R & D Personal Care Chemist Ii

PLANT (BLOOMINGDALE) 395, BLOOMINGDALE, IL 60108, USA

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Strong formulation skills and ability to independently develop personal care products sold by NOW Health Group. This includes developing and formulating products using diverse ingredients for new products and improving existing ones. Has experience working with personal care ingredients and strong knowledge of their functions, formulating emulsions and surfactant-based products. Troubleshoots and addresses any formula challenges.
• Supports in-house and contract manufacturing by providing technical information and troubleshooting when corrective action is required to increase efficiencies, rectify production deviations, resolve quality problems, and work out production difficulties. Supporting manufacturing includes working directly in processing rooms, packaging lines, raw materials, equipment, and packaging. Helps address complaints and issues. Responds to questions and inquiries related to personal care.
• Works directly with Purchasing, Quality Assurance, and Quality Control by evaluating new ingredients, ingredients out of specification, and alternate vendor ingredients. Helps evaluate and support contract manufacturers, where appropriate.
• Obtains information related to research and development, including raw material functions, characteristics, processing techniques, environmental conditions, and regulatory compliance.
• Organizes resources to complete projects based on meeting profitability objectives, company deadlines, operating budget responsibilities, and research and development departmental goals.
• Coordinates and tracks all personal care-related physical, microbiological, chemical, stability testing, and packaging testing. Reviews and reports results to appropriate departments and/or individuals.
• Works directly with Marketing to focus on learning customer expectations and developing new personal care products that meet their needs and market trends for skin care.
• Develops ingredients and formulation specifications. Creates additional documents that are related to these ingredients and formulation development. Inputs information into Oracle through bill of materials, specifications, and manufacturing instructions.
• Sets up sensory evaluation testing, including screening and assigning panelists. Prepares samples, communicates with panelists, collates, analyzes, reports, and interprets data. Reports results to appropriate departments and/or individuals with the decision to proceed as is or continue development work.
• Evaluates equipment and processes used in the development, evaluation, and production of products at NOW and contract manufacturers. Implements changes as needed to maximize efficiency, efficacy, and accuracy of new and existing product introductions.
• Designs and revises manufacturing processes, determining where improvements in product quality can contribute to the company’s success.
• Identifies and documents critical parameters pertaining to approved formulas to reproduce results on a full-scale production basis.
• Completes and evaluates product documentation packages for final review by appropriate managers.
• Communicates formula requirements and assists other departments, including Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Science, Regulatory, Purchasing, Manufacturing, Marketing, Sales, and Engineering.
• Maintains R&D lab/office area in safe, clean, and orderly conditions.
• Complies with safety and GMP requirements.

Supports a culture of safe laboratory operations and exhibits safe work practices. Actively participates in the safety program by engaging in safety activities. Effectively provides and accepts constructive peer-to-peer feedback on safety performance. Adheres to policies, procedures, SOPs, safe work practices, and safety policies and procedures.
Reports ALL workplace incidents to the supervisor immediately. Communicates concerns to supervisor, reports hazards, and provides input on prevention. Properly uses, wears, and stores Personal Protective Equipment when required. Participates in safety team…