Scientist - Dove Deo North America

This role sits within the Personal Care R&D team in Trumbull and focuses on leading formulation and project management for new product innovations. The successful candidate will drive the integration of breakthrough technologies into the Dove Anti-Perspirant/Deodorant innovation pipeline, collaborating cross-functionally with category format design R&D, Marketing, CTI/Claims, Procurement, Supply Chain, and external partners to translate insights and claims into market-relevant products.
A strong foundation in formulation and processing principles is essential, along with a hands-on approach to lab-scale development and scale-up. The candidate should be adept at translating technical benefits into compelling consumer demonstrations and visualizations, while maintaining a disciplined and safety-first mindset.
This position offers a unique opportunity to shape the future of Personal Care through high-impact innovation and entrepreneurial partnerships, with strong visibility across the business.

Who You Are & What You’ll Do
• Work includes formulation, stability, safety and performance testing, processing, specifications, patents, etc. Act as R&D partner to brand teams in scoping and launching products.
• Help deliver products against technical briefs and be responsible for ensuring specifications of Formulation, Process, Packaging and Quality Assurance are correct and delivered against project timings.
• Responsible for working with internal R&D teams to translate technology roadmaps into insightful innovations that can win in the marketplace.
• Develop and drive productive working relationships with a range of internal and external development partners, including Category Format Design, Process Eng., Packaging, Consumer Technical Insight & Claims, Specifications, Safety, Brand Teams, Supply Chain, 3P manufacturers, RM Suppliers, etc.
• Responsible for risk management, claims and legal compliance and for intellectual property protection and patent, regulatory and SEAC clearance for internally sourced formulations.
• Responsible for managing relationships with, & OTIF output of supplier, partners and for stakeholder management regarding technical issues/status.
• With minimum supervisory input, must demonstrate the ability to present information to both technical and non-technical audiences. Responsible for managing relationships with factories, suppliers and internal/external partners for stakeholder management regarding technical issues/status.
• Innovate boldly for both people and planet.
• Ensure our brands deliver products to the market that will provide our consumers with a delightful experience and top quality, making sure all development and qualification processes are executed properly.

What You’ll Need To Succeed
• Bachelors Degree required. Chemical Engineer or Chemistry preferred.
• Experience in technical management specializing in product formulation.
• Working knowledge of ingredients, formulation, process and product Design principle.
• Strong proven technology and/or project deliveries to market.
• Working knowledge in leading Type 1&2 formulation development as well as working in partnership for Type 3&4 formulation development.
• Project and time management skills to coordinate multiple work streams and timelines for innovation projects.
• Working knowledge of root cause analysis, problem solving techniques and application to existing and new products.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills | Ability to develop and maintain good working relationships and strong Influencing skills.
• Proficiency in SAP PLM and Microsoft office suite (Teams, Excel, Word, Power point) and JMP analysis.

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