Unilever-posted 12 days ago
$86,080 - $129,120/Yr
Mid Level
Englewood Cliffs, NJ

The Product Development Scientist, Health & Wellbeing will be responsible for supporting the development of the best-in-class formulations to aid the growth ambition for the Health & Wellbeing Collective – specifically in relation to new product development and new market entry and the establishment of an external ecosystem technical partners/capabilities. The role will have cross functional interactions and coordination across Marketing, Supply chain, SEAC, Quality, Regulatory and external Contract labs & Raw material suppliers to ensure timely delivery of the objectives. The role will be required to provide technical support related to formulation development and would cover a broad range of challenges – from designing consumer preferred robust formulas, to developing raw material and finished product spec, scaling up by leveraging external Contract labs and Collaborative manufacturers.

  • Support formulation design work for innovations to deliver superior, design to value and consumer winning products.
  • Work seamlessly with other R&D functions (packaging, Consumer Technical Insights, processing, regulatory teams) to ensure delivery on assigned projects.
  • Ensuring statutory regulatory & legal compliances for products & process.
  • Responsible for identifying and establishing appropriate technology for manufacturing products to specification at lab-scale and pilot-scale.
  • Responsible for scaling up to factory with relevant transfer of technology documentation and training factory team.
  • Responsible for specification, formulation, process, pack, and Quality Assurance regimes to support / enforce these specs agreed technical action standards.
  • Provide support to conduct shelf-life studies to establish shelf-life of new products and/or intervene through formulation/recipes to enhance shelf-life.
  • Use appropriate analytical techniques (either existing or develop new techniques) to characterize key physical attributes of the product.
  • Appreciating and engaging with marketing team constantly for insights and translating them into product properties & performance.
  • Anticipate assessment and minimization of environmental, safety, regulatory, PR and competitive challenges.
  • Build and maintain strong networks with cross functional (Brand, CMI, SC, CQA etc) teams.
  • Bachelor’s degree required in Pharmacy/Science.
  • Master’s degree (Science/Pharmaceutics/Industrial Pharmacy) would be preferred.
  • 5-6 years’ experience in formulation development or technology development (Dietary supplement/OTC products experience would be preferred).
  • Good understanding of Product development Principles – formulation development for consumer-friendly ingestible dosage forms such as Functional Powders, Mouth-dissolving films, Effervescent tablets etc., material understanding, product scale up, ingredient sources and GMP.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills, ability to work well with others, and ability to plan and execute work independently with minimal supervision.
  • Ability to support projects with multiple external parties including contractors, research partners, manufacturing facilities, etc.
  • Health insurance (including prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage)
  • Retirement savings benefits
  • Life insurance and disability benefits
  • Parental leave
  • Sick leave
  • Paid vacation and holidays
  • Access to numerous voluntary benefits
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