Scientist, Research Scientist, Regulatory Compliance Specialist

Scientist

Reports to:

Senior Manager R&D

Location:

Irvine, CA

Position Type:
Full-Time, Exempt

The Arbonne Promise

As a company, Arbonne has been driving the healthy living industry forward for over 40 years, creating positive change within the health & wellness industry, within our customers' and consultants' lives, and for the environment. We began by leading the clean beauty movement in 1980 and have continued to evolve and lead as health and wellness has become an integral part of our everyday lives.

While some things change, our standards haven't. Throughout the years, Arbonne has been committed to sustainability, and we consider people and the planet in every decision we make. Arbonne is proud to be a Certified B Corporation.

Our Culture

We are a global family, united by a shared passion for excellence and a commitment to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and respectful environment where everyone feels valued and empowered to reach their full potential. We celebrate collaboration, knowledge sharing, and a sense of ownership. We believe that by learning from each other, supporting each other, and working together towards our shared goals, we can achieve extraordinary things.

Join us on this journey of thriving together. Let's build a better future, for ourselves, for our planet, and for generations to come.

The R&D Scientist, Nutrition supports product development, evaluation of raw materials, formulation, and review of raw material and finished goods documentation of nutrition products. This position is knowledgeable in formulation principles, flavors and assay of ingredients, and commercialization of product concepts, and carries the product from concept through to completion. The R&D Scientist works closely with the cross-functional team and outside suppliers/manufacturers to initiate, evaluate plans, support execution, and report on activities related to the development of new products, improvements or cost saving initiatives.

This role will work closely with the Arbonne Quality and Regulatory departments in review and assessment of product stability studies, and raw material and finished product specifications. The R&D Scientist ensures that Arbonne nutrition products follow corporate policies and desired certifications, FDA cGMP regulations and other global regulations.

What you'll be doing:

• Support the development of new and improved products with third party manufacturers from conceptualization to commercialization, including but not limited to tablets, capsules, powders, ready-to-drink liquids, and specialty foods such as energy bars.
• Work with third party manufacturers to develop and review formulas for accuracy according to Arbonne formulation standards, and ensure prototypes meet the Marketing Product Brief requirements, Arbonne ingredient policy, and Arbonne certification and regulatory requirements.
• Works with third-party manufacturers to interpret and deliver proposed formulas, reports, and test results to both R&D and cross-functional teams.
• Partners with Regulatory team to understand global regulatory formulation requirements, including, but not limited to, Canada, Europe and Asia/Pacific, to ensure formula compliance
• Works closely with third-party manufacturers, and Arbonne R&D and Quality personnel to support trouble shooting any formulation issues.
• Works closely with assigned cross-functional team members from Supply Chain and Operations, third-party manufacturers, Marketing, Legal, Regulatory, and Business Development on assigned projects to support business initiatives.
• Support cross-functional team in planning and execution of prototypes, product pilot trials and production
• Assist in managing submission of product samples for testing to outside laboratories
• Works closely with third party manufacturers to assist in trouble shooting manufacturing issues.
• Works closely with Quality department to assist with review of finished product testing to ensure quality and compliance of products over shelf life.
• Review ingredient documents and finished product specifications to ensure safety and efficacy and compliance with Arbonne ingredient policy.
• Assist in collection of technical information and documentation from raw material suppliers and third-party manufacturers.
• Assist in orderly storage and organization of all documentation in compliance with internal procedures and current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) regulations by creating hard copies/electronic files
• Supports review of product labels for accuracy and compliance with Arbonne policies and standards and product master formulas.
• Stay abreast of developments and present innovation and technological advancement in the dietary supplement and functional food technology fields to suggest new product ideas/ingredients.
• Identify new technologies and analytical solutions, evaluate technical data and propose new benefit platforms
• Deliver on time and accurate tasks as outlined by the product category tracking timeline
• Multi-task and…