Product Development Formulation Chemist

If you are ambitious, self-motivated, hardworking and a team player and interested in growing your career with an International FMCG business, please read through our job opportunity.

Job Purpose

Execution of the practical laboratory tasks resulting from the different R&D projects within the laboratory R&D, in order to develop new products according to the customer’s requirements.

Your responsibilities will be:

- NPD , EPD, Value Engineering, COP projects

• Development and follow-up of formulations according to the different requirements defined within the R&D project.
• Consultation, use and input of the formulation receipt in SAP during the development phase.
• Optimisation of existing formulations, follow-up and processing in SAP.
• Follow-up and reporting of results on stability tests during the development process

- Sampling of formulations

• Preparation of developed formulations for customer’s purposes.
• Request and control of production samples to be proposed to customers as part of the offer process.
• Sampling of a laboratory reference sample during the creation phase of a new formulation of the new product family involved.

- Product Analysis: Physico- / chemical analysis of products and processing results in database.

- Raw Material evaluation:

• Quality control and testing of alternative and new raw materials in formulations.
• Test of liquidations of rework on raw materials of the environmental plant.

- Performance tests

• Developing, in close co-operation with the R&D Engineer, methods that replicate the consumer’s performance assessment of a product.
• Perform laboratory performance tests of developed formulations.
• Calibration and verification of laboratory equipment according to plan.

- QHSE

• Establishing a good sense of quality approach when dealing with overall tasks (e.g. colour evaluation, perfume screening,…).
• Keep an open and critical vision at all time.
• Respecting Health and Safety requirements when executing the job.
• Sense for order and safety during work and the work environment.

- Give appropriate feedback and report to R&D Engineer

- Additional Projects: Co-operation with the R&D Engineer on projects to improve working methods and efficiency.

Skills and education we are looking for:

• Bachelor degree in chemistry or equivalent
• A good chemical and technical knowledge
• Good knowledge of how to handle lab apparatus and materials
• Good knowledge of Dutch, knowledge of English and/or French is a must
• Good knowledge of Word, Excel, Outlook
• Quality and Safety minded
• Accurate, fast and flexible execution of different tasks

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