Introduction:
About us
At PharmaCare, we are dedicated to enriching people's lives through improved health and wellness. As an Australian born and built success story we are proud of our heritage and remain a 100% Australian owned and family operated business. We have built on our success at home and now have sales and marketing operations around the globe, where we sell and market our well-known and trusted brands.
Our success comes from our performance led culture, and we want our people to succeed. We encourage ownership and integrity with an entrepreneurial flair. Based on the Northern Beaches we live the life we promote.
This is more than a job, it’s a chance to be part of something bigger. At PharmaCare, your career can grow alongside brands that are trusted by millions.
Description:
About the role
Working with a supportive manager and a welcoming team your primary goal will be to work closely with your colleagues to ensure ideas successfully transition from conception to commercial reality. You will achieve this by supporting our marketing brand partners with technical advice on ingredients and regulations, predominantly for vitamin and supplement products. You will work closely with regulatory affairs, quality, technical services and marketing teams. Beyond new product development you will also support compliance throughout the product lifecycle as needed.
New Concept Identification & Innovation
- Developing and delivering multiple product concepts across assigned brand work within Scientific Affairs team efficiently and in line with company targets
- Assist Scientific Affairs team to liaise and prioritise with marketing on product concepts within brands
- Sense-check concepts from marketing, and assist in defining concepts for efficient product development
- Keeping abreast of global and local product, formula and ingredient trends and contributing to the development of innovative NPD ideas in line with company focus.
Scientific Affairs & Product Development
- Providing evidence-based formulations and innovative solutions to identified marketing concepts within regulatory requirements
- Assist in making product development commercially viable and aligned with business initiatives to maximise return on investment
- Understand raw materials and be able to evaluate suitability for product development
- Recommend permitted indications/therapeutic claims and marketing claims within regulatory requirements
- Prepare indication and claim substantiation files that meet relevant regulatory requirements Ensure compliance of promotional material across various media platforms, including labelling and packaging, to appropriate regulations and legislation
- Assist the Scientific Affairs team in driving multiple projects on different timelines to execute all required steps to move products through the Stage-Gate system
- Ensure appropriate documentation, ongoing reporting, and effective communication to relevant functions and key stakeholders
Skills and Experiences:
About you
- Exceptional organisational and planning skills with experience prioritising work requirements to meet deadlines in a fast-paced marketing environment whilst maintaining a high level of attention to detail
- Exposure to project management, preferably working within Stage-Gate processes
- Ability to communicate cross-functionally with different departments with different levels of expertise
- Co-ordination and strong problem-solving ability
- Demonstrated expertise in interpreting and critically analysing scientific research
- Strong understanding of TGA required
- Strong understanding of FSANZ, OTC, cosmetics guidelines - highly desireable
- Naturopathic background highly desireable
