Formulation Chemist - Cosmetics & Skin Care
About The Position
Clariant is seeking a Formulation Chemist – Cosmetics & Skin Care to join Lucas Meyer Cosmetics, part of its Care Chemicals Business Unit, in New Providence, New Jersey. This is a full-time, onsite laboratory position requiring hands-on experience developing cosmetic formulations, including skin care products. The role applies formulation expertise to developing, customizing, and evaluating products across skin care, hair care, sun care, and color cosmetics applications. Working under the direction of the Regional Formulation Manager and in collaboration with the broader technical team, the chemist contributes to ingredient promotion initiatives, customer projects, and ongoing formulation development. Clariant offers a competitive salary, PTO, and an annual bonus.
Requirements
- Hands-on laboratory experience developing cosmetic formulations, including skin care products.
Responsibilities
- Support the development and customization of cosmetic formulations for skin care, hair care, sun care, and color cosmetic applications under the direction of the Regional Formulation Manager.
- Prepare laboratory batches and prototypes for formulation development, ingredient evaluations, customer projects, and promotional initiatives.
- Assist with evaluating raw materials, ingredient functionality, processing parameters, and product performance characteristics.
- Conduct laboratory investigations, formulation troubleshooting, and product optimization, documenting observations and results.
- Initiate, monitor, and maintain stability studies according to established procedures, including sample preparation, tracking, and data collection.
- Maintain accurate formulation records, laboratory notebooks, stability data, and project documentation in designated systems and databases.
- Support preparation of prototypes, technical materials, and laboratory demonstrations for internal and external technical activities.
- Collaborate with formulation scientists, technical teams, and other internal stakeholders to support project objectives and development activities.
- Maintain laboratory equipment, inventory, raw materials, packaging components, and consumables to support an organized and efficient laboratory environment.
- Follow laboratory safety, quality, and regulatory requirements and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- PTO
- Annual bonus
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
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