Associate Scientist - Technical Products Research

** Description*
* Associate Scientist of Technical Products Research group working in Global R&D.  Responsible for helping to deliver new & improved products through in-depth consumer understanding - uncovering & translating consumer beliefs, needs & desires into critical product design features and technologies, experiential cues & claims.  This includes defining targets & acceptable ranges for performance (product & pack) & consumer models that directly link innovation choices to consumer desired benefits & experiences.  

Will work across category on platform & upstream research projects, working with AT, Formulation, Packaging & Processing innovation partners.
Responsible for being the voice of the consumer to help guide & inform the technology innovation teams on opportunities & implications of technical choices.

** Delivering Technical Products Research Projects (75%)*
* An Associate Scientist/Engineer within the Technical Products Research team helps to uncover & translate consumer beliefs, needs & desires into critical functional benefits, design features, experiential signals, consumer claims, for upstream unbranded technologies and projects.
Help determine critical technical attributes & drives innovation distinctiveness.  Guides & inform the technical innovation teams on opportunities & implications of technical choices.
Ensures holistic technical design: products + packaging/device + regimen.
Develop technical benefit statements & core claim spaces for technologies.

An entry level Associate Scientist/Engineer within Technical Products Research will help to design & deliver new products - assessing new technologies with the consumer to deliver breakthrough products.  They will plan & execute their own work, with help from manager, supporting the projects, delivering it reliably, punctually, ensuring quality content & sharing learnings.  They will build category understanding of ELC products, packages / devices, using their technical knowledge to generate & analyze data, recognize & flag unexpected learnings.
They will become competent in standard operating procedures & methodologies used within their department.
Support in consumer model development, consumer performance targets & specifications.

** Developing Technical Products Research Capabilities (20%)*
* Onboards and develops technical skills in consumer understanding - learns core consumer research & analysis techniques. Role models collaboration & the power of the team.
Practices abundance mentality - generous in sharing praise & credit.

** Corporate & Global R&D Activities (5%)*
* Proactive participation in Corporate & Global R&D (including safety and quality) programs that drive organizational capability & individual growth.  Tailored to reflect candidate's interests, skills & goals.

** Qualifications*
* + Bachelor of Science

+ 1-2 years related experience

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