Innovative Personal Care Formulation Scientist

Country Life; Urbana (IA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Country Life is seeking a Personal Care Formulation Scientist to lead development from concept to launch, collaborating with R&D, Quality, Regulatory, Operations, and suppliers to deliver safe, high‑quality personal care products.

The ideal candidate has 3–7 years of hands‑on formulation experience, strong analytical skills, and a track record of scaling from lab to manufacturing. This role requires meticulous documentation and cross‑functional teamwork.

Qualifications

• 3–7 years of hands‑on personal care, cosmetic, consumer products, pharmaceutical, or closely related formulation experience.
• Strong understanding of formulation chemistry, ingredient functionality, emulsions, surfactants, rheology, preservatives, and product stability.
• Hands‑on experience with laboratory formulation, testing, troubleshooting, and experimental design.
• Experience supporting scale‑up, commercialization, and manufacturing of formulated products.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, organizational, and project‑management skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work effectively across functions.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to accurate technical documentation.

Responsibilities

• Develop, formulate, and optimize personal care products across relevant categories and formulation systems.
• Evaluate raw materials and ingredient functionality, including emulsifiers, surfactants, rheology modifiers, preservatives, actives, and other functional ingredients.
• Design and execute laboratory experiments, prototypes, and formulation trials to meet product performance, quality, cost, and consumer requirements.
• Troubleshoot formulation and processing issues and recommend practical technical solutions.
• Translate laboratory formulations into scalable, manufacturable commercial processes.
• Support pilot and production scale‑up, process development, and technology transfer with internal manufacturing teams and external co‑manufacturers.
• Partner with Operations and Quality to resolve manufacturing issues and ensure successful product launches.
• Support development of specifications, manufacturing instructions, and technical documentation.

Skills

Formulation science

Project management

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Chemistry or Cosmetic Science

Tools

PLM

ERP

LIMS

Job description

Country Life is seeking a Personal Care Formulation Scientist to lead development from concept to launch, collaborating with R&D, Quality, Regulatory, Operations, and suppliers to deliver safe, high‑quality personal care products.

The ideal candidate has 3–7 years of hands‑on formulation experience, strong analytical skills, and a track record of scaling from lab to manufacturing. This role requires meticulous documentation and cross‑functional teamwork.