Melissa Fleckenstein Email & Phone Number

East Windsor, New Jersey

• Project Leader on multiple new product developments in the BENTONE, BENTONE LUXE and BENTONE PLUS Gel lines.
• Launched BENTONE CCC V, BENTONE DM5 V, BENTONE HI-IDD V, BENTONE HS V, BENTONE IDD-T V, BENTONE LC V, BENTONE LIP V, BENTONE PHC V, BENTONE LUXE WN, BENTONE LUXE XO, BENTONE PLUS CBD AND BENTONE PLUS GLOW.
• Collaborates and works with the Livingston, Scotland, manufacturing plant on all new gel product launches, quality issues and process improvements.
• Product leader in multiple funding the growth initiatives for alternative suppliers of current raw materials found in out gel formulations. Works closely with the European procurement team.
• Closely works with customers to bring new products to fruition.
• Collaborated on generation of new SOP’s for newly launched products, BENTONE HYDROLUXE 360.

• Project Leader for a global surfactant backbone relaunch team for Spree dish liquid in Australia which decreased manufacturing cost and batch processing time
• Collaborated on a global preservative task force to replace preservatives in European dish liquids
• Project Lead for competitive intelligence of key dish liquid formulation which resulted in improved foam mileage and lower manufacturing cost
• Led a global cross-functional/category team on first phase consumer testing of new product forms and developed new lab methodology for application and testing
• Led fundamental anionic and cationic surfactant assessments for harmonization of Home Care and Personal Care platforms resulting in a possible substantial cost saving of 10%
• Led collaboration with product safety for early cationic surfactant safety assessments and strategies

• Key team member of Palmolive Scrub Buster launch Led development and delivered “new” visual aesthetics to the dish liquid platform Introduced marketing teams to the development process early on which increased process.
• Collaborated with senior management, marketing and legal on product releases and marketing communication to the trade
• Led product development efforts on cross-functional teams to deliver robust product for use in several consumer tests and validation of bundle.
• Conducted numerous plant trials to ensure successful execution of process and robust product
• Managed development of a new methodology to effectively reproduce product aesthetics
• Appointed Leader for Quality Coordinator and Product Recall and Recovery Teams which assessed global quality standards and ensured Home Care category compliance by initiating annual mock audit recalls and reporting.

• Project leader of development and launch of Mountain Fresh automatic dish detergent line extension
• Key member cross-functional team delivering new forms, including unit dose, enzyme, non-aqueous
• Managed new method development of dissolution techniques for unit dose product forms
• Instructor of AutoDish 101