Formulation Scientist

Job description

**Job Title: Formulation Scientist** **Location: Kolkata (Onsite - Work from Office)** **About the Role:** We are looking for an innovative and execution-focused **Formulation Scientist** to lead skincare and cosmetic product development across multiple categories. This role will have a strong emphasis on colour chemistry and cosmetic formulations, driving innovation across textures, sensorials, pigments, shades, and product performance while ensuring stability, scalability, and seamless commercialization in a fast-paced beauty and personal care environment. **Key Responsibilities:** - Independently develop skincare and cosmetic formulations across categories including sunscreens, moisturizers, serums, rinse-off products, lip care, and colour cosmetics. - Drive formulation innovation with a strong focus on colour chemistry, pigment compatibility, texture optimization, sensorial performance, and shade development. - Manage product development activities including formulation trials, sensory evaluation, stability testing, and manufacturing feasibility. - Collaborate with NPD, sourcing, packaging, manufacturing, regulatory, and marketing teams for successful product launches. - Evaluate and implement latest ingredient technologies, colour trends, and global beauty innovations into product development. - Support product scale-up and manufacturing processes to ensure formulation consistency and optimized output. - Maintain formulation documentation, stability reports, and technical protocols. - Ensure compliance with quality standards, regulatory requirements, and internal product development processes. **Preferred Skills & Know-how:** - Strong expertise in skincare, cosmetic, and colour cosmetic formulation development. - Hands-on experience in colour chemistry including pigments, shades, textures, and cosmetic actives. - Experience across suncare, moisturizers, serums, rinse-off, lip care, and colour cosmetic categories preferred. - Good understanding of ingredient technologies, formulation stability, and sensory optimization. - Strong analytical, documentation, and problem-solving skills. **Experience Requirements:** - Bachelors or Masters degree in Chemistry, Cosmetic Technology, Chemical Engineering, Oil Technology, Pharmacology, Pharmaceutics, or related field. - Minimum 3 years of experience in skincare, beauty, personal care, or cosmetic formulation development. - Prior hands-on exposure to colour chemistry / colour cosmetics is highly preferred.