Formulation Scientist

As a Formulation Scientist, you will be responsible for developing innovative skin care products across new and existing categories, ensuring they meet marketing specifications, cost, and manufacturing parameters. You will work cross-functionally to bring these products to market, leveraging consumer-centered innovation in their development.

• Leveraging consumer and competitive insights to drive innovation and new value creation for our consumers through hardworking skin care and products
• Leading and executing projects, including hands-on formulation, testing (both formulation, consumer, and clinical), documentation, and supporting scale-up to manufacturing.
• Conducting and supporting consumer research.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams on packaging development, testing personal care products, verifying claims, upscaling, and pilot batching.
• Working with Regulatory team to ensure global/regional regulatory compliance

You will collaborate frequently with multiple functions within the O’Keeffe’s Brand and the Gorilla Glue Company, as well as with external suppliers and customers. Additionally, you will mentor and potentially manage a junior scientist / engineer, or technician, helping to develop their technical skills and ability to embody the Gorilla Way.

Thanks to our commitment to creating a supportive and engaged workplace culture, Gorilla Glue has been recognized as a top place to work for 16 years in a row. We offer competitive compensation packages, comprehensive healthcare benefits, and other perks and incentives to ensure our employees feel valued and supported.

Joining the Gorilla Glue family means being part of a team passionate about building strong brands and promoting a culture of excellence. As an employee, you'll be able to help create high-quality products and build brands that people love. Join us in an inspiring workplace where you can belong, grow, and make a difference!

• Develop and test new and improved skin care products across various categories.
• Collaborate with Marketing, Packaging Development, Process Development, Quality, and Regulatory teams to ensure product and raw material specifications meet performance, stability, manufacturability, and regulatory compliance requirements.
• Manage project team communication, updating team members on progress, milestones, critical next steps, and any risks as the products proceed through the development cycle.
• Stay current with recent developments, innovations, and technologies that may enhance products and manufacturing processes.
• Design formulations intended to meet desired claims, collaborating with the claims team to support claims substantiation.
• Communicate with ingredient suppliers and stay updated on new raw materials, innovative products, and testing procedures.
• Possibly manage an individual (junior scientist/engineer/technician) to support formulation and testing efforts.
• Serve as a technical mentor & provide guidance and coaching to other associates in the formulation development team, R&D department, and other technical functions.
• Provide internal training and sales support, including demo creation and attending strategic customer meetings.
• Embrace and effectively utilize AI-enabled tools and technologies to enhance productivity, innovation, learning, and decision-making, while maintaining accountability for the quality and accuracy of all work products.
• Maintain a clean and safe work environment.

• B.A./B.S./M.S. in Chemistry, Cosmetic Science, or a related field with at least 5-7 years of relevant experience. An advanced degree is preferred.

• 5-10 years of experience as an R&D formulator, with a strong knowledge base of chemistries and formulation methods in the areas of personal care, including lab bench to pilot to production scale.
• Responsible for pre- and post-trial testing to ensure the product(s) meet performance, stability, and consumer expectations, and will not derail the commercialization of the product. Provide technical formulation leadership for product trials.
• Develop new test methods that will accelerate product performance results.
• Experience in the testing of personal care products to assess performance and stability targets.
• Understand manufacturing processes and protocols.
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