Product Development & Innovation (Sr.) Executive
Singapore
Consumer Product /
Full-Time /
On-site
About Zenyum
Zenyum is one of Asia’s largest consumer brands in the making. We channel tech and innovation to transform the dental category from a boring chore to an exciting ritual.
We provide a range of Smile Cosmetics, such as teeth-straightening Invisible Braces (Zenyum Clear) and the top-selling toothbrush (Zenyum Sonic) on e-commerce platforms and in physical stores.
We are backed by some of the world’s best VCs, including Sequoia and LCatterton. We are a bunch of ambitious folks and we want to create a place that you will want to show up for every single morning, and create products that make you smile more.
Join us in our mission to spread smiles across Asia!
Based in Singapore, take charge of building one of Zenyum's most strategic growth projects: Expanding our portfolio of Smile Cosmetics products.
Driven by an entrepreneurial mindset, armed with a strong execution skill, and creativity combined with structured thinking you drive the development of new Smile SKUs from product conceptualization, user research and testing, supplier sourcing and negotiations, supervising product testing to setting up a stable supply chain. You will take ownership of expanding our product portfolio for our markets in Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan, and Taiwan as part of our New Products & Innovation Team.
You will be working in our Consumer Products HQ Team directly reporting to our New Products Development & Innovations Lead.
Do you enjoy working in an entrepreneurial environment, having the freedom to act, and being part of an ambitious, fun, and energetic team running at full speed to create Asia's most loved D2C Smile Cosmetics brand?
If the answer is YES, join one of the fastest growing Sequoia-funded startups in Asia!
You will be fit this role if you:
- Have a minimum of 2 years of working experience in FMCG, product development, or related fields. Experience in consumer electronics will be strongly preferred.
- Background in E-commerce, Business Management, Supply Chain, Industrial Design, Electronics/Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Phygital Product Design, and Product Development
- Business fluent in Chinese strongly preferred
- Are a strong communicator and project manager with the ability to manage multiple stakeholders and projects in parallel
- Are highly structured in your work and can work independently under pressure
- have an eye for design, an analytical mindset, and deeply care about building great customer experiences
- Are passionately tuned into South East Asia's consumers and can articulate what makes a great product
- Understand that personal growth results from self-awareness and coachability and brings both to the table
- Enjoy engaging in a highly ambitious and international environment in the heart of the most dynamic digital region in the world
- Entrepreneurial and interested in working in a VUCA startup environment
We are looking for an ambitious New Products Development & Innovation Senior Executive to:
- Build and scale our Smile Cosmetics business by developing a portfolio of new smile and oral care-related innovations.
- Drive and project manage the product development process from ideation to scaled production, including building and managing our global supplier relationships.
- Experiment & establish clear product requirements via market research, internally or externally
- Ensure readiness of all plans from concept to commercialization; go-to-market and portfolio management; creating strong alignments between Design, Commercial, Marketing, and Operations teams.
- Assure competitiveness and innovation of products and processes in line with the company’s vision.
Your benefits upon joining include:
- Joining the team of one of the most ambitious and fastest-growing startups in Asia, funded by Sequoia Capital and the investment arm of LVMH
- Enjoy a lot of freedom and autonomy in building the most-beloved and fastest-growing SmileCosmetics company in Asia
- Grow as a person by getting autonomy in your work and exposure to a top-notch team coming from P&G, Unilever, McKinsey, BCG, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Google, Uber, ...
- Collaborate with colleagues in Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, and Vietnam
- Be rewarded with a highly attractive package (benefits and competitive salary)
