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Job Title: Fragrance Technical Innovation Specialist

Location: Port Sunlight R&D

Work-Level: RH4

Background

​ ​ As the Home Care Fragrance Design team, our mission is to elevate consumers’ experiences by delivering extraordinary fragrance experiences . We are looking for a Fragrance Technical Innovation Specialist with a passion for delivering extraordinary experiences for the consumers we serve. ​

JOB PURPOSE

You will work in the G lobal Fragrance Technical Innovation Programme for Unilever Home Care to help ensure that we have a pipeline of Fragrance technologies to deliver extraordinary Clean Future fragrance experiences for our brands and consumers . The successful candidate will report to the R&D Fragrance Techn ical Innovation Leader within the Home Care Fragrance team . This role will be both office and laboratory based.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• You will be responsible for leading the experimental programme to understand and benchmark fragrance technologies to enable decisions and priorities to be made to maximise opportunities for these technologies.

• You will be responsible for applying, building on those already existing, or creating new test methods for Fragrance Technologies in order to demonstrate their applicability to Home Care formats . This work will span modelling, instrumental, and sensory techniques.

• You will be responsible for leading the competitor and patent landscaping and providing recommendations to the Home Care Fragrance Team and Innovation partners based on insights gained from this work.

• You will deputise for the Home Care R&D Fragrance Technology Leader at internal and external meetings where needed.

• You will develop internal and external partnerships and networks to successfully deliver your work .

ALL ABOUT YOU

We are looking for an exceptional individual with the right attitude, mindset, and competencies to support the Fragrance Technical Innovation Programme within the Home Care Fragrance Design team.

• Excellent experimental skills , you will have a proven track record of working in a laboratory with the ability to design and execute complex experimental programmes . You will have knowledge of instrumental techniques and the ability to interpret results, and ideally experience of working with sensory consumer data.

• Technology development skills , you will be able to demonstrate experience of connecting data with technical possibilities to help deliver fragrance technologies for innovations of the future.

• Innovation project skills , you will have a clear understanding of project processes and demonstrable stakeholder management skills

• Excellent collaboration and communication skills , partnering with technical partners, fragrance evaluators, perfumers, multifunctional colleagues, and external partners to help deliver fragrance technologies that step-change impact for the consumer.

• Passion for delivering extraordinary consumer experiences with a keen interest in learning more about olfactive science .

• Digital ‘mindset’ is essential, your way of working will ensure that data and technical innovation insights are captured and maximized across the fragrance design programme.

NOTES

Please apply via this portal as e-mail applications may not be processed and include your Future Fit Plan if possible.

By applying for this vacancy, you are confirming that you have made your Line Manager aware of your application and that you are at a point in your career with Unilever where it is appropriate for you to be applying for other positions.  

Should you require additional information or reasonable adjustments to allow you to present your best self during this process, please contact your Talent Partner Hannah Cottier on hannah.cottier@unilever.com (xxx.xxx@unilever.com)  

What we offer

Whilst the role is advertised on a full-time basis, we would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options and what this may look like for you. We strive to achieve a family-friendly and inclusive workplace and to, above all, create possibilities for all.

Diversity at Unilever is about inclusion, embracing differences, creating possibilities and growing together for better business performance. We embrace diversity in our workforce. This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity. We are also more than happy to provide reasonable adjustments during our application and interview process to enable you to be present your best self. To find out more, including about our Employee Resource Groups, please click here Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (unilever.com) (https://careers.unilever.com/diversity-and-inclusion) .

Relocation to the UK

Please be aware if you are applying for this role from outside the UK, if successful, your application will be treated as a self-initiated Change Location Outside of Country (CLOC) transfer. This means any relocation costs must be self-funded with the potential to reclaim some specific pre-approved expenses up to £5,000. Please speak to your Talent Partner if you have any questions.

Job Category: Investigación y desarrollo - R&D

Job Category: Research & Development

Job Category: Recherche & Développement

Job Type: Fragrance Specialist

Industry: UnileverExperiencedProfessionals