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We are looking for:
In the Home & Personal Care application lab in Aubervilliers, you will be in charge of managing global innovation projects, and scouting activities for the Hair Care segment. This job is targeting a scientist with a PhD in soft matter with ideally experience on colloids at interfaces.
We count on you for:
As Research Scientist HPC, with a main focus on Hair Care, your main missions are to :
– Build scientific understanding of key problems and technical routes to address market unmet needs
– Be proactive in proposing new ideas / concepts / mechanism of action to be applied in the Hair Care segment, as well as other Home & Personal Care segments
– Identify innovative solutions, economically viable and technically adapted for Syensqo Hair Care roadmap
– Define, organize and implement the technical actions needed to identify the solutions and how to market them, as well as the means to implement them (resources, budget, technical)
– Build and enrich formulation expertise, for all types of hair and product formats (shampoos, conditioners, leave-on, treatments…)
– Identify IP protection opportunities and threats for all new developments or product improvements
– Being aware of the regulatory constraints in place in the cosmetic application, and interact with our regulatory team to anticipate issues
– Contribute to the scientific and technical watch on the Hair Care segment
– Manage a team of lab technicians and accompany them in their professional evolution
– Use digital collaborative tools on a daily manner and participate to their growth
– Be open to travels, to meet customers and participate in seminars or trainings to customers, distributors, internal teams (<10%)
You can count on us for:
– Be integrated in a dynamic, rich and collaborative team
– Manage strategic and innovative R&I projects
– Build close relationships with other stakeholders (Business, Marketing, Sales, Industrial, Techno, Regulatory, …)
– Build customer intimacy with Hair Care Key Accounts
– Work with external partners to feed the Open innovation : Universities, start-ups, others…
– Learn on Syensqo products and expertise
– Build a career in an international group, with the potential of evolving to other roles
You will bring:
– A very strong scientific background with a PhD in soft matter with major on colloids and surfaces
– Strong appetite for science and innovation
– Knowledge on hair care raw materials and formulation, together with hair science would be a plus
– Ability to manage project
– Creativity and demonstration of a spirit of initiative
– Ability to manage and drive a team
– Ease of communication English (written and spoken), and preferably in French as well
– Capacity to collaborate, create adhesion and social bonding