Development Chemist

1 week ago


Johannesburg, South Africa L'Oreal Full time

**KEY JOB ACCOUNTABILITIES**:
**Assist in developing, adapting and conducting experiments and protocols in a prompt manner with a view to creating and developing new products; ensuring follow-up and monitoring use of products over time.**
- Create products through development stages defined with managers; draw up and/or approve operating procedures; evaluate product performance; ensure stability, conformity and safety; contribute to laboratory innovation projects
- Ensure successful follow-up on formula projects in line with specifications and lead times; provide feedback on the quality of the formula/product
- Work with support services and/ or contacts in industry and marketing; monitor and validate product manufacturing (Demi-Grand, factories, etc.) at each stage of development
- Ensure sustainable laboratory procedures to pass on knowledge and expertise
- Develop and safeguard knowledge (patents, etc.)
- Ensure lab resources are in good working order; ensure compliance with safety regulations and quality procedures in force in the laboratory

**TECHNICAL / PROFESSIONAL & PERSONAL COMPETENCIES REQUIRED**:
**SCIENTIFIC/TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE**
- Transforms scientific/technical knowledge into discovery or inventions
- Creates actives, technologies and products to maximize the perceived performance.
- Interprets results in the most relevant way and communicates them with integrity
- Continuously develops expertise and researches new technologies or methods. Shares and passes on scientific/technical expertise.

**CREATIVITY INSPIRED BY CONSUMERS**
- Develops knowledge of consumers in all their diversity.
- Proposes creative ideas or scientific concepts based on consumer insights
- Translates consumer/market insights into outstanding product performance goals

**ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR INNOVATION**
- Maximizes major innovation projects, prioritize and simplify
- Ensures compliance with quality, safety and sustainability.

**COOPERATIVE LEADERSHIP FOR INNOVATION**
- Acts with a local and global perspective to achieve the multipolar innovation goals
- Promotes collaboration among functions to ensure collective performance
- Fosters dialogue with the business and brands to transform innovation into big market opportunities

**EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE**:

- B.Sc Chemistry / Chemical Engineering degree or higher
- 5 years hands on formulation experience preferentially afro specific and in relaxer product category
- Proven track record
- Attention to detail
- Perseverance
- Comfortable using IT Tools
- Acts with human sensitivity
- Displays sensitivity to our “métier”
- Achieves results, with integrity
- Manages complexity
- Interacts effectively

**L'ORÉAL COMPETENCIES**
- Innovator
- Strategist
- People Developer
- Integrator
- Entrepreneur
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