Technical Service and Development Formulation Leader

Arxada is a global specialty chemicals business that’s committed to solving the world’s toughest preservation challenges through better science. [With a proud history of innovation dating back more than a century], we aim to help our customers develop more sustainable solutions that protect and maintain the health and wellbeing of people and extend the life of vital infrastructure while working to reduce our and our customers’ ecological footprint.

Sustainable preservation is one of our top priorities. We are making significant strategic investments that will not only decrease our own environmental footprint but also help customers adapt to long-term environmental and social change through the development of cleaner, greener solutions.

The role of the Technical Service & Development Formulation Leader – Home & Personal Care is to drive research excellence at Arxada across multiple markets in the areas of personal care & home care formulation, delivering innovative solutions in the form of new inventions and advanced formulation insights and formats for improving preservation and establishing novel format claims related to surfactant, emulsifier and multifunctional uses in these technology areas. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in cosmetic formulations and a passion for creating innovative products.

You will be responsible for developing formulation space using Arxada products, driving customer facing technical work and documents, driving customer facing sales support, and identifying third party support for formulation needs.

Essential Job Functions:

• Design and source experiments to develop ideas, concepts, processes, hypotheses, and focus areas that lead to new products, formulations, or expanded application uses.

• Provide direction and insights into the innovation needs of Arxada customers and how Arxada technologies can deliver solutions for those needs via deep application knowledge and service.

• Define research programs, in conjunction with universities and external research organizations, to facilitate promotion of our products with consumers.

• Lead formulation development to develop robust technical information in the form of customer seminars, webinars, research/technical reports, presentations, product data sheets, and sales tools for new products in collaboration with the Global Marketing teams.

• Drive financial results (as measured by Revenue, Innovation Revenue, and Innovation Margin) through support of existing customers and development of new business at growth accounts in the Personal Care market segment, particularly with respect to formulation ingredients and emulsifiers

• Create linkage between Sales, Marketing, and Global R&D team to provide regional market insights, support of technical applications and develop new data packages for product support, and to assist with regional launch of R&D programs in Preservation

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in cosmetic sciences, biological sciences, chemical sciences, or a related scientific/technical field

• Min. 10+ years demonstrated ability in a formulation or product development role within the cosmetic, personal care, or home care industry

• Proven experience influencing teams in a product development environment

• Strong knowledge of preservation systems, emulsification and rheology formulation, and new product development systems

• Excellent leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills

• Fluent in English; German or French proficiency is an asset

• Solid understanding of US and EU regulatory standards preferred

Arxada has world class offerings in two distinct areas:

Microbial Control Solutions (MCS) focuses on threats posed by microorganisms to people and planet through five distinct business lines including Professional Hygiene, Home & Personal Care, Wood Protection, Paints & Coatings and Material Protection.

Nutrition, Care & Environmental (NCE), meanwhile, provides materials used to manufacture composites for electronics, aerospace and other markets, as well as vitamins and nutritional ingredients, chemicals and performance intermediates, and raw materials for a wide range of high-performance applications.

Arxada is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a qualified individual with disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.