Richard L. Pietz

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT RICHARD L. PIETZ

As a committed professional to the clean, natural/organic beauty and personal care industry, Richard upholds innovative visions by bringing market defining formulations and product marketing to life. Based in Los Angeles, CA, he leads with 32+ years of varied experience within the operational aspects of product innovation & development, ingredient research, sourcing, testing, quality control and contract manufacturing. Specializes in bridging his cross-functional industry expertise in the natural/green ingredient technologies within specialty and niche brands. Currently oversees the R&D, Product Development and Packaging teams within personal care division at Arbonne International, a division of Groupe Rocher, Paris. Working within their corporate office and manufacturing facilities in CA. At Beautycounter, he upheld their \"clean beauty\" mission standards across all vendor partners and by leading the sourcing & packaging teams. At KORA Organics, he worked closely with visionary brand owner, Miranda Kerr and led the development and redefining the category of certified organic skin & body care products. Oversaw the end-to-end product development process, Q.A/Q.C, manufacturing and global distribution programs for U.S and AU divisions of KORA. While at Jurlique, Richard led the product development team, working within the company\'s global centers based in Australia. Active roles included conceptual & product development, trend & ingredient research, formula evaluation, product testing, generating marketing copy and claims. Prior to Jurlique, Richard spent 3 years working for Cosmetic Laboratories of America, a manufacturing division of Alberto Culver, as Director of Business/Product Dev. managing $60+mm sales volume for top intl. brands. Earlier success at Aware Products (now Voyant Beauty) helped establish the development of innovative body and hair care products exclusively for salons, celebrity stylists, infomercials and specialty retail brands. Overall, his numerous achievements include the development and marketing support of over 1,800+ product formulas throughout his career.