Job Description:

United States, Stamford, CT, Beauty Care

Principal Scientist

HENKEL IS FOR THOSE WHO STEP UP. DO YOU? At Henkel, you can make a difference and craft your career. That's why you own your projects and take full responsibility from an early stage. Our unique brands in markets around the world open up countless opportunities to follow your convictions and explore new paths. If you have an entrepreneurial mindset that allows you to always think out of the box - take the chance and shape the digital future together with us.

YOUR ROLE

• The role of the Principle Scientist is to develop new Beauty Care products, to ensure they meet performance criteria and to collaborate with a cross-functional team to bring these products to market
• The Senior Scientist should consistently lead key tasks to completion by conducting well-designed experiments, thoroughly understand product development and business processes, regulatory requirements, and test methods required to deliver a quality product, and conduct laboratory experiments
• Identifies and assesses technical business opportunities and/or problems and provides recommendations to management for solutions to these problems, and makes independent decisions with limited direction
• Work with a cross-functional team to bring new products to market
• Develop new methodologies and tests designed to solve specific problems. Interprets results and provides recommendations
• Develop, recommend, and execute solid R&D approaches to support key product initiatives and business strategy
• Conducts own laboratory experiments. May also supervise work of laboratory technicians or more junior level scientists
• Maintains documentation of lab results, conclusions, and next steps
• Create technical reports; effectively presents experimental data and results; consults with external resources

YOUR SKILLS

• BS with 5+ years of relevant experience; MS / PhD with 0-5+ years of relevant experience
• Formulation experience, working safely within a lab is setting is highly preferred
• Strong problem solving skills and positive attitude
• Strong communication and analytical skills. Quick learner
• Strong agility in learning new computer systems

Henkel is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and other legally protected characteristics.

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JOB ID: 21023449

Contract & Job type: Full Time, Regular

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