Formulation Specialist
Henkel · Shanghai, CN
About The Role
About this Position The job purpose is to provide full formulation development service to ensure future requirement of respective business units are reflected in the long-term platform programs. What you´ll do APAC LHC New Product Development: • Formulation development for APAC Laundry and Home Care new product development (NPD) projects from concept through commercialization. • Design, develop, optimize, and validate formulations to meet performance, quality, cost, sustainability, and regulatory requirements. • Establish formulation development plans and deliver projects according to agreed timelines. • Drive laboratory development, pilot trials, scale-up activities, and manufacturing implementation to ensure successful product launches. • Work closely with cross-functional stakeholders throughout the NPD process, including R D Processing, Procurement, Manufacturing, Regulatory Affairs, Marketing, Quality, Supply Chain, and external suppliers, to ensure project alignment and execution. • Provide technical leadership during project meetings, identify risks, and drive resolution of technical and operational challenges. • Support technology transfer and launch readiness activities to ensure smooth commercialization. Product Claims Technical Support: • Design and execute testing programs to substantiate product performance claims. • Collaborate with Marketing and Consumer Insights to translate technical data into consumer-relevant benefits and claim support. • Conduct competitive benchmarking and performance evaluations. • Generate technical reports and data packages to support product positioning and regulatory requirements. • Provide technical support for market feedback, customer inquiries, product troubleshooting, and continuous product improvement initiatives. Formulation Technology Development: • Develop and evaluate innovative formulation technologies, ingredients, and platforms for future Laundry and Home Care products. • Investigate emerging technologies and industry trends to strengthen the innovation pipeline. • Build technical expertise in formulation science and establish robust understanding of formulation-performance relationships. • Identify opportunities for performance improvement, sustainability advancement, cost optimization, and competitive differentiation. Deliver Technical Training Support: Develop and conduct comprehensive technical trainings for Supply Chain teams, Sales representatives, and export markets—ensuring consistent, up-to-date knowledge of product features, handling procedures, and application benefits. Ensure the good practice of lab EHS policy.
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