What are the responsibilities and job description for the Fragrance Lab Technician position at BERJE INCORPORATED?
Job Details
Description
We are committed to being your trusted partner, reliable innovator, and informed resource, providing quality ingredients with an emphasis on safety and compliance. We promise to deliver superior service and products that live up to our values of integrity, accountability, leadership, legacy, diversity, and passion every single day. Berjé Inc. is a family-owned business that has been in operation for over seven decades across three generations. The company was originally founded in with creative approach to creating value from byproducts and aromatic raw materials set the stage for Berjé to become a leading supplier within the flavor and fragrance industry.
Reporting to the Fragrance Supervisor this position will be responsible for timely execution of fragrance projects, working with shipping department on all shipments as well as fragrance compounding.
Key Responsibilities:
- Managing the fragrance projects system for the VP fragrance to ensure projects and samples request are entered and scheduled to ship
- Prepare and organize samples for shipping along with all necessary paperwork.
- Attend project meetings to understand the requirements of the day/week to maintain consistent workload in the lab to meet the Client’s needs in coordination with Evaluation and VP Fragrance
- Assist and coordinate with all other departments as needed, to ensure samples, paperwork, and bulk orders are meeting given timelines
- Assist in training new additions to the lab team in refining and honing their lab skills as needed
- Ensure that all supplies, and ingredients are maintained both in date and to a required working level
- Maintain a safe and orderly Lab behavior
- Gather and organize information from Sales Account Managers in the development of Fragrance Projects
- Participate in odor approvals for Production runs
- Initiate SDSs, IFRA Certifications, and Allergen documentation, per customer requests
- Conduct fragrance compounding on complex formulas to maintain compounding is up to date
Qualifications
Education & Experience:
- High School Diploma to include Laboratory coursework required
- Associate Degree with Laboratory coursework preferred
- Minimum five (5) years Fragrance Lab Technician or related experience required
Skills & Physical Requirements:
- In-depth knowledge of fragrance prototyping
- Knowledge of frequently used aroma-chemicals & essential oils
- Skills and Know-how associated with lab equipment including Flashpoint Machines, Balance Scales, Pipettes, and Viscometers
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills Excellent Written & Oral Communication Skills.
- Proficiency Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Must be able to lift up to 25 lbs. Other physical requirements are minimal and typical of similar jobs in comparable organizations.
- Ability to Travel - Travel requirements are potentially 5%
