Formulation Scientist

About the role

As a Formulation Scientist, you will be responsible for developing innovative skin care products across new and existing categories, ensuring they meet marketing specifications, cost, and manufacturing parameters. You will work cross-functionally to bring these products to market, leveraging consumer-centered innovation in their development.

Responsibilities

• Leveraging consumer and competitive insights to drive innovation and new value creation for consumers through hardworking skin care and products
• Leading and executing projects, including hands-on formulation, testing (both formulation, consumer, and clinical), documentation, and supporting scale-up to manufacturing
• Conducting and supporting consumer research
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams on packaging development, testing personal care products, verifying claims, upscaling, and pilot batching
• Working with Regulatory team to ensure global/regional regulatory compliance
• Collaborating frequently with multiple functions within the O’Keeffe’s Brand and the Gorilla Glue Company, as well as with external suppliers and customers
• Mentoring and potentially managing a junior scientist/engineer or technician to develop their technical skills and ability to embody the Gorilla Way
• Developing and testing new and improved skin care products across various categories
• Collaborating with Marketing, Packaging Development, Process Development, Quality, and Regulatory teams to ensure product and raw material specifications meet performance, stability, manufacturability, and regulatory compliance requirements
• Managing project team communication, updating team members on progress, milestones, critical next steps, and any risks as the products proceed through the development cycle
• Staying current with recent developments, innovations, and technologies that may enhance products and manufacturing processes
• Designing formulations intended to meet desired claims, collaborating with the claims team to support claims substantiation
• Communicating with ingredient suppliers and staying updated on new raw materials, innovative products, and testing procedures
• Possibly managing an individual (junior scientist/engineer/technician) to support