R&D Formulation Chemist – Executive

Job Title : R&D Formulation Chemist – Executive

Department : R&D

Reporting Structure

Reports to: R&D Manager(Personal Care)

Roles that report into the role holder: Nil

Role Location : Kheda, Gujarat, India

Educational Qualifications Required

Education background in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Cosmetic Science is a must.

Number of Years’ Experience required

3-5 years of experience

Preferences

Must be from the Personal Care industry.

Job Purpose

To successfully contribute towards the formulation development for a wide range of the groups personal care products.

Principal Accountabilities & Responsibilities

• Carry out formulation development for the groups personal care brands.
• Define product characteristics, technical concepts and ingredients composition.
• Prepare starting and finishing formula for batches.
• Match formulations of benchmark products – to carry out the end to end development of product formulations.
• Reformulate or improve existing formulas through NPD trials / batch trials.
• Detail trials, test data and lab observations. Document basic information, creative ideas, and guidance to formulators.
• Define and set specifications for new or reformulated products.
• Implement robust testing procedures for toxicology assessments, accelerated stability and preservative efficacy testing, microbial investigations.
• Support all documentation requirements for product registration in respective market zones.
• Validate Product information file, ingredients review, full formula, specifications, cautions / warnings, instructions, storage conditions, and the label and bar codes.
• Document and control data relevant to all cosmetic product/ ranges/ SKUs.

Skills & Competencies Required

• Must come from the personal care background (excluding toothpaste).
• Worked for the majority of their career in the development of formulations for personal care products.
• Familiar with cosmetics compliance requirements for EU, US FDA.
• Ready and able to work on multiple product formulations at the same time, with a view to develop potentially hundreds of new products per year.

Job Category: R&D Formulation chemist

Job Type: Full Time

Job Location:Kheda, Gujarat India