Manager Consumer Hair Care and Color

About this Position At Henkel, you’ll be part of an organization that’s shaping the future through innovation, sustainability and collaboration. With our trusted brands like Persil®, ‘all®, Loctite®, Snuggle®, and Schwarzkopf® and our cutting-edge technologies, you’ll have countless opportunities to explore new paths and grow. This position is with our Consumer Brands business unit – where we empower our employees to bring the best Laundry Home Care and Hair products to people around the world. Dare to learn new skills, advance in your career and make an impact at Henkel. What you´ll do Lead, coach and develop the Hair Care and Color formulation team, building a high-performing, collaborative culture with clear expectations, meaningful development plans and strong succession and capability pipelines Own resource planning, prioritization and day-to-day direction across the portfolio to ensure projects are delivered on time, in full and against defined performance, quality, safety and cost objectives Develop and maintain strategic technology and innovation roadmaps for the Hair Care and Color portfolios, aligned with consumer needs, brand strategies and short- and long-term business objectives Elevate the team’s technical expertise through targeted training, hands-on coaching, external partnerships and active knowledge sharing across formulation, testing, claims, scale-up and product performance Build a strong, consumer-driven innovation pipeline by identifying emerging trends, technologies, ingredients, claims and testing methodologies that create differentiated products and meaningful consumer benefits Serve as a trusted R D partner to Marketing, Project Management, Packaging, Consumer Insights, Regulatory, Supply Chain, Manufacturing and external development partners, providing clear technical direction and enabling timely, informed decisions Provide technical leadership throughout the full product-development lifecycle—from formulation and performance validation through stability, compliance, pilot production, manufacturing transfer and successful commercialization Maintain clear visibility of portfolio progress, resources, risks and technical challenges; proactively communicate with leadership, resolve barriers and drive continuous improvement in R D processes, quality and ways of working