Emilie Gombert

Experienced New Product Development Manager with 5 years of Beauty Industry experience developing active cosmetics ingredients across skin care and hair care categories. Forward thinker with a strong scientific background and passion for creating new sustainable and innovative products and trends in the Beauty Industry.

2021 September-today: Product Development Manager, Oat Cosmetics, Southampton, UK
Managing the delivery of new innovative products to the cosmetics market (skin care and hair care)

. Budget management

. Overseeing the planning process

. Coordinator for product launch (brief progressing; pre-launch and post

launch feedback meeting)

. Product launch

. Supporting marketing strategies . Developing new and existing products

. Lead the research into natural active ingredients: Literature, in vitro, ex vivo, clinical studies, genetic studies

. Come up with testing plan to demonstrate the uniqueness of product

. Propose new testing protocols and methods, in collaboration with

experts around the world

. Processing and analysing clinical results

. Contributing to scientific publications

Researching and keeping up to date with the latest progress on testing techniques and equipment (participation to expert meetings, conferences)
Technical market liaison

.  Market Intelligence
. Understanding of region market demands (consumer trend, market

statistics)
Closely working with global award winning market intelligence agency

Managing formulator
Participating in key events in Beauty industry (In Cosmetic Paris, SCS formulate, Cosmetic 360, Experts meeting about skin microbiome, HPCI India)

2018-2013: ESCOM, Organic and Inorganic Chemical Engineering School, Compiegne, France
. Master specialized in Biology, Formulation, project management