Educational Qualifications Required
• Must have a degree in Cosmetic Chemistry.
• Those with a master’s degree would be preferred.

Number of Years’ Experience required
6 – 10 years of experience

Preferences:
Must come from Colour Cosmetics / Makeup Industry (lipsticks / eyeliners / mascara / nail polish)

*Preffered female candidate first.*

Job Purpose
To drive the formulation work for the groups makeup products.

Principal Accountabilities & Responsibilities
• Carry out formulation development for the groups makeup brands.
• Define product characteristics, technical concepts and ingredients composition.
• Prepare starting and finishing formula for batches.
• Match formulations of benchmark products – to carry out the end to end development of product formulations.
• Reformulate or improve existing formulas through NPD trials / batch trials.
• Detail trials, test data and lab observations. Document basic information, creative ideas, and guidance to formulators.
• Define and set specifications for new or reformulated products.
• Implement robust testing procedures for toxicology assessments, accelerated stability and preservative efficacy testing, microbial investigations.
• Support all documentation requirements for product registration in respective market zones.
• Validate Product information file, ingredients review, full formula, specifications, cautions / warnings, instructions, storage conditions, and the label and bar codes.
• Document and control data relevant to all cosmetic product/ ranges/ SKU’s.

Skills & Competencies Required
• Must come from colour cosmetics/makeup industry.
• Should have worked on the formulation/development of makeup and colour cosmetics.
• We do not want some from analytical R&D (i.e. not actual formulation of products).

Job Category: R&D Formulation
Job Type: Full Time
Job Location: Ahmedabad, Gujarat India