R&D Associate/Senior R&D Associate - Lakme colour cosmetics
R&D Associate/Senior R&D Associate - Lakme colour cosmetics Research/Development LocationI C T Link Road, Andheri €, RESEARCH C, Mumbai- 400 099, Maharashtra, India Regular Full Time Req ID: R-08175
We are looking to hire a R&D Associate/ Senior R&D Associate for Lakme colour cosmetics based in Mumbai
“WANT TO BE PART OF SOMETHING “IRRESISTIBLE?”
JOIN Lakme Colours Team
The Lakme Product development team is looking for exceptional formulation technologist to join our innovation team to contribute to the continuing success of our Lakme colour cosmetics brand. This is an exciting chance for a job designed to offer individuals the opportunity to work with product development in a more holistic end-to-end approach.
In this role you will have the opportunity to:
- carry out a holistic end-to-end product design role, working in all aspects of product development, from formulation design to scale up for manufacturing: Build-Scaleup-Own
- work with the Brand and Category design teams to develop and land innovations and new technologies and formats to India and emerging market opportunities
- design and implement new projects for quick innovations, including work with global 3rd party across Europe, Asia and India
- opportunity to lead projects as a Design Project Leader, extending the end-to-end experience to incorporate the development and delivery of the product story and claims
- deliver cost effective formulations and processing optimisations activities
- Design “Trend Innovations” to befit the bi-annual Lakme Fashion Week
You will work within a dedicated and highly ambitious team on the development of high impact brand innovation. We offer an agile and open-minded environment with strong, proactive, passionate thinkers who are constantly seeking to improve purpose in terms of brand, people, sustainability, technology & business growth. Our technologies and products designed in India are benchmarked to International brands and compete them in market place.
As a member of the Processing team, you will have the chance to collaborate with and guide multi-disciplinary teams and external partners to create products consumers want and love.
JOB PURPOSE
The individual with the right profile for this role:
- You’re a great translator: Must be able to translate the marketing ambitions and consumer expectations into products that delight and bring growth to the company
- You love to win, and have fun doing it: A passion for success is a must. Detail orientated and able to manage multiple projects
- You have a special ability to connect people: you can connect people from different functions and have a great ability to talk about technical challenges in an easy engaging way
Main Accountabilities:
- Formulation development and recommendation for a wide range of products and formats. Development involves formulation proposal, design and evaluate experiments for validation and report as well as scale up and adapt bench-scale processes to pilot and manufacturing scale
- Understand risks and manage & mitigate those as appropriate
- Work closely with other functions, such as marketing and supply chain, to create, develop and deliver new products and innovations
- Work and communicate effectively with different departments and functions to deliver against the project network timings and identify and manage risks
- Write formulation and process specifications and implement processes at Unilever and third party manufacturing facilities. Design and execute trial proposals for manufacturing trials
- Provide leadership for technical aspects of project development (TPL), including project management activities, holding others accountable, ensure project delivery on agreed technical targets and support decision making process for product development related matters
- Work closely with other functions (marketing, CCBTs, R&D Brand Design teams) to develop the product stories and claim support, ensuring strong consumer relevance and engagement
Ask yourself “Am I a self-starter with ability to think on my feet, flexibility to adapt to different scenarios, and who wants to deliver great products to the market?”
KEY REQUIREMENTS
- At least 2-3 years relevant experience in formulation and or processing development of colour cosmetics
- Skilled and comfortable working in a digital environment
- A creative, logical and analytical mind to generate innovative design solutions to technical design problems
- Ability to respond quickly to change in priorities
- You will need to be enthusiastic and self-motivated with good verbal and written communication skills. Able to communicate complex engineering and design principles to people at all levels of the business, across different functions.
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