Formulation Scientist: Innovation & Lab Leadership

Arbex; Northfleet; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Bonus

Flexible benefits

Private medical insurance

Income protection

Education support

Job summary

Arbex is seeking a Formulation Scientist to join the Northfleet team, driving advanced formulation development for consumer tissue and hygiene products. You will participate in establishing a new formulation laboratory, select equipment, and lead projects across innovation, qualification and commercialisation.

The role requires strong formulation expertise, regulatory awareness, and the ability to manage multiple workstreams in a multinational setting, delivering results on timelines while

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Cosmetic Science, or related technical discipline.
• Solid 5–8+ years of experience in formulation development for consumer products.
• Proven ability to independently execute formulation development workflows including design, testing, interpretation and documentation.
• Experience with stability testing, compatibility evaluations, preservative systems, and formulation troubleshooting.
• Structured documentation capability (INCI preparation, formulation history, validation protocols, test reports).

Responsibilities

• Develop and optimise formulations for formulated product categories, meeting safety, quality, regulatory, stability and performance requirements.
• Perform formulation lab work: screening, stability and compatibility testing, preservative efficacy and robustness studies.
• Evaluate/test/validate raw material equivalency, substitutions and alternate sourcing to support supply continuity and cost initiatives.
• Support development, qualification and refinement of analytical test methods with Quality teams and external laboratories.
• Protect formulation intellectual property via patents, trade secrets and confidential documentation.
• Act as formulation technical lead on assigned projects across innovation, qualification and commercialisation.
• Create and execute project plans for formulation development, improvement and lifecycle management.
• Lead and document formulation deliverables (INCI files, validation records, stability reports, technical justifications and change-control documentation).
• Proactively manage formulation changes driven by regulatory updates, quality deviations, allergen removal, sustainability requirements and chemicals-of-concern elimination.
• Support lab capability development (readiness activities, external lab coordination and specialist testing).

Skills

Formulation development

Stability testing

Documentation

Project leadership

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Chemistry/ Chemical Engineering/ Cosmetic Science

Job description

Arbex is seeking a Formulation Scientist to join the Northfleet team, driving advanced formulation development for consumer tissue and hygiene products. You will participate in establishing a new formulation laboratory, select equipment, and lead projects across innovation, qualification and commercialisation.

The role requires strong formulation expertise, regulatory awareness, and the ability to manage multiple workstreams in a multinational setting, delivering results on timelines while