R&D Cosmeceutical Formulation Expert

About Minapharm

Minapharm Pharmaceuticals is a leading pharmaceutical company in Egypt and the Middle East and the largest end-to-end manufacturer of biological therapies in MEA with over 20 years of experience in cellular and bioprocess engineering.

Headquartered in Cairo, Minapharm commercializes over 100 life-saving and life-enhancing products ranging from small molecules to complex bioengineered proteins and viral vectors, with an impressive immunotherapy pipeline.

Together with its wholly-owned Berlin-based subsidiary, ProBioGen AG - a world-leading CDMO, Minapharm has established an integrated business model making it the only gene-to-market company in the region.

Consolidating its international platform of intelligent biopharmaceutical technologies with the longstanding process development and manufacturing expertise in the MEA, Minapharm, together with ProBioGen, has incorporated MiGenTra GmbH headquartered in Berlin and manufacturing in Cairo, to enhance the accessibility to critical healthcare transforming medicines through product development and commercialization of Biosimilar mABs, Cell, and Gene Therapies and vaccines, at affordable prices in Egypt, and MEA.

Minapharm employs a collective workforce of over than 1400 individuals & continues to expand their workforce with talented pool of Human Capital.

Our Core Values:

• Diversity & Respect
• Integrity & Accountability
• Collaboration
• Leadership & Empowerment
• Innovation & Continuous Learning

Job Summary:

• Responsible for all aspects of developing new Cosmetic products of different dosage forms.

Requirements

• Bachelor in Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences.
• Ability to operate R&D equipment specific for Cosmetics.
• Ability to report and document formulation procedures.
• Ability to read and write English language fluently.

Responsibilities:

1. Develop new Cosmetic products via literature search, pre-formulation, formulation design, and development of robust, stable, scalable, manufacturable products.
2. Carry out R&D trials for new Cosmetic products & monitor in-process controls for trials.
3. Prepare R&D formulation reports & investigate the resulting outcomes.
4. Create SOPs, as well as review appropriate documentation and test results for accuracy and completeness and compliance with SOPs/GMP requirement.
5. Communicate with all relevant cross-functional departments (RA, QC, QA, production, marketing, etc.) via providing adequate information, consult the appropriate persons in case of problems and contribute to the decision making process.
6. Supervise and train R&D Cosmetic formulation staff members.
7. Observing and complying with Good Laboratory Practice (GLP).
8. Observing and complying with company Health and Safety Policies.
9. Observing and complying with company Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
10. Undertaking any other duties within the business, which may be requested by the department Manager, for which training and/or an explanation has been provided and understood .