Vice President, Packaging Operations Excellence, Stretch and Upstream Innovation

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. is one of the world’s leading manufacturers, marketers, and sellers of quality skin care, makeup, fragrance, and hair care products, and is a steward of luxury and prestige brands globally. The company’s products are sold in approximately 150 countries and territories under brand names including: Estée Lauder, Aramis, Clinique, Lab Series, Origins, M·A·C, La Mer, Bobbi Brown Cosmetics, Aveda, Jo Malone London, Bumble and bumble, Darphin Paris, TOM FORD, Smashbox, AERIN Beauty, Le Labo, Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle, GLAMGLOW, KILIAN PARIS, Too Faced, Dr.Jart+, the DECIEM family of brands, including The Ordinary and NIOD, and BALMAIN Beauty.   The VP of Packaging Operations Excellence, Stretch and Upstream Innovation at The Estée Lauder Companies (ELC) will play a critical role within the Global ELC Packaging Leadership Team, accelerating the vision to transform Packaging into a highly competitive asset for ELC. This new role will establish and lead central/corporate competitive capabilities. The goal is to transform the Packaging organization’s ability to accelerate & scale NPL impact across categories and regions. The role will also accelerate the design & execution of competitive packaging platforms and ignite a high-value innovation pipeline that elevates packaging innovation at ELC.  The ideal candidate is a seasoned Global Packaging leader with deep expertise in all the roles Packaging plays in a Beauty CPG company. This leader will have led complex packaging operations, delivering NPL portfolios across categories, breakthrough innovation pipelines, developed sustainable innovation & will have a proven ability to transform organizations through systems transformation, capability building, & technology entrepreneurship.This role reports to the Global SVP of Packaging.

Leads Corporate Packaging Operations Supporting Best in Class NPL Across Brands and Categories Leads Packaging Testing operations supporting Brands and Categories NPL across the global footprint (US, EU, Asia dotted line); includes the establishment of testing methodologies and practices supporting early risk discovery and management and lead the development of new methods. Leads technical design, modelling and simulation, developing the capability to support best in class “art to science” in the NPL process while enhancing predictive modelling. Establishes & leads ELC Packaging Center Of Excellence Hub (NYC), establish the EU Operating Excellence eco-system, & design and implement the operating excellence operating model through global operations. Leads Supplier technical excellence in partnership with GSM and VRO, auditing technical competencies of new partners where necessary & leading competency improvement plans where necessary. Manages and governs Packaging Operations Excellence group operating budget, ensuring sufficiency & day to day governance. Lead Platforming Strategy and Best in Class Practices in Action Establishes a packaging Platforms strategy for global Packaging & ensure plans are in place to lead & execute with excellence through the Category Platform teams. Ensure the operating eco-system is fit for purpose to enable the company priority Platform agenda. Ignite and Lead Global Packaging Stretch and Disruptive Innovation Pipeline Serving ELC Global Businesses   Explore & establish a high-performing external innovation eco-system & technology partnerships enabling ELC strategic innovation and growth agenda. Involving the negotiation of partnerships & piloting with clear success criteria, governed via a strict collaboration rhythm & performance expectations.  Lead technology discovery big bets serving ELC biggest growth opportunity spaces, in coordination with R&D and GSM.  Lead Material Science innovation unlocking key material challenges & leading the discovery of novel sustainable material solutions serving ELC global Packaging agenda.  Own