Department:

Sales & Applications

Reports to:

Sales & Applications Manager

Supervises:

N/A

Job Summary:

This position will formulate a wide range of personal care products incorporating the company’s cosmetics raw materials.

Responsibilities:

• Formulation of a variety of personal care products, cosmetics and OTC (lip balms and sunscreens) from concept to finished product.
• Determine and perform design of experiment to evaluate new and/or alternate raw materials through bench trials.
• Prepare laboratory batches for stability sampling, preservative efficacy testing, claim/clinical testing, mock-ups and sales evaluation.
• Conduct stability testing to ensure formula and/or formula/package robustness.
• Serve as Lab Applications representative on cross-functional teams.
• Remain up to date and current on trends in the retail market and trends on formulations materials, ingredients, cost, etc.
• Notebook documentation.
• Produce formulas to customer and trade shows.
• Customer support and interaction on a regular basis and problem solving.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in chemistry, engineering, or other technical degree; Master’s Degree preferred
• 3-5 years experience in color cosmetics/personal care
• Knowledge in color pigments and inorganic compounds a plus
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Must be able to work independently with strong organization, interpersonal and presentation skills.