evaluation

Manage, organize and maintain the product closets and libraries

Responsible for following up with vendors

Manage the execution and processing of systems workflow

Assist and support set-up for evaluation meetings and presentations

Provide sampling support for consumer testing

Join teams to support on-site development (i.e. contract fillers, fragrance houses)

Track base & fragrance submissions; participate with team in submission evaluation

Responsible for maintenance and updates of status sheets / trackers for assigned programs to ensure projects are tracking on time to meet deadlines.

Learn fundamentals of product and fragrance development

Research market trends for fragrance and pattern for innovative forms

Category & Market Expertise (Including: Internal, External, Libraries, Other)

Data entry and maintenance of competitive information, inclusive of databases, library, and reporting

Purchase competitive products as directed

Develop exposure and awareness to brand and relevant competitive store environments

Data Management/Reporting

Update reports and systems accurately

Gain exposure to the fragrance house and vendor brief process

Begin to build understanding of end-to-end workflow process and development milestones

Cross Functional Support/Relationship Building

Build cross functional relationships with internal and external partners

Initiate and maintain professional relationships with external vendors

Talent Management/Development

Identify continuous learning opportunities for own development

Introduction to product and fragrance functional fundamentals, including vocabulary

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