Research Scientist

Colgate • Piscataway, NJ

9d • Hybrid

About The Position

Colgate-Palmolive Company is a global consumer products company operating in over 200 countries specializing in Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care, Skin Care, and Pet Nutrition. Our products are trusted in more households than any other brand in the world, making us a household name! Join Colgate-Palmolive, a caring, innovative growth company reimagining a healthier future for people, their pets, and our planet. Guided by our core values—Caring, Inclusive, and Courageous—we foster a culture that inspires our people to achieve common goals. Together, let's build a brighter, healthier future for all.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Biochemistry, Food Science or any other related field.
• 4+ years of experience in formulation development and technical implementation within a consumer goods environment or 2+ years of experience with a Master’s Degree.
• Experience scaling up formulations from the lab through pilot or manufacturing scale.
• Technical understanding of related chemistry and science (for example: active deliveries, emulsions, surfactants, rheology, liquid chemistry)
• Knowledge of cGMP /GMP and GLP

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of equipment and procedures for making oral care formulations
• Experience running stability studies for OTC/Drug products
• Experience & understanding of producing formulations at the manufacturing scale.
• Experience with claim substantiation.
• Strong project planning and management experience
• Knowledge of Regulatory environment in North America and across the globe.
• Knowledge of ICH/FDA guidelines for stability and testing of new drug products.
• Able to multi-task and coordinate various simultaneous projects
• Strong knowledge of ingredient chemistry to be able to understand how the interdependencies and interactions of raw material components affect formulation and process performance
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Self-motivated but able to work well within a team environment
• Excellent computer skills (MS Office, Google suite, SAP, etc.)

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and implementation of new oral care formulas for North America
• Be the R&D point of contact for commercial teams for oral care innovation.
• Lead experimental designs to help identity launch formulations and production processes.
• Make lab and pilot batches of formulations for stability testing and customer sampling.
• Support Pilot Plant batches by preparing batch sheets, requesting raw materials, pre-weighing materials and batch execution.
• Support plant trial batches at various North America locations as needed.
• Manage multiple stability studies at the lab, pilot and plant scale, working with support groups (analytical, flavor, micro, etc) to deliver samples and follow up on results.
• Create/maintain all required R&D documentation to ensure flawless, high quality commercialization. This may include R&D project timelines, formula databases, tech transfer checklists, proof of claims documents, registration documents, NODs, change control documents and technical justifications.
• Manage independent projects and collaborate with cross-functional teams, leveraging diverse perspectives to achieve key project goals and influence beyond your network
• Create and maintain all required documentation under GMP/GLP per FDA/ICH guidelines as required.
• Maintain a clean and organized working environment.
• Work on multiple tasks with changing priorities.
• Make day-to-day recommendations and escalate issues regarding formula development.
• Stay abreast of supplier and competitor’s new developments.
• Abide by and follow all company standard operating procedures (SOPs) including those for product development, regulatory and safety.
• Deliver effective presentations of technical data and project status.

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• basic life insurance
• paid parental leave
• disability coverage
• participation in the 401(k) retirement plan with company matching contributions subject to eligibility requirements
• a minimum of 15 vacation/PTO days
• 13 paid holidays
• Paid sick leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior