Formulation Technologist - Skin Care & Feel

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Job Title: Formulation Technologist - Skin Care & Feel

Location: Leeds Office and R&D

Travel: 5%

JOB PURPOSE

This role focuses on the development of leading-edge formulations and technologies across one or several applicator types to deliver new products for global rollout through working with the formulation and research teams and external suppliers. 

Key Challenges of the role

• Taking responsibility for delivering new formulations and/or technology for global innovation projects across one or several applicator types. 
• Support capability managers to build formulation applicator and/or technology capability working with external parties.

High level of technical input at both theoretical and practical levels.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for leading a formulation work-stream within a medium project or CBP team to deliver a new formulation and/or technology for a specific applicator and/or multiple formulation streams in smaller projects, working with new technologies where appropriate. Communicate updates to the team and to the global formulation community, making recommendations.    
• Creates formulations to meet consumer needs by manufacturing and testing, new and existing formulations and using technical expertise to solve specific issues related to new ingredients/technologies, ingredient interactions, physical properties, stability, and processing. Responsible for securing clearances using regulatory and safety clearance software tools.
• Working with suppliers/third parties, S&T, SEAC; scouting for technical ideas/solutions; have an understanding of confidential agreements and provide support when required and contributing to the patenting process of any new technology breakthroughs. Effectively communicate with different functional areas of the business to ensure deadlines are met.
• High level of technical input at both theoretical and practical levels, having recognisable expertise in a specific formulation/applicator types or technology/benefit areas providing technical support and/or answering queries to the PIT team/BU’s. 
• Awareness of competitor launches specific to applicator/benefit area and through formulation expertise to understand implications for Unilever products/ brands and to generate support for claim/patent challenges. 
• Support technical project leader and/or claims activation team on general project management activities supporting claim substantiation and technical specifications.
• Using specialised technical knowledge and rigour to develop new protocols and characterisation techniques and to identify new equipment requirements on specific applicator and/or benefit. 
• Working safety and to the high standards within the lab, preparation of relevant COSHH and risk assessment. Contributing to the site/R&D safety culture. Responsible for co-ordinating and implementing appropriate technical training to facilitate development and understanding on specific applicator within the formulation roles and when necessary, across functional teams. 
• To prepare relevant documentation for laboratory technicians such as batch sheets, gassing sheets, results templates for capturing data in relevant Unilever software. Where appropriate checking and signing off gas sheets.

EXPERIENCE

Education: Preferably degree level in relevant science or engineering discipline.

• Formulation Chemistry – understanding of ingredients, ability to modify and manipulate formulations.
• Evaluate and understand interactions between ingredients within formulation/process/pack.
• Analytical capability – analyses and interprets data.
• Design of experiments/protocol development.
• Designing new products/CFD’s to specific briefs that deliver to consumer in-sights e.g., 72hrs claims.
• Intellectual property understanding.
• Technical Knowledge of Supply chain, CTI and fragrance development processes.
• Physical stability assessment capability.
• Understanding consumer insights and needs.
• Claims generation and substantiation.
• Information Management knowledge capture and reporting
• Stakeholder management - working with external & internal partners.
• Project Management.
• Strategic Implementation.
• Health & Safety regulations and process e.g. COSHH.
• Effective communication.
• Digital skills: data handling, analysis and interpretation of data and competent using Unilever digital tools to gather data and insights.

RELEVENT EXPERIENCE

• Knowledge of laboratory techniques gained in FMCG, cosmetic care or similar discipline.
• Some packaging and processing knowledge would be an advantage.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• Limited travel with overnight stays maybe necessary.
• Full Eu driving licence is desirable.

NOTES

About Unilever

Unilever is one of the world’s leading suppliers of Food, Home and Personal Care products with sales in over 190 countries and reaching 2 billion consumers a day. Unilever has more than 400 brands found in homes around the world, including Dove, Tresemme, Lynx, Lifebuoy, Shea Moisture, Persil, Domestos, Ben & Jerry’s, Magnum, Marmite, The Vegetarian Butcher, Graze and Pot Noodle.

Faced with the challenge of climate change and the need for human development, we want to move towards a world where everyone can live well and within the natural limits of the planet. That’s why our purpose is ‘to make sustainable living commonplace’  

What We Offer

Not only do we offer a competitive salary and pension scheme, we also offer an annual bonus, subsidised gym membership, a discounted staff shop and shares. You’ll have the opportunity to work directly with our renowned and exciting brands in a flexible and hybrid working environment.

Whilst the role is advertised on a full-time basis, we would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options and what this may look like for you. We are a key advocate of wellbeing and offer a variety of support for our people including hubs, programmes and development opportunities. We strive to achieve a family-friendly and inclusive workplace and to, above all, create possibilities for all. 

Diversity at Unilever is about inclusion, embracing differences, creating possibilities and growing together for better business performance. We embrace diversity in our workforce. This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity. We are also more than happy to provide reasonable adjustments during our application and interview process to enable you to be present your best self. To find out more, including about our Employee Resource Groups, please click here Equity, Diversity & Inclusion at Unilever | Unilever.

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