Job Description

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose.


Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

Research & Development
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R&D Operations Hygiene is the R&D function responsible for global product innovation

implementation, product adaptation and product innovation for local Hygiene brands. Teams work

closely with R&D Innovation groups as well as regional and global functions on projects delivering

growth of the business, protecting existing business against revenue loss, through improving product

profitability, integrating formula and packaging development. The teams are associated with regional

Supply and Commercial organisations and are based across five regions around the globe. This role is

for South Asia region & is based out of Gurugram in India.

The role of Sr. Associate is to lead the provision of ongoing R&D support to a defined RB portfolio of

products. You will be responsible for project management, technical support and laboratory work, to

ensure the implementation of specific Hygiene projects in South Asia. In this role, you will collaborate

with R&D Product Development teams, other R&D Operations teams, Regulatory, Marketing and

Production groups to deliver "best in market" consumer solutions.


About the role
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? Work on Hygiene projects across South Asia and lead the implementation of projects with local

markets. You will ensure the successful development & launch or roll outs of products, including

formulation development, performance/claims & stability tests, scale up, specification setting

and copy clearances, technical document preparation, products benchmarking, Demo creation as

reason to believe in closed collaboration with key stakeholders including R&D Product

Development, Regulatory, Legal, Marketing, Supply and Quality.

? Support Supply for manufacturing, procurement or packaging projects, to implement effective

technical solutions and solving issues in manufacturing process including low carbon, safety &

sustainability objectives/compliance.

? Support factories in South Asia for new raw material and supplier qualification-

? Qualify alternative raw materials or suppliers in support of procurement, under guidance and

with approval of the relevant R&D Development Group.

? Work with Supply Process Engineering to solve production issues.


Your responsibilities
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Support R&D Product Development Groups-

? Support other R&D operations and R&D Product Development teams by providing a clear

definition of products, marketing claims, and raw material requirements from the

regional/local perspective and by providing technical input and support in the preparation

of the claim support data.

? Can be delegated by R&D Development Groups work on formula adaptations for local

needs.

? Drive regional or local implementation of global product initiatives.

? Provide clear definition of regional/local product, claims, raw material requirements.

? You will report to the relevant R&D Operations Manager - South Asia based at same

location and depending on experience, you may have one or more direct reports, with

responsibility for ensuring their development.

? Managing senior stakeholders and communicating with impact.

? Technical problem solving and troubleshooting when required ensuring issues are

addressed without delay to projects.

? Enforce quality mindset by 'Right first time' practice


The experience we're looking for
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Graduate/Post- graduate level (Chemistry, Pharmacy, Biology/Biochemistry, Chemical Engineering or

other relevant science)

? Proven track record of successful delivery of technical projects in a FMCG company.

? Strong formulation expertise and understanding of raw material chemical interactions.

? Experience and understanding of methodologies used to support product and new claims

development.