What are the responsibilities and job description for the Applied Technical Scientist position at Omya?
BASIC FUNCTION:
To help promote sales growth and provide application support to our sales team, customers, and supply partners. To enhance the technical knowledge of our sales team and support customer formulation requests through an in-depth knowledge of our diverse ingredient portfolio. To support innovative prototype development of unique formulation concepts that showcase our portfolio while aligning with and driving market trends.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Support prototype formulation, customer co-development projects, and lab activities.
- Ensure laboratory is stocked with the necessary raw materials, equipment, and documentation.
- Keep detailed records of formulations, processing techniques, and stability data.
- Troubleshooting customer and prototype formulations.
- Support research projects to further understand portfolio synergies.
- Participate in industry trade shows and meetings.
- Develop a network of key contacts within the Personal Care industry.
- Proactively communicate ideas, innovations, synergies, projects, and timelines.
- Support a safe, organized, and efficient lab environment.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry or related technical field and at least 3 years of bench formulating experience in skin care, hair care, sun care and color cosmetics, etc. Contract manufacturing experience preferred, with a working knowledge of formulation challenges, final product scale-up and manufacturing equipment.
Good knowledge of key Personal Care raw material chemistries and suppliers of cosmetic science. Experience with regulatory requirements as they relate to cosmetic/personal care ingredients and formulations. Organized, detail oriented with excellent time management skills.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to interact with supply partners, customers, and colleagues at all levels.
Resourceful and Independent self-starter, with excellent problem-solving skills, able to see tasks through to completion. Able to travel (10-20%).
Salary range: $60,000 to $75,000 USD.
Must possess current US employment authorization; sponsorship not available for this position.
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Salary : $60,000 - $75,000
