Chemist/Manager

Base salary $100,000-$130,000

Benefits include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, PTO, 401k.

Join a growing organization as the first dedicated Chemist supporting an expanding automotive care product line. This is a unique opportunity to bring formulation and production capabilities in-house, develop and optimize auto appearance products, help build the laboratory and manufacturing infrastructure, and potentially grow into leading a technical team.

Requirements

• Degree in Chemistry or a related scientific field preferred; strong industry experience may substitute for a degree
• 5+ years of industry experience preferred, with flexibility based on overall experience
• Direct experience formulating automotive care/auto appearance products strongly preferred
• Strong hands-on formulation development experience
• Knowledge of blending, filling, and packaging
• Understanding of raw materials, formulation adjustments, and product performance
• Ability to troubleshoot formulation and manufacturing issues
• Comfortable working independently and taking ownership of a laboratory/formulation function
• Strong organizational, analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
• Ability to help determine equipment, processes, and resources required for in-house production
• Experience working with contract manufacturers is a plus

Job Duties

• Lead the formulation and development of automotive care products
• Bring formulation and product development capabilities in-house from existing contract manufacturing relationships
• Develop, modify, optimize, and troubleshoot formulations
• Support products across car wash, detailing, cleaning, polishing, protection, and treatment categories
• Evaluate raw materials and formulation components to achieve targeted product performance
• Develop and document formulation procedures and specifications
• Support blending, filling, packaging, and production processes
• Establish processes and procedures for an in-house laboratory and production operation
• Determine laboratory, production, and testing equipment needs and provide recommendations for capital purchases
• Work with vendors and manufacturing partners during the transition to in-house production
• Troubleshoot production and product-quality issues
• Support scale-up from laboratory formulations to commercial production
• Establish appropriate testing and quality-control procedures
• Work closely with operations and management to build the infrastructure needed for future growth
• Provide technical guidance as formulation and production capabilities expand
• Potentially build and lead a technical/laboratory team as the operation grows
• Help guide the company on the technical resources and capabilities needed to support continued growth
• If you’d like to hear more about this opportunity and others we are currently working on, please contact Tory Mack at [email protected]

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