Raw Material Physical Chemist

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Our trusted portfolio of brands including Sensodyne Panadol Advil Voltaren Theraflu Otrivin and Centrum lead in resilient and growing categories. What sets us apart is our unique blend of deep human understanding and trusted science.

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Hello. Were Haleon. A new world-leading consumer health company. Shaped by all who join us. Together were improving everyday health for billions of people. By growing and innovating our global portfolio of category-leading brands including Sensodyne Panadol Advil Voltaren Theraflu Otrivin and Centrum through a unique combination of deep human understanding and trusted science. Whats more were achieving it in a company that were in control an environment that were co-creating. And a culture thats uniquely ours. Care to join us. It isnt a question.

With category leading brands such as Sensodyne Voltaren and Centrum built on trusted science and human understanding and combined with our passion knowledge and expertise were uniquely placed to do this and to grow a strong successful business.

This is an exciting time to join us and help shape the future. Its an opportunity to be part of something special.

About the role

The role of the Raw Material Physical Chemist is to provide specialist technical leadership for raw material change programmes (globally). You will be the technical lead for multiple complex raw material supplier changes effectively being the subject matter expert in support to the wider supply chain. You will lead the technical evaluation of changes co-ordinate and complete all technical activities needed for implementation and support the programme manager to plan and drive technical aspects of the supplier change (to completion).

This is a key role within the technical supply chain function reporting to the Lead of the Materials Science Group with responsibilities that will include acting as the technical expert for raw material supplier changes (to assess and mitigate technical risk and to define product control strategies). This extends to defining and managing validation activities (including post-implementation reviews). You will also co-ordinate technical activities at third-party labs scale up facilities and at Supply Chain manufacturing sites to prove material equivalency assessing product stability and validating product changes. Throughout your role you will also identify resource issues elevating any risks/issues (as appropriate).

Key Responsibilities

• Support technically complex materials changes that are beyond the capacity or capability of the regional or site Supply Chain teams. Materials changes initiated to primarily focus and resolve material supply de-risking initiatives. Compliance remediation vendor changes cost improvement programs network strategy movement or major value engineering assessments may also be undertaken. Be accountable for optimising the effectiveness of change-programmes (some of which will have global ramifications). These material risk assessments will also involve liaising with nitrosamine and genotoxic teams.

• Deliver key Procurement function deliverables through materials science prioritising analytical testing and analyses across the portfolio of programs

• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams including formulation & product/process owners analytical science quality clinical & sensory testing and regulatory affairs.

• Clearly communicating progress and escalating issues to stakeholders in a consistent and timely manner via the use of commonly accepted mechanisms

• Accountability for ensuring material change assessments (MCA) are written in a timely manner to appropriate standards to support business decisions for de-risking and CR efforts.

• Serve as an interface between Procurement Product Supply sites and internal and contract materials science labs for the delivery of critical materials understanding and content

• May design technical experiments and testing as necessary to ensure appropriate materials change project progress

• Exposure to material related change controls either internally (e.g. NPI SC) or externally (e.g. API supplier change). As appropriate should be aware of the following GxP activities: Product Lifecycle Management activities (Change Control Deviation CAPAs trial and validation reports author/reviewer/approver as appropriate risk assessment author/reviewer/approver as appropriate) understanding of the auditing world.

• Exposure to Root Cause Analysis (RCA) desirable.

• Support current formulation and performance claims by site support and address technical issues to solidify decision-making with robust insight & supporting data.

• Mentor others and guide process & product decisions where relevant.

• Chemical synthesis awareness (appreciation of the impact of source change on end use in intermediates or finished products)

• Strong people skills and a proven ability to drive performance and common-objective thinking with a complete focus on providing solutions. Persuasive strong continuous improvement mindset and proven experience dealing with diverse (and in some cases demanding) stakeholder group

This role is offered as a permanent role.

What are we looking for

• A relevant bachelors/masters degree or Ph.D. in a relevant materials/physical science chemistry or engineering field

• A proven background in physical/process chemistry materials science or engineering roles in a Pharmaceutical OTC or FMCG environments (cGMP/highly regulated).

• A solid understanding of materials science structure-property relationships and related fields such as material characterisation and chemical synthesis (and an appreciation of the impact of source change on end use in intermediates or finished products).

• Experience in OSD LCOs and suspension processing desirable.

• Strong experience in raw material change-implementation

• A background in conducting materials/technical risk assessments (MRA/TRA).

• Have strong people skills and a proven ability to drive is imperative in this role that you demonstrate an ability to drive common-objective thinking with a complete focus on providing will need to be persuasive and have a strong continuous improvement mindset.

• Experience of working on transformational global programmes

• Able to manage multifunctional broad-based/diverse teams and stakeholders

Preferred experience: If you possess the following in addition to the above it would be a plus:

• 8years industry experience in oral solid dose tablets semi solid formulation or physical chemistry in QSC/R&D consumer health oral care personal care or pharmaceutical sectors.

• Proven implementation record of applied role with a demonstrated ability to connect microstructure and molecular-level phenomena to finished product performance stability texture and sensory outcomes.

• Investigate physio-chemical structural and phase behaviours at a molecular and microscopic level and have a deep understanding and proven application of product chemistry insights to support QSC such as molecular interactions (e.g. hydrogen bonding hydrophobic/hydrophilic balance ionic crosslinking) in complex semi solid formulations and a proven track record of implementation of these understandings and correlation with macroscopic behaviour in order to increase an understanding of suspensions toothpastes oral gels topical gels and creams.

• Apply physical chemistry colloidal science rheology polymer chemistry to such products & processes and troubleshooting efforts related to new supplier introduction and site support issues with existing suppliers.

• Use of advanced characterization methodologies (e.g. rheometry Thermal analysis GPC NMR DLS microscopy) to establish structureproperty relationships.

• Proficient with scientific writing or related skills needed to support this aspect of the job responsibility.

• Experience influencing or owning analytical method strategy instrumentation roadmaps or mentoring/coaching early career scientists.

Travel: Up to 25% travel (depending on business needs).

Job Location: Headquarters - Hybrid role Weybridge

Job Title: Raw Material Physical Chemist

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