Jill Scalamandre, formerly of Coty Inc., has been named President of Shiseido Americas Corporation’s newly-launched Global Makeup Center of Excellence. Based in New York, the Center of Excellence will serve as a global innovation center for the design, development and execution of prestige color cosmetics initiatives across the company in support of all of its makeup brands. Jill will assume the new role July 21. Most recently, Jill served as Chief Marketing Officer, Skincare, Coty and Senior Vice President, philosophy. She will report to Marc Rey, President & CEO of Shiseido Americas.

The new role will have Jill responsible for leading and supporting projects across the company within prestige color cosmetics, working closely with all of Shiseido’s makeup brands worldwide to test new product ideas, cultivate expertise and leverage market and consumer insights to better connect with customers.

“Jill is a highly respected industry executive with a stellar track record and expertise that will benefit all of our makeup brands. I cannot think of a more qualified person to lead our global makeup innovation hub,” said Marc Rey. “The Makeup Center of Excellence will greatly enhance our consumer insights and will help all of our makeup brands move faster and achieve more. Jill is the latest in a number of impressive executives, from across the industry, who have chosen to join our already accomplished Shiseido team. Together, we are working to drive innovation and operational performance across the company under global CEO Masahiko Uotani’s bold VISION 2020 strategy.”

Jill, who is Chairwoman of Cosmetic Executive Women Inc., said, “I am thrilled to join Shiseido and have the opportunity to work with such iconic and trend-setting makeup brands as they accelerate their growth in color. I have enormous respect for the company and their quality of products. With the Makeup Center of Excellence, we will work to drive innovation across all consumer touch points, help maximize the potential of Shiseido’s color brands and grow the company’s overall footprint in the category.”