Laboratory Director, Consumer Products

Responsibilities

• Lead laboratory teams focused on fragrance application, oil compounding, stability testing, and troubleshooting.
• Ensure management and development of team members by promoting teamwork, accountability, creativity, efficiency, and professional growth.
• Foster an inclusive, collaborative, and high-performance culture that inspires employee engagement and continuous improvement.
• Direct daily laboratory operations to provide accurate, timely, and high-quality support to team members.
• Manage laboratory resources, equipment, budgets, infrastructure, and laboratory design to ensure safe and efficient operations while implementing upgrades and innovations that support our needs.
• Ensure compliance with Environmental Health & Safety (EHS), Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), International Organization for Standardization (ISO), and company quality standards.
• Establish laboratory strategies, priorities, and operational plans aligned with business and customer goals.
• Monitor and analyze laboratory KPIs, defining key metrics that advance operational excellence.
• Lead high-impact projects and continuous improvement initiatives that drive innovation, reinforce best practices, and streamline non-value-added activities.
• Define and implement technical and scientific support for internal and external customers, including new product development, innovative concepts, fragrance ingredient stability and compatibility, and fragrance-base interactions to ensure service excellence.
• Promote global and cross-functional collaboration to enhance laboratory performance and represent the region within the global laboratory network.

Requirements

• Advanced university degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Cosmetic Science, or a related scientific field.
• 12+ years of relevant industry experience in laboratory, technical, research, application, or product development environments.
• 6+ years of people management experience leading scientific or technical teams, with the ability to supervise all levels of a technical organization and provide guidance, coaching, and technical skill development.
• Demonstrated expertise in fragrance and/or product formulation, fragrance application, stability testing, troubleshooting, and laboratory operations.
• Ability to lead complex, high-impact projects from design through execution.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate complex data into clear, impactful insights that drive innovation and organizational change.
• Knowledge of laboratory equipment, safe handling practices, EHS requirements, GMP and ISO standards, and quality systems.
• Experience supporting innovation, customer-focused development, and technical excellence.
• Experience influencing and collaborating across departments, regions, and organizational levels.
• Leverage lean certification and/or demonstrate experience applying continuous improvement methodologies.
• Knowledge of SAP and laboratory software applications such as LCMS and SmartLab.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.

Qualifications

The established salary range for this position is $160,000 - $190,000. Actual compensation will depend on individual qualifications.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• A high-matching 401(k) retirement plan.

Pay

The established salary range for this position is $160,000 - $190,000. Actual compensation will depend on individual qualifications.

Schedule

Not specified.