About this Position
At 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
- Lead, coach and develop the Hair Care and Color formulation team, building a high-performing, collaborative culture with clear expectations, meaningful development plans and strong succession and capability pipelines
- Own resource planning, prioritization and day-to-day direction across the portfolio to ensure projects are delivered on time, in full and against defined performance, quality, safety and cost objectives
- Develop and maintain strategic technology and innovation roadmaps for the Hair Care and Color portfolios, aligned with consumer needs, brand strategies and short- and long-term business objectives
- Elevate the team’s technical expertise through targeted training, hands-on coaching, external partnerships and active knowledge sharing across formulation, testing, claims, scale-up and product performance
- Build a strong, consumer-driven innovation pipeline by identifying emerging trends, technologies, ingredients, claims and testing methodologies that create differentiated products and meaningful consumer benefits
- Serve as a trusted R&D partner to Marketing, Project Management, Packaging, Consumer Insights, Regulatory, Supply Chain, Manufacturing and external development partners, providing clear technical direction and enabling timely, informed decisions
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Provide technical leadership throughout the full product-development lifecycle—from formulation and performance validation through stability, compliance, pilot production, manufacturing transfer and successful commercialization
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Maintain clear visibility of portfolio progress, resources, risks and technical challenges; proactively communicate with leadership, resolve barriers and drive continuous improvement in R&D processes, quality and ways of working
