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.