Unilever

Unilever

Senior Project Scientist, Wellbeing Collective

Trumbull, CT · Senior · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$103k-$154kDetected 78 days ago
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About the role

  • Work on brands that are loved and improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us.
  • OUR BUSINESS: Unilever's Wellbeing Collective Group (WBC) holds the company's health and wellness brands and the portfolio of brands that includes Liquid IV, Nutrafol, Olly, SmartyPants, Onnit, and Grüns.
  • Each brand is completely unique and focused on giving consumers superior experiences within their respective spaces and target segments.

Responsibilities

  • Act as Technical Project Lead for end-to-end technical delivery of innovation projects across multiple markets, including Canada and Latin America countries.
  • Independently lead technical workstreams from concept development through formulation, feasibility assessment, scale-up, validation, launch readiness and post launch support, ensuring projects are delivered on time and in line with agreed business, quality, regulatory and consumer requirements.
  • Design and develop global product chassis that can be adapted and rolled out across multiple markets, while balancing local regulatory, ingredient, claims, sensory and manufacturing requirements.
  • Drive reuse of proven technologies and base formulations to enable speed, consistency, scalability and greater business incrementality across regions.
  • Lead and support value improvement and cost saving initiatives through formula optimization, ingredient harmonization, process simplification, supplier evaluation and manufacturing efficiency improvements.
  • Serve as the global R&D liaison to drive harmonization and adoption of ingredients, processes, formulations and technologies from the US business into international markets.
  • Manage the central R&D lab, including prioritization of lab activities, sample preparation, prototype development, ingredient evaluation, formulation trials, documentation and coordination of lab resources.
  • Partner with Brand Managers to translate Brand Performance Standards (BPS), consumer insights and business ambition into clear technical targets, product design principles and measurable success criteria.
  • Ensure superior products are designed, developed, validated and measured against agreed performance, sensory, claims, quality and consumer experience requirements.
  • Develop practical mitigation plans, recommendations and decision points to support timely management alignment and protect project delivery.

Requirements

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to simplify complex technical information, influence cross-functional stakeholders, and interact effectively with senior internal and external leaders.

Nice to have

  • Bachelor's degree required in science, food science, nutrition, chemistry, pharmaceutical sciences, engineering or a related technical discipline.
  • Master's degree or PhD preferred.
  • Global and multi-market experience is strongly preferred.
  • PLM knowledge is a plus.

Compensation

  • The pay range for this position is $103,000 to $154,400.
  • Unilever takes into consideration a wide range of factors that are utilized in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, qualifications and education, and other business and organizational needs.
  • Long-Term Incentive (LTI): This position is LTI eligible.

Benefits

  • Unilever employees are eligible to participate in our benefits plan.
  • Should the employee choose to participate, they can choose from a range of benefits to include, but is not limited to, health insurance
  • Any coverages for health insurance and retirement benefits will be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and associated governing plan documents.

Company info

  • We are the Global Wellbeing team focused on one of Unilever's largest growth opportunities - the €140bn Wellbeing space defined by Vitamins, Minerals, and Supplements (VMS).
  • We are committed to continuing to grow this strategic business for Unilever by leveraging the full strength of Unilever's capabilities and expanding the reach of our portfolio internationally.
  • At Unilever, inclusion is at the heart of everything we do.

Equal opportunity

  • Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Persons with Disabilities.
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