Fragrance Formulation Chemist
4 days ago
Bradford
Fragrance Formulation Chemist – West Yorkshire - Home Care & Personal Care An established and fast-growing consumer products manufacturer is seeking a Fragrance Formulation Chemist to join its technical team. This is a hands-on development role combining fragrance expertise, laboratory testing and project management, working closely with external fragrance houses and internal commercial teams. Reporting into senior R&D leadership, the successful candidate will play a key role in developing new and improved fragrances across a broad portfolio of home care and personal care products, from concept through to launch. Key Responsibilities • Conduct market and trend research within the fragrance category to identify new opportunities across home and personal care applications, • Build and manage strong working relationships with external fragrance houses, creating clear briefs and guiding development activity, • Develop a robust pipeline of fragrances aligned to brand, customer and product requirements, • Carry out compatibility, stability and performance testing of fragrances in existing and new formulations, • Manage internal and external product evaluations, including identifying and implementing new evaluation methods, • Ensure all laboratory work is completed safely, accurately and in compliance with regulatory and quality standards (e.g. BRC, ISO 9001), • Review competitor products to assess fragrance performance, claims and emerging technologies, • Provide quality and technical support to manufacturing and QC teams when required, • Support internal audit activity and quality systems, • Generate CLP hazard classifications and safety data sheets for new and existing products, • Assess new raw material and fragrance sources, making technical recommendations based on laboratory investigations, • Maintain accurate technical documentation, reports and quality plans Skills & Experience • Degree or equivalent background in Chemistry or a related scientific discipline, • Experience or strong interest in fragrance development, formulation or applied chemistry, • Knowledge of laboratory testing, product evaluation and stability assessment, • Understanding of regulatory, health & safety and quality requirements within FMCG, home care or personal care environments, • Strong project management and time management skills, • Creative mindset with commercial awareness, • Confident communicator, able to collaborate across technical, commercial and external partners Why Apply? • Opportunity to work on end-to-end fragrance development for well-established consumer products, • Exposure to leading fragrance houses and a diverse product portfolio, • Stable, long-term role within a growing technical function, • Excellent opportunity to build both formulation and project management expertise Right to Work Due to the entry-level nature of this position, candidates must already have the right to work in the UK. Unfortunately, visa sponsorship is not available for this role.