JOB PURPOSE

The role of the Science & Technology team is to deliver breakthrough technologies and differentiated innovations to meet the needs and preferences of our consumers around the world. Within the Personal Care division, we are building new, world-class capability to help us develop innovations that out-perform the competition and build equity for our leading brands.

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An opportunity has arisen for a degree/MSc qualified formulation technologist to join the Science & Technology (S&T) Physical Sciences Group within the Personal Care business at Port Sunlight and the Materials Innovation Factory (Liverpool), to contribute to the on-going development and optimisation of product formulations for Personal Care (Deo and Oral Care). The role involves working in multi-disciplinary Physical Sciences teams where everyone contributes to achieving a common goal. It is ideally suited to an energetic, self-motivated, independent, and resourceful research scientist with excellent people skills and a desire to further develop their scientific skills.

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Reporting into a Physical Science manager, the job-holder will use their technical expertise to prepare and characterise new product formulations. They will measure and optimize product performance using category specific techniques, and also develop new methods to characterise products, working with robotics/automation experts when required. The job-holder will capture high quality data via appropriate data capture tools to provide new product insights.

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Key skill areas are in formulation, colloid science, and physical characterisation of product microstructures. The successful candidate will also be expected to have proficiency in data handling and statistics.

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EXPERIENCE, SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS

• BSc/MSc degree in physical chemistry, colloid science, materials science or equivalent research background.
• Experience in lab scale formulation and processing of Personal Care and/or Home Care products and in characterisation of their microstructure.
• Experience of OPEX App, and LIMS
• Good practical skills and ability to translate experimental insights into product opportunities.
• Desirable experience of working in an industrial or academic lab environment, including preparing and maintaining safety documentation.
• Knowledge of digital methods (e.g. DoE, data analysis/manipulation) is desirable.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

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