Product Development Formulation Chemist

0001 McBride S.A.; West-Vlaanderen; On-site; EUR 38,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

McBride S.A. in Belgium seeks a laboratory technician to execute practical tasks across R&D projects, developing new products to customer requirements.

You will work with NPD/EPD, input formulations in SAP, optimize formulations, perform stability testing, sample formulations, and prepare materials for customers. A bachelor in chemistry and proficiency in Dutch and English or French are required, with basic skills in Word/Excel.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in chemistry or equivalent.
• Good chemical and technical knowledge.
• Ability to handle lab apparatus and materials.
• Proficiency in Dutch; knowledge of English and/or French required.
• Good knowledge of Word, Excel, Outlook.
• Quality and safety minded.
• Accurate, fast and flexible execution of tasks.

Responsibilities

• Execute practical laboratory tasks across R&D projects to develop products per customer requirements.
• Consult, input and use formulation receipts in SAP during development.
• Optimize existing formulations and monitor SAP processing.
• Follow up and report stability test results during development.
• Sample formulations and prepare developed formulations for customer uses.
• Request and control production samples for offers.
• Sample laboratory reference samples during new formulation development.
• Physico-chemical analysis of products and processing results in the database.
• Evaluate raw materials for quality and testing of alternatives.
• Perform tests to replicate consumer performance with R&D Engineer.
• Calibration and verification of laboratory equipment.
• Maintain quality and safety standards in all tasks.
• Co-operate with R&D Engineer on projects to improve methods and efficiency.

Skills

Chemical knowledge

Lab equipment handling

Dutch language

English or French

Word/Excel/Outlook

Quality and safety minded

Accurate and fast execution

Education

Bachelor degree in chemistry

Job description

If you are ambitious, self-motivated, hardworking and a team player and interested in growing your career with an International FMCG business.

Job Purpose

Execution of the practical laboratory tasks resulting from the different R&D projects within the laboratory R&D, in order to develop new products according to the customer’s requirements.

Your responsibilities will be:

• NPD , EPD, Value Engineering, COP projects Development and follow-up of formulations according to the different requirements defined within the R&D project.
• Consultation, use and input of the formulation receipt in SAP during the development phase.
• Optimisation of existing formulations, follow-up and processing in SAP.
• Follow-up and reporting of results on stability tests during the development process
• Sampling of formulations
• Preparation of developed formulations for customer’s purposes.
• Request and control of production samples to be proposed to customers as part of the offer process.
• Sampling of a laboratory reference sample during the creation phase of a new formulation of the new product family involved.
• Product Analysis: Physico- / chemical analysis of products and processing results in database.
• Raw Material evaluation: Quality control and testing of alternative and new raw materials in formulations.
• Test of liquidations of rework on raw materials of the environmental plant.
• Performance tests Developing, in close co-operation with the R&D Engineer, methods that replicate the consumer’s performance assessment of a product.
• Perform laboratory performance tests of developed formulations.
• Calibration and verification of laboratory equipment according to plan.
• QHSE Establishing a good sense of quality approach when dealing with overall tasks (e.g. colour evaluation, perfume screening,…).
• Keep an open and critical vision at all time.
• Respecting Health and Safety requirements when executing the job.
• Sense for order and safety during work and the work environment.
• Give appropriate feedback and report to R&D Engineer
• Additional Projects: Co-operation with the R&D Engineer on projects to improve working methods and efficiency.

Skills and education we are looking for:

• Bachelor degree in chemistry or equivalent
• A good chemical and technical knowledge
• Good knowledge of how to handle lab apparatus and materials
• Good knowledge of Dutch, knowledge of English and/or French is a must
• Good knowledge of Word, Excel, Outlook
• Quality and Safety minded
• Accurate, fast and flexible execution of different tasks

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