Manager Consumer Hair Care and Color

Role details

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

What makes you a good fit

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering or a related scientific discipline required
• Minimum of 10 years of relevant industry experience, including 3–5 years of direct people-management experience
• Strong technical expertise in formulation and product development, preferably within Hair Care, Styling and/or Hair Color
• Sound understanding of the complete product-development lifecycle, from concept and formulation through testing, scale-up, manufacturing transfer and commercialization
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to evaluate complex technical challenges and develop practical, data-driven solutions
• Clear and effective verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex technical information to varied audiences
• Demonstrated ability to manage and influence effectively at all organizational levels, including senior leadership, peers and direct reports
• Excellent cross-functional collaboration skills, with a proven ability to build alignment, drive decisions and deliver results through others

Some benefits of joining Henkel

• Health Insurance: affordable plans for medical, dental, vision and wellbeing starting on day 1
• Work-Life Balance: Paid time off including sick, vacation, holiday and volunteer time, flexible & hybrid work policies (depending on role), and vacation buy / sell program
• Financial: 401k matching, employee share plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares, annual performance bonus, service awards and student loan reimbursement
• Family Support: 12-week gender neutral parental leave (up to 20 weeks for parents giving birth), fertility support, adoption & surrogacy reimbursement, discounted child and elderly care, and scholarships
• Career Growth: diverse national and international growth opportunities, access to thousands of skills development courses, and tuition reimbursement

The salary range for this role is $130,000.00 and $160,000.00. This range represents the good‑faith minimum and maximum wages the Company reasonably expects to offer for this role at the time of posting. In addition to base salary, this position may be eligible for incentive pay or other forms of compensation, as applicable. The Company also offers a comprehensive benefits package as described above. Actual compensation will be based on factors such as the candidate’s skills, experience, education, training, and work location. This posting is intended to comply with all applicable state and local pay transparency laws.

Henkel does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies. Unsolicited referrals and resumes are considered Henkel property and therefore, Henkel will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited referral.

At Henkel, we come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe the uniqueness of all our employees is the power in us. Henkel is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, and other legally protected categories.