About this PositionAt Henkel, you’ll be part of an organization that’s shaping the future through innovation, sustainability and collaboration. With our trusted brands like Persil®, ‘all®, Loctite®, Snuggle®, and Schwarzkopf® and our cutting-edge technologies, you’ll have countless opportunities to explore new paths and grow.
This position is with our Consumer Brands business unit – where we empower our employees to bring the best Laundry & Home Care and Hair products to people around the world.
Dare to learn new skills, advance in your career and make an impact at Henkel.
What you´ll do
- Serve as a technical leader, independently developing innovative technologies and file for patents
- Develop products or technologies for powder bleach lightener and hair color applications, which meet product performance, quality and timing requirements with minimal supervision.
- Independently conduct laboratory experiments.
- Create technical reports and effectively present experimental data and results.
- Strong understanding of ingredient chemistries, formulations and consumer and stylist insights and product testing.
- Strong understanding of the product development process and the details of each step of the process.
- Mentor internal teams, provide technical mentoring to members of the department and R&D organization in the art of bleach development, testing and best lab practices
- Apply in-depth knowledge of marketplace, products, trends, and participate in the development of future competitive strategies.
- Provides subject matter expert support regarding bleach development in providing technical support to manufacturing facilities. Promptly reports major issues or unexpected results as soon as identified
- Collaborates seamlessly with R&D’s cross-function teams and business partners as well as customer teams during the development and commercialization of products either with Henkel Global R&D or with technical or industry organizations.
- Develop products and work processes in accordance with Henkel SHE-Q Standards ensuring consumer safety and compliance with applicable regulations.
- Develop and follow workplace risk assessments, HAZOPs, SOPs, and safe lab practices to minimize exposure and environmental impact
