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• Sr. Account Payable Specialist

  The Sr. AP Specialist will be responsible for reviewing and entering all vendor invoices, preparing and posting vendor payments, setting up and maintaining vendor files, reconciling credit card transactions and managing the Accounts Payable e-mail inbox. This role will respond to vendor inquiries and will need to communicate with all departments to get invoice approvals and any back up needed to process invoices.

  We are looking for someone that is analytical and is comfortable communicating with multiple departments and vendors. The Sr. AP specialist will be responsible for the full AP process from matching PO’s to processing AP payments. This role will report to the Senior Accountant and will work closely with the AP clerk to make sure that all AP tasks are completed in a timely and efficient manner.

  Daily tasks include, but are not limited to:

  • Managing the AP e-mail inbox for vendor invoices and inquiries
  • Following up on invoice approvals and backup requests
  • Reviewing and entering all service and PO invoices and credit memos
  • Preparing and posting all payments, monitoring credit card transactions and setup and maintenance of vendor accounts.
  • This role will also be responsible for managing recurring vendor invoices and payments.
  • Month-end duties will include reconciling the credit card statements and preparing the AP accruals.

  Requirements:

  • 3+ years of  progressive experience in accounts payable roles in Manufacturing
  • 3-way match and GL coding experience
  • Data Entry
  • Bank reconciliations
  • Inter-company transactions
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Well organized and good time management skills
  • Intermediate Excel skills

  Preferences:

  • ERP system experience
  • Familiar with a Paperless AP process and workflow
  • Understands full accounting cycle

• Supply Chain Manager

  The Supply Chain Manager will report directly to the Director of Operations and ensures the smooth operation of various processes that contribute to the production of hair products at DeveloPlus Inc. The Supply Chain Manager coordinates, organizes, and oversees all activities involved in the identification, acquisition, production, and distribution of the company’s goods.

  ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Collaborates with other departments and stakeholders to identify and maintain resources needed to establish and provide an effective supply chain
  • Establishes performance metrics for measurement, comparison, or evaluation of factors affecting the supply chain
  • Develops and maintains detailed inventories of materials and supplies located in the company, at sites, and in the factory
  • Maintains required quantity of supplies and materials to optimize production
  • Analyzes current inventories and procedures; suggests improvements to increase efficiency of supply chain and profitability for the company
  • Develops policies to increase efficiency throughout the supply chain while ensuring quality and safety; implements subsequent changes to processes
  • Identifies optimal shipment and transportation routes with attention to consolidation of warehousing and distribution
  • Assesses the need for material-handling equipment and staffing; makes recommendations to ensure efficient loading, unloading, movement, and storage of materials
  • Negotiates prices for raw material and delivery with suppliers, vendors, and/or shipping companies
  • Participates as an advisory member of the product development team, providing information and guidance on availability and cost of supplies and materials
  • Acts as part of the team coordinating engineering changes, product line extension, or new product launches to ensure timely and orderly material and production flow transitions
  • Monitors the performance of suppliers, assessing their ability to meet quality and delivery requirements; identifies and qualifies new suppliers in collaboration with other departments
  • Performs other related duties as assigned

  REQUIREMENTS:

  • Strong Analytical Skills
  • Logistics Management
  • Budget Management
  • Operational Strategizing
  • Managing third party relations
  • Strong initiative and leadership skills
  • Collaborative team work

  SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:
  This position manages employees and is responsible for leadership, performance management and ensuring adherence to OSHA regulations by all employees.

  EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE: 

  • Bachelors degree in Business or related field required; Masters degree preferred..
  • Equivalent 5+ years previous supply chain management experience, including forecasting, scheduling and real-time operations management.
  • Experience in a consumer goods manufacturing environment required
  • Lean Manufacturing experience a plus

  CERTIFICATES: 

  • Lean Manufacturing certification a plus
  • Effective Management and communication certifications a plus
  • Relevant training certifications in industry topics a plus

  LANGUAGE SKILLS: 
  Effective communication skill with the ability to communicate at all levels of employees and strong initiative and leadership capabilities

  MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: 
  Advanced mathematical skills to research supply chain analytics and to investigate complex issues, identify and resolve problems and make better operational decisions

  REASONING ABILITY:

  • Technical Capacity
  • Problem Solving/Analysis
  • Customer/Client Focus
  • Decision Making
  • Project Management
  • Communication Proficiency
  • Teamwork Orientation
  • Flexibility

  PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
  While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is mostly sedentary and requires repetitive hand movements, may require some standing, walking, bending and filing throughout the work day. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to work in front of a computer monitor for extended periods of the day

  WORK ENVIRONMENT:
  This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely works in a busy warehouse and production environment

• Key Account Sales Manager

  Reports to VP of Sales

  What will you do?

  • Manage various accounts esp. grocery throughout the USA and the associated buyer relationships
  • Develop sales plans including forecast, strategy and promotional plans
  • Manage promotional budgets and allowances for each account
  • Monitor competitive products, pricing, in-store activity, product launches etc.
  • Provide sales reporting via store data tools and/or Neilson or IRI
  • Identify and contact potential accounts for new item and business opportunities
  • Develop and present sales presentations, data and new item recommendations
  • Negotiate sales terms, skus, pricing, etc.
  • Manage and input sku paperwork for new and existing items in account systems
  • Review account web sites for full assortments, pricing and visuals
  • Work events and tradeshows as necessary
  • Travel up to 70%

  What You’ll Need To Succeed
  A successful candidate will have the following:  self-confidence, energy and the ability to sell and negotiate with ease.  The candidate should also be able to analyze and communicate data have a love of beauty and be committed to a team environment.  Having an entrepreneurial spirit and a passion for driving results are also essential.  Communication, follow up and building relationships with buyers and account associates must be a key are of strength.

  • 4 year college degree in marketing or finance
  • Experience managing various accounts within the food, drug or mass segments is a requirement
  • Proven track record of developing strategic relationships with buyers and category managers
  • Strong organizational and negotiation skills
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office: Excel, PowerPoint, Word
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Passion for driving results with a strong interest in the beauty industry

• Product Development Manager

  Splat Rebellious Hair Color and Developlus, Inc. is looking for a Product Development Manager to be responsible for the conceptualization, initiation, development, evaluation, and follow-through for our prestige and emerging product lines. This growth position will focus on innovative hair care, bold hair color, and hair rejuvenation product development and formula reviews, as well as improvements to our product lines with our company’s core principles and mission in mind. This position will report directly to the Vice President of Marketing.

  ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Lead existing and new product development ensuring development meets our company’s’ mission and commitments to performance, ethics, and safety
  • Create testing program to review and ensure go to market efficacy
  • Identify market/demographics/sales channels, create sales/revenue/P&L projections, distribution, research, etc.
  • Establish benchmarks, work closely with R&D to deliver on products objectives, understand issues, trends, technologies, and reviews product submissions, providing feedback and guidance as well as establishing user testing
  • Create compelling product concepts and package designs, working closely with the Research and Development, Creative, and Brand Management to generate exciting new opportunities for brand growth
  • Prioritize and manage multiple projects with a high level of detail in a fast-paced environment
  • Ensure all programs have development briefs and product training guides
  • Partner with the cross functional teams to ensure products are brought to market on-time and on-budget
  • Manage projects with strategic partners and contract manufacturers
  • Facilitate cross-departmental coordination to ensure crucial aspects of product development are communicated with Operations, Quality, Sales, Legal, and Safety
  • Attend industry events, trade shows and supplier meetings to stay abreast of current trends and technologies

  REQUIREMENTS:

  • Passion for beauty, hair care, hair color, as well as market and industry trends
  • Team leadership experience
  • Strong background in the beauty industry as well as product development and package design
  • Driven to identify opportunities for creativity and innovation
  • Excellent communication, organizational, and project management skills
  • Effective cross-functional collaboration skills
  • Agility and capacity to manage regular time line and fast track/opportunistic developments
  • Creative problem-solving skills
  • Successful track record of working in a fast-paced environment

  EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:

  • Advance degree in Marketing or related field preferred
  • Minimum 5 years of consumer product management experience required

  LANGUAGE SKILLS:

  • English required

  MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: 

  •  Basic math skills required

  REASONING ABILITY:

  • Problem solving
  • Strategic thinker
  • Strong communications skills
  • Teamwork oriented

  PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

  While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is mostly sedentary and requires prolonged repetitive hand movements, may require some standing, walking, bending and filing throughout the workday. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to work in front of a computer monitor for extended periods of the day.

  WORK ENVIRONMENT:

  This position operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, fax/ scanning machines etc.

• Formulation Chemist

  The Formulation Chemist at DeveloPlus, Inc. prepares and formulates lab batches under the supervision of the Senior Chemist. The Formulation Chemist participates in product development, developing hair color, shampoos and other consumer products and ensures our products meet all required regulations and safety standards. The Formulation Chemist at DeveloPlus reports directly to the R&D Manager.

  ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Research
    • Ability to conduct experiments and provide research results to the manger and the product development team.
    • Ability to understand the formation of chemical bonds between substances, the properties of products used, or research into the development of new products.
  • Product Development
  • Ongoing development of new color and hair care products
  • Process Engineering
    • Research ways to improve production processes for new hair color or hair care products
  • Verify production processes for pilot batches as needed
  • Quality Control and Regulatory Oversight
    • Ability to study the composition and properties of hair color and hair care products

  GUIDELINES:

  The Formulation Chemist at Developlus works in both the lab and on the compounding floor. The Formulation Chemist works within the lab to conduct experiments and proof of concepts of new products or current product improvements. The Formulation Chemist works with the compounding, customer service, production, and quality assurance staff to problem solve product and other issues relating to their expertise. They will also be responsible for documenting their work through reports and work orders to be reported to their supervisor.

  REQUIREMENTS:

  • Ability and experience in studying the composition and properties of materials used in the development of hair color and other hair care products.
  • Constant attention to detail
  • Aptitude for keeping documentation of entire research and development process and procedures. i.e.: measurement proportions, noting reactions, combining substances in search of new information or answers to new problems.
  • Skilled in basic sciences and an emphasis in biochemistry, inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, or physical chemistry
  • Strong analytical skills to be able to develop a full experiment from background research, hypothesis, experimental procedure, interpretation of the results, and effective reporting of the conclusion.

  EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, biochemistry, chemical engineering or related field
  • 5+ years hands on experience in a lab

  LANGUAGE SKILLS:

  • Ability to communicate and present research reports to product development staff and executive staff.
  • Excellent communication proficiency with oral and written skills

  MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:

  • Strong math skills, including algebra and statistics

  REASONING ABILITY:

  • Technical capacity
  • Complex problem-solving skills
  • Critical thinking skills
  • Solid independent decision-making abilities
  • Ethical conduct
  • Excellent collaboration skills

  PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

  • The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms.
  • The Formulation Chemist will usually work in the laboratory setting, professional office environment, and compounding floor.  Must have the ability to stand for extended periods of time and lift up to 20 pounds.  Some filing is required. This would require the ability to lift files, open filing cabinets and bending or standing on a stool as necessary.

  WORK ENVIRONMENT:

  Professional office environment. Chemist usually work in a laboratory setting to conduct experiments using a variety of substances.