Business Context and Main Purpose of the Job

•Skin Care is a big, growing, complex and highly competitive category in Unilever business.

•Pond’s is one top priority global brand in Unilever skin care category with strong growth trend. It is leading mass skin care brand in SA, SEAA, LATAM markets.

•The role will be a product development technologist for Pond’s Face care platform innovations. Works as formulation stream expertise to develop formulations per project, closely work with technical product leader/product development manager to design holistic superior products in various markets including India, Indonesia, Latam etc.

Main Accountabilities

•Build technical know-how to lead formulation design as formulation work stream leader to support TPL to deliver innovations.

•Develop new/disruptive face care formats or technology according to market trends analysis & brand technology strategy for PONDS various platforms including brightening & sunscreen segment.

•Coordinate Pond’s facial products technical issue resolving or RM resilience & costing saving projects.

•Responsible for formulation risk management, intellectual property protection and patent, regulatory and safety clearance for internally sourced formulations.

Critical success Factors for the Job

•Post Graduate with knowledge of Science (Chemistry, material science, Bio-Chemistry, Chemical Engineering)

•Prefer at least 1-2 years of working experiences in formulation design

•Experience in personal care products formulation development.

•Understanding of Product Development Principles, R&D Processes and Protocols.

•Strong data and good analysis skills

•Good verbal/written in English

•Communication skills.

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