LAKME R&D Designer, Colours

Unilever is seeking a LAKME Color Cosmetics R&D Designer in Mumbai. This role involves end-to-end product design, from formulation to manufacturing scale-up, for Lakme and Elle 18 brands. The designer will work with Brand and Category design teams to develop innovations, lead projects, deliver cost-effective formulations, and create 'Trend Innovations' for Lakme Fashion Week, collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams and external partners.

Must Have

• Translate marketing ambitions and consumer expectations into products that delight and bring growth.
• Passion for success, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple projects.
• Ability to connect people from different functions and communicate technical challenges in an easy engaging way.
• Formulation development and recommendation for a wide range of products and formats.
• Design and evaluate experiments for validation and report, as well as scale up and adapt bench-scale processes.
• Understand, manage, and mitigate risks.
• Work closely with marketing and supply chain to create, develop, and deliver new products and innovations.
• Write formulation and process specifications and implement processes at manufacturing facilities.
• Provide leadership for technical aspects of project development (TPL), including project management activities.
• Develop product stories and claim support with other functions, ensuring strong consumer relevance and engagement.
• At least 2-3 years relevant experience in formulation and or processing development of colour cosmetics.
• Postgraduate in Pharmacy (M. Pharm)/Chemistry/Cosmetic Technology.
• Fair understanding on ingredient chemistry, new product design and processing of Cosmetic products.
• Core experience & expertise in Colors Cosmetic formulation development.
• Skilled and comfortable working in a digital environment.
• A creative, logical and analytical mind to generate innovative design solutions to technical design problems.
• Ability to respond quickly to change in priorities.
• Enthusiastic and self-motivated with good verbal and written communication skills.
• Able to communicate complex engineering and design principles to people at all levels of the business.

ABOUT UNILEVER:

Be part of the world’s most successful, purpose-led business. Work with brands that are well-loved around the world, that improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. We promote innovation, big and small, to make our business win and grow; and we believe in business as a force for good. Unleash your curiosity, challenge ideas and disrupt processes; use your energy to make this happen. Our brilliant business leaders and colleagues provide mentorship and inspiration, so you can be at your best. Every day, nine out of ten Indian households use our products to feel good, look good and get more out of life – giving us a unique opportunity to build a brighter future.

Every individual here can bring their purpose to life through their work. Join us and you’ll be surrounded by inspiring leaders and supportive peers. Among them, you’ll channel your purpose, bring fresh ideas to the table, and simply be you. As you work to make a real impact on the business and the world, we’ll work to help you become a better you.

We are looking to hire ‘LAKME Color Cosmetics R&D Designer’ based in Mumbai

Unilever has a leading Color cosmetics business in India and has formats across Face, Lip, Eye and Nail range marketed under Lakme and Elle 18 brands

The Lakme Product Development team is looking for exceptional formulation designer to join our innovation team to contribute to the continuing success of our Lakme colour cosmetics brand. This is an exciting chance for a job designed to offer individuals the opportunity to work with product development in a more holistic end-to-end approach.

In this role you will have the opportunity to:

•carry out a holistic end-to-end product design role, working in all aspects of product development, from formulation design to scale up for manufacturing: Build-Scaleup-Own

•work with the Brand and Category design teams to develop and land innovations and new technologies and formats to India and emerging market opportunities.

•design and implement new projects for quick innovations, including work with global 3rd party across Europe, Asia and India

•opportunity to lead projects as a Design Project Leader, extending the end-to-end experience to incorporate the development and delivery of the product story and claims

•deliver cost effective formulations and processing optimizations activities

•design “Trend Innovations” to befit the bi-annual Lakme Fashion Week

You will work within a dedicated and highly ambitious team on the development of high impact brand innovation. We offer an agile and open-minded environment with strong, proactive, passionate thinkers who are constantly seeking to improve purpose in terms of brand, people, sustainability, technology & business growth. Our technologies and products designed in India are benchmarked to International brands and compete them in marketplace. As a member of the Processing team, you will have the chance to collaborate with and guide multi-disciplinary teams and external partners to create products consumers want and love.

JOB PURPOSE

The individual with the right profile for this role:

•You’re a great translator: Must be able to translate the marketing ambitions and consumer expectations into products that delight and bring growth to the company

•You love to win and have fun doing it: A passion for success is a must. Detail orientated and able to manage multiple projects

•You have a special ability to connect people: you can connect people from different functions and have a great ability to talk about technical challenges in an easy engaging way

Main Accountabilities:

•Formulation development and recommendation for a wide range of products and formats. Development involves formulation proposal, design and evaluate experiments for validation and report as well as scale up and adapt bench-scale processes to pilot and manufacturing scale

•Understand risks and manage & mitigate those as appropriate

•Work closely with other functions, such as marketing and supply chain, to create, develop and deliver new products and innovations

•Work and communicate effectively with different departments and functions to deliver against the project network timings and identify and manage risks

•Write formulation and process specifications and implement processes at Unilever and third-party manufacturing facilities. Design and execute trial proposals for manufacturing trials

•Provide leadership for technical aspects of project development (TPL), including project management activities, holding others accountable, ensure project delivery on agreed technical targets and support decision making process for product development related matters

•Work closely with other functions (marketing, CCBTs, R&D Brand Design teams) to develop the product stories and claim support, ensuring strong consumer relevance and engagement

Ask yourself “Am I a self-starter with ability to think on my feet, flexibility to adapt to different scenarios, and who wants to deliver great products to the market?”

KEY REQUIREMENTS

•At least 2-3 years relevant experience in formulation and or processing development of colour cosmetics

•Postgraduate in Pharmacy (M. Pharm)/Chemistry/ Cosmetic Technology.

•Fair understanding on ingredient chemistry, understanding of new product design and processing of Cosmetic products with core experience & expertise in Colors Cosmetic formulation development.

•Skilled and comfortable working in a digital environment

•A creative, logical and analytical mind to generate innovative design solutions to technical design problems

•Ability to respond quickly to change in priorities

•You will need to be enthusiastic and self-motivated with good verbal and written communication skills. Able to communicate complex engineering and design principles to people at all levels of the business, across different functions

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