Senior Scientist

About this Position
At Henkel, you can build on a strong legacy and leading positions in both industrial and consumer businesses to reimagine and improve life every day. If you love challenging the status quo, join our community of over 47.000 pioneers around the globe. Our teams at Henkel Adhesive Technologies help to transform entire industries and provide our customers with a competitive advantage through adhesives, sealants and functional coatings. With our trusted brands, our cutting-edge technologies and our disruptive solutions, you will have countless opportunities to explore new paths and develop your skills. Grow within our future-led businesses, our diverse and vibrant culture and find a place where you simply belong. All to leave your mark for more sustainable growth.

Dare to make an impact?

YOUR ROLE - What you'll do

• Henkel Beauty Care Beauty Care Formulation ( Liquid Hand Soap ) - May 2019
• The role of the Senior Scientist is to develop new Beauty Care products, to ensure they meet performance criteria and to collaborate with a cross-functional team to bring these products to market.
• The Senior Scientist provides lead on assigned projects, which involves problem solving, data generation, analysis, and interpretation.
• The Senior Scientist should consistently lead key tasks to completion by conducting well-designed experiments, thoroughly understand product development and business processes, regulatory requirements, and test methods required to deliver a quality product, and conduct laboratory experiments.
• The Senior Scientist represents the department on technical issues; this role provides a broad spectrum of expertise.
• The Senior Scientist identifies and assesses technical business opportunities and/or problems and provides recommendations to management for solutions to these problems, and makes independent decisions with limited direction.

What we offer

• Develop products or technologies for Beauty Care applications, which meet product performance, quality and timing requirements.
• Work with a cross-functional team to bring new products to market.
• Develop new methodologies and tests designed to solve specific problems. Interprets results and provides recommendations.
• Develop, recommend, and execute solid R&D approaches to support key product initiatives and business strategy.
• Conducts own laboratory experiments. May also supervise work of laboratory technicians or more junior level scientists.
• Maintains documentation of lab results, conclusions, and next steps.
• Create technical reports; effectively presents experimental data and results; consults with external resources

Who we are looking for

• BS/MS plus 5-8 years of experience; PhD plus 0-5 years of experience
• Strong problem solving skills and positive attitude.
• Strong communication and analytical skills.
• Quick learner
• Strong agility in learning new computer systems.

Henkel is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. Apply online if this sounds like your next challenge. Refer to the job ID mentioned above and get one step closer to starting your new job at Henkel. Discover our winning culture: www.henkel.com

What makes you a good fit

• Chemistry/Chemical Engineering.
• Product Development.
• Stability Studies.
• Research and Development
• OTC.
• Intellectual property.
• Bachelors/Masters of Science.
• Team player.

Some perks of joining Henkel

• Flexible work scheme with flexible hours, hybrid and work from anywhere policies
• Diverse national and international growth opportunities
• Globally wellbeing standards with health and preventive care programs
• Gender-neutral parental leave for a minimum of 8 weeks
• Employee Share Plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares
• Annual performance bonus
• Comprehensive healthcare including mental health support and 401(k) plan matched by employer
• Family benefits including fertility support, fully paid parental leave, caregiver services
• Paid time off, sickness leave, holidays, volunteer time off, summer Fridays & more

The salary for this role is $75,000.00-$110,000.00. This is the range that we in good faith anticipate relying on when setting wages for this position. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range. This salary range may also be modified in the future.

Henkel does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies. Unsolicited referrals and resumes are considered Henkel property and therefore, Henkel will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited referral.

At Henkel, we come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe the uniqueness of all our employees is the power in us. Become part of the team and bring your uniqueness to us! All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and other legally protected characteristics. We welcome all applications.