Senior Formulation Chemist — Home & Personal Care Innovator

PTR Global; Berkeley (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

PTR Global is partnering with a growing consumer products company seeking a Senior Formulation Chemist to support product innovation and improvement across Home Care and Personal Care formulations. This hands-on role will develop new formulations, conduct laboratory testing, and support scale-up from bench to manufacturing.

The schedule is four days onsite per week with some flexibility as needed; relocation assistance may be available for the right candidate.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience developing and optimizing chemical-based formulations.
• Experience with DOE, mixture experiments, and statistical approaches to formulation development.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects and changing priorities.
• Excellent documentation and recordkeeping skills.
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop new formulation prototypes and conduct laboratory testing to support product innovation and improvement.
• Formulate and optimize Home Care, Personal Care, Beauty, or related consumer products.
• Design and execute experiments using Design of Experiments (DOE), mixture experiments, and statistical approaches.
• Conduct stability, performance, and analytical testing and interpret results to identify opportunities for product improvement.
• Maintain detailed records of formulations, experiments, stability studies, analytical results, and development activities.
• Partner with Product Development, R&D, Manufacturing, Operations, and other cross-functional teams to support assigned projects.
• Participate in pilot and manufacturing trials and support scale-up from laboratory development through commercial production.
• Troubleshoot formulation and manufacturing challenges during development and scale-up.
• Support and maintain quality control procedures to ensure product consistency and reliability.
• Manage laboratory supplies, raw materials, and testing inventory.
• Maintain laboratory safety procedures in accordance with applicable regulations.
• Partner with suppliers and external organizations to evaluate new ingredients, raw materials, technologies, and industry developments.

Skills

DOE

Mixture experiments

Statistical approaches

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Documentation

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemistry/Engineering/Biology

Tools

JMP

Job description

PTR Global is partnering with a growing consumer products company seeking a Senior Formulation Chemist to support product innovation and improvement across Home Care and Personal Care formulations. This hands-on role will develop new formulations, conduct laboratory testing, and support scale-up from bench to manufacturing.

The schedule is four days onsite per week with some flexibility as needed; relocation assistance may be available for the right candidate.