Grove Collaborative is seeking an experienced Formulation Chemist to join our fast paced and exciting Owned Brands team. Our Grove Co. home care brand sets a new standard for consumer packaged goods. Our products embrace excellent performance, superior sustainability and thoughtful, consumer-centric design.
The Formulation Chemist reports to our Senior R&D Manager and requires at least three days in our San Francisco office. Agility and the ability to wear different organizational hats when needed are key to this role. If you’re passionate about making an impact and love being at the cutting edge of innovation, this job is for you.
Your Impact
- You will support the innovation and execution of product development from concept through commercialization by formulating products that meet our ingredient, performance, safety, cost, and environmental standard guidelines
- You will formulate to specific product attributes and complete qualification with the ability to develop or perform required testing for validation including stability, micro-challenge, performance testing, package compatibility, and other tests as required
- You will work cross-functionally with Innovation, Quality, Regulatory, Creative, and Legal to execute all launches including assessing formula robustness, performance, and safety criteria as scheduled in the product roadmap
- You can identify product improvements and cost saving initiatives within our current portfolio of products
- You will support scale up by generating data that provides a holistic picture of potential formula manufacturing behavior
- You will collaborate/mentor other fellow chemists and interns
- You will support product launches through strong collaboration and communication with our suppliers, visits to outside manufacturing partners, and attending market and consumer insight events as requested
- You will continually help review relevant competitive market products, identify product innovative points of differentiation, and generate supporting data
- You will document and communicate with your project teams in a timely manner to support project timelines, with critical thinking and open discussions around risk awareness and mitigation
About You
- A BS in Chemistry or related discipline or equivalent. Advanced degree is a plus
- 5+ years formulation experience, preferable in Home Care or Personal Care products with a significant amount of bench experience
- Familiar with basic statistical concept and data treatment knowledge
- Able to work alongside fellow chemists, and great housekeeping habits with limited lab space
- Strong computer skills, including the Microsoft Office Suite
- Strong organizational, verbal, and written skills with intense attention to detail
- Ability to prioritize and meet deadlines within specified time constraints
- Self-motivated with an enhanced ability to work independently
- A passion for working in a values based dynamic B corp
- A passion to bring truly differentiated, natural cleaning and personal care products to market
What’s in it for you
- This full time exempt position has a budgeted salary range of $90,000 - $105,000, based on experience level
- Competitive benefits - medical, vision, dental
- Equity - shared success is core to our mission
- Flexible Paid Time Off - we care most about results
- Free VIP membership and 25% employee discount
- Working for a company that believes that a small group of people can change the world for the better by creating products and funds initiatives that help the planet!
Launched in 2016 as a Certified B Corp, Grove Collaborative is transforming consumer products into a positive force for human and environmental good. Driven by the belief that sustainability is the only future, Grove creates and curates more than 150 high-performing eco-friendly brands of household cleaning, health and wellness, personal care, laundry, clean beauty, baby and pet care products serving millions of households across the U.S. each year. With a flexible monthly delivery model and access to knowledgeable Grove Guides, Grove makes it easy for everyone to build sustainable routines.
Every product Grove offers — from its flagship brand of sustainably powerful home care essentials, Grove Co., plastic-free, vegan personal care line, Peach Not Plastic, and zero-waste pet care brand, Good Fur, to its exceptional third-party brands — has been thoroughly vetted against Grove’s strict standards to be beautifully effective, supportive of healthy habits, ethically produced and cruelty-free. Grove is a public benefit corporation on a mission to move Beyond Plastic™ and is available at select retailers nationwide, making sustainable home care products even more accessible. For more information, visit
www.grove.com.
