On behalf of this leading chemicals business who have been market leaders for 20 years, we are looking for a Technical Applications Manager to work as part of their Personal Care Technical Development team.
Are you keen to apply your Personal Care expertise in a fast-growing market?
Do you want to be a key point of contact within our team for all Personal Care concept development programmes?
Are you keen to present your innovative ideas at conferences and trade shows?
As a Technical Applications Manager, you will have the opportunity to innovate and create brand new personal care formulations for customers within the UK market.
What they can offer you...
- Home Office Based (Northern England)
- Hybrid Home Working / Huddersfield Laboratory / UK Travel
- Competitive Salary
- Company Car
- Flexible Working Hours
- Career development opportunities
- A dynamic and friendly environment
- Generous holiday allowance with buy/sell holiday scheme
- Mental and physical wellbeing initiatives
- Volunteering days
What you'll be doing:
You will be supporting the Personal Care team in introducing a wide portfolio of raw materials, via formulation design and knowledge of manufacturing processes. Your key responsibilities will include ensuring customer laboratory formulation projects are completed to a high standard. You will service your customer portfolio and assist the account management team with technical enquiries.
- Providing Technical Support for a portfolio of specific Personal Care customers.
- Designing new formulations to demonstrate our portfolio of ingredients.
- Filtering and actioning new Personal Care customer enquiries.
- Using technical expertise to develop brochures, presentations, social media posts and website updates.
- Creating and delivering technical and trends-based presentations to customers at industry events.
- Creating concepts and presentations for customer training forums.
- Accompanying the Personal Care team on UK wide visits to support formula troubleshooting.
- Attending industry exhibitions and training at suppliers.
Your background...
- 5 – 8 years' experience in developing personal care formulations.
- A strong scientific background including a bachelor's or master's degree in chemistry, biology, cosmetic science, or a related field.
- Strong communication skills and an excellent collaborator
- Ideally a Full UK Driving License
- Experience in Skincare and SPF formulations would be an advantage.
A bit about the company...
Maintaining a portfolio of Material & Life Science companies, our client is committed to delivering chemistry-based solutions for a better life today and a better world tomorrow.
The Group is headquartered in the UK with customers in over 90 countries and have established a strong presence as market leaders in the chemical industry since their formation in 2004.
They are a friendly team with an innovative culture that works together to get things done. They trust everyone equally and fairly and encourage our people to be truly creative and think outside the box.
Please apply with an up-to-date CV.
If shortlisted, our client will contact you to discuss the role and your experience further.
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