. Location: Barcelona, B, ES, 08902 Team: Research and Development Job type: Permanent Puig is a major player in the worldwide fashion and beauty industry. We have a wide portfolio of well-known luxury brands across fashion, fragrance, makeup, skincare, and wellness. Founded more than 100 years ago, Puig is a family-owned company with a long-term commitment to our brands and stakeholders. The Opportunity Part of our skincare ambitions, we are strengthening our R&D Science Capabilities to fuel our growth engine. The Skincare Research Manager leads the team Active Ingredient & Open Innovation of which responsibility is to scout, design, develop and deliver new, better and different active ingredients for our skincare brands. This team plays a major role in defining the key innovation strategic axis of our skincare research programs. Brands include Dr Barbara Sturm, Charlotte Tilbury, Loto del Sur, Kama Ayurveda, Rabanne, Penhaligon's, Uriage and Apivita. What you'll get to do New Product Development Build scientific concepts in collaboration with formula development and marketing teams Support and play a key role in the creation and the design of product claims (literature, testing, supplier data etc.) Technology Scouting Coordinate the relationships and establish key partnerships with our core suppliers Scout, assess, and establish partnerships with start-ups and academics Lead and steer the signature of legal agreements where needed (NDA, MTA, JDA etc.) Upstream Research Lead our key research programs that have been defined based on identified skincare innovation territories Contribute and support the identification, the definition and the review of innovation territories Collaborate with our testing capabilities to demonstrate the activities and the superiority of active ingredients (in-vitro, in-vivo, etc.) Lead the writing of scientific publications and the filing of patents Trend, competitor and patent monitoring Identify and report key active beauty trends via sharing tools Maintain competitor monitoring in the fields of beauty science, skin biology, dermatology, medicine and active ingredients Use and report patent filing activities of key beauty actors (suppliers, competitors etc