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Job Title: Formulation Scientist

Business Function: R&D

Location: Port Sunlight Research Lab

Work-Level: WL1B3

Do you have a passion for technology, innovation and consumer products? Do you love getting stuck into data and bringing it to life? Do you want to be a part of Homecare’s Bright Future agenda, fundamentally changing the way that some of the world’s best-known Dishwash products are created, manufactured and packaged, and helping to swap chemicals made from fossil fuels for renewable ingredients, creating low carbon footprint products, and making our formulations fully biodegradable to leave no trace behind? If you do, then you’ll want to know that Unilever’s Global Homecare Category is recruiting for its Dishwash Design team at Port Sunlight, Wirral.

This is an excellent opportunity to join an exciting team and develop your skills and career working on some of the world’s biggest Dishwash brands such as Sunlight and Sun.

Understanding and meeting the needs of our consumers is at the heart of Dishwash product development. As part of the formulation team, you will work in a multi-disciplinary business environment ensuring the development of new technologies and formulations to support our Global Innovation Portfolio. This predominately laboratory based role will play an important part in developing technologies and formulations to deliver superior benefits to dishwash consumers. In Homecare R&D we adopt a digital first approach in designing and executing performance tests therefore we also expect the data capture as an outcome of all laboratory experiments using tools like LIMS, ELN & SDC.

You will be involved in driving the development of new technologies and formulations for our global Dishwash category. You will work together with a cross-functional/technical team to develop new superior and more sustainable products for our core global portfolio.

• Work in a team of formulation scientists supporting the technical project team to develop superior and sustainable Dishwash products
• Support the development of chassis re-design
• Validate new superior and sustainable technologies
• Validate product saving options to fuel the category growth
• Build domain expertise in dishwash formulations
• Support the development of new digital and automated methods to support formulation development
• Support development of demo and KBS approaches to bring to life benefits of superior dishwash formulations
• Work according to laboratory safety rules to keep laboratory environment clean and safe for all, ensuring compliance with COSHH and SOP requirements.
• Laboratory formulation experience and expertise
• Good organisation and time-management
• Excellent communication & interpersonal skills. A bias for action.
• Ability to use digital tools like MS Excel, Power Point, LIMS, ELN & SDC and report the outcome of an experiment in a clear concise way.
• Experimental design, familiarity with statistical tools, statistical data analysis and statistical interpretation of data.
• Problem solving skills with practical creativity.
• Ability to work with in multi-functional teams both internal and external.
• Attention to detail and accuracy in assessment and reporting is critical
• BSc or MSc (or equivalent) in Physical Sciences or Engineering (including Physics, Materials Science, Polymer Science, Chemistry or Biochemistry).
• Experience in working in Home or Personal Care formulation roles

Please apply via this portal as e-mail applications may not be processed and include your Future Fit Plan if possible.

By applying for this vacancy, you are confirming that you have made your Line Manager aware of your application and that you are at a point in your career with Unilever where it is appropriate for you to be applying for other positions.

Should you require additional information or reasonable adjustments to allow you to present your best self during this process, please contact your Talent Partner Kyron Dias on Kyron.Dias@unilever.com

Whilst the role is advertised on a full-time basis, we would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options and what this may look like for you. We strive to achieve a family-friendly and inclusive workplace and to, above all, create possibilities for all.

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