Formulation Chemist in Skincare

Site based in Stoke (8:30am 5pm Monday Thursday & early finish on a Friday)
Do you have 2 years of experience formulating Skincare products such as Serums Suncreams SPF Tanning Lotions Creams Cleansers Moisturizers or similar Skincare products
If so then continue reading as my client is a market leading manufacturer of innovative colour cosmetics skincare and beauty products!
They collaborate with bluechip multinational retail clients to bring their products to life and are famous for creating truly amazing cosmetics and skincare products on a mass scale internationally!

Tasks

The role of Formulation Chemist Skincare:

Formulation and Product Development:
Design and development of advanced skincare haircare and colour cosmetic formulations including creams serums SPFs lip products and more.
Collaborate with crossfunctional teams to bring innovative product concepts to life ensuring product performance stability and safety meet the highest industry standards
Maintain meticulous records of formulation development work specifications stability data and any trial results
Contribute to the development and improvement of laboratory Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
Project Management and Collaboration:
Manage multiple projects concurrently from initial concept to product launch ensuring timelines and budgets are met
Collaborate closely with crossfunctional teams including NPD regulatory and manufacturing to deliver successful product launches.

Requirements

Innovation and Portfolio Enhancement:
Drive technical advancements and frame formulations prioritising those in line with market trends and benchmarks
Cultivate and sustain collaborative relationships with suppliers to stay at the forefront of cosmetic science and trends
Researching and evaluating new raw materials and ingredients for product enhancement aligned with formulation requirements costeffectiveness and emerging industry trends
Contribute to our innovation pipeline by continually evolving and strengthening our product portfolio
Make datadriven decisions to optimise formulations considering factors such as costeffectiveness and sustainability

Manufacturing Support:
Offer scaleup support to the manufacturing team working closely with the Technical Manager to provide essential production documentation such as manufacturing flowcharts and relevant testing data
Attend production activities as necessary

The requirements for the Formulation Chemist Skincare:
You will already be an experienced Formulation Chemist/Formulation Scientist or equivalent with circa 2 years experience formulating Skincare products
Experience working directly with NPD teams with a track record in translating formulation requirements into high quality Skincare products is required
Calm under pressure and be able to balance conflicting priorities
Comfortable with data handling and analysis and creative in ways of driving value from data created within the team
Able to organise/prioritise your own and the teams workload in response to business priorities
Ambition and motivation hunger for success and genuine responsibility
Have a good addition to detail and strong communication skills

Benefits

Highly Competitive Base Salary DOE
Discretionary Bonus
Bupa Private Healthcare
Pension
Free Parking
25 Days Holiday 8 Bank Holidays Day off for Birthday
Mobile and Laptop

Apply right now by calling Oliver Gill at Beautiful Recruitment Ltd on 44 (0). Beautiful Recruitment is the marketleading FMCG & Cosmetics recruitment company placing people into dream jobs across the UK and Europe daily.
To be considered for this role you must have full right to work in the UK. If you dont have the full right to work in the UK please dont apply. This is a fulltime sitebased role Monday Friday so you must live within a commutable distance of our clients site in Stoke or be able to relocate.
Beautiful Recruitment also operates a recommendafriend referral scheme. So if you know someone who could be good for this job email your nominated candidates name and contact details in confidence via email too and we will ensure you receive 100.00 of vouchers from a high street retailer of your choice!