The posting
About the Company
e.l.f. Beauty's purpose is to make the world a better place for every eye, lip, and face.
Our deep commitment to clean, cruelty free beauty at an incredible value has fueled the success of our flagship brand e.l.f. Cosmetics since 2004 and driven our portfolio expansion. Today, our multi-brand portfolio includes e.l.f. Cosmetics, e.l.f. SKIN, e.l.f. Hair, Well People, Naturium and rhode.
In our Fiscal year 26, we had net sales of $1.6 Billion and our business performance has been nothing short of extraordinary with 7 consecutive years of net sales growth. This consistent, category-leading growth is a testament to the strength of our team, strategy, and portfolio of brands.
Our total compensation philosophy offers every full-time new hire competitive pay and benefits, bonus eligibility (200% of target over the last seven fiscal years), equity, flexible time off, year-round half-day Fridays, and a hybrid 3 day in office, 2 day at home work environment. We believe the combination of our unique culture, total compensation, workplace flexibility and care for the team is unmatched across not just beauty but any industry.
Visit our Career Page to learn more about our team: https://www.elfbeauty.com/work-with-us
Purpose of Job
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
- Lead the development and iteration of company’s global microbial risk control and product safety management strategies, ensuring the framework align with quality objectives, cosmetic regulations, regional market compliance requirements and brand quality standards.
- Build standardized, actionable global product safety control baselines with full awareness of regional implementation variances.
- Design, deploy and maintain systematic microbial risk control plans covering new product development formula screening and safety verification, process & equipment assessment, OEM manufacturing process control, product transportation & storage risk management, and post-launch quality monitoring.
- Continuously refine control measures in response to business needs, changes of key influencing factors and market feedback, to achieve effective microbial safety oversight throughout the entire product lifecycle.
- Own microbial risk assessment across business and manufacturing workflows; proactively identify potential microbial hazards, process vulnerabilities and systemic quality risks.
- Develop targeted risk mitigation plans, coordinate cross functional resources to implement corrective and preventive actions (CAPA), track execution progress and verify improvement effectiveness to sustain reduction of product quality risks.
- Serve as the in house subject matter expert for microbiology and product safety; provide technical consultation, standard interpretation and problem-solving solutions for internal quality, R&D, sourcing teams and global external OEM partners.
- Deliver regular standardized training sessions covering microbial control requirements, risk prevention and deviation handling, to continuously elevate quality awareness and technical competence of e.l.f. employees and supplier personnel.
- Lead manufacturing process quality control for cosmetic finished goods suppliers; organize on site quality support and technical troubleshooting for critical production abnormalities.
- Drive investigation, root cause analysis, CAPA development and cross functional alignment for major and recurring quality incidents, to ensure timely resolution of quality issues.
- Establish and continuously update the quality knowledge base, including microbial control specifications, typical failure modes, manufacturing process troubleshooting experience and proven best practices.
- Systematically document global quality cases; replicate validated control methods and improvement learnings across all OEM sites to implement standardized preventive quality management and proactively reduce recurrence of similar quality issues.
Education/Knowledge/Experience
- Bachelor's degree or above in microbiology, chemistry, pharmacy, biology, food science, or related fields; Master's degree preferred.
- 8+ years of quality management experience in the cosmetics or related FMCG industry, including 3+ years in a quality manager or equivalent management role.
- Be familiar with cosmetics regulations and standards, and quality management tools (FMEA, 8D, 5Whys, SPC).
- Strong data analysis, problem-solving, and root-cause analysis capabilities; excellent communication and cross-functional coordination skills.
- Proficiency in English (reading, writing, listening, speaking) for global collaboration; able to travel for onsite supplier support.
- Strategic thinking and quality system design capability.
- Leadership and cross-functional team coordination.
- Expert-level microbiology knowledge and risk assessment proficiency.
- Cosmetic manufacturing processes, raw‑material properties, production equipment and facility environmental requirements.
- Cosmetic microbial hazards, preservation‑system‑related risks, clean‑manufacturing controls, and packaging‑material microbial risks.
- Microbial‑safety‑related clauses under major cosmetic regulations in China, Europe and the United States.
This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed in this position. It also reflects the general details considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job identified, and shall not be considered, as detailed description of all the work required inherent in the job. It is not an exhaustive list of responsibilities, and it is subject to changes and exceptions at the supervisors’ discretion.
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