Senior Chemist (R&D) | Bentley Labs

The role

The Senior Chemist will lead the formulation and development of personal care, cosmetic, and OTC products. This role involves hands-on formulation, lab batch preparation, stability testing, and customer sample submissions.

What you will do

• Review new Product development requests and collaborate with Sales Executives.
• Develop new formulations utilizing knowledge of chemical ingredients and processes.
• Prepare lab batches of formulas for customer sample submissions.
• Maintain detailed and organized lab notebooks.
• Develop detailed lab scale processes including order of addition and processing parameters.
• Provide technical support to Sales Executives and customers.
• Collaborate with lab technicians to coordinate projects and bench work.
• Perform and monitor stability using approved protocols.
• Meet with raw material vendors to learn about new technologies.
• Communicate formulation, project status, costing, and results to appropriate individuals.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in cosmetic science, chemistry or biochemistry
• 7+ years of experience in developing products with formulation knowledge in emulsions, gels, sprays, shampoos
• Ability to manage multiple projects
• Development of stable and compliant personal care, cosmetics and OTC products
• Timely shipment of lab samples to customers, marketing or testing facilities
• Collaboration and communication of project status to Sales Executives
• Documentation of detailed observations and specifications
• Learning of new technology via researching new raw materials and processes
• Establishing preliminary product specifications and detailed lab process

Nice to have

• Masters degree

About the company

THG is a global ecommerce group in beauty and sports nutrition. Bentley Laboratories is a beauty contract manufacturer based in Edison, NJ.