Junior Chemist (Fragrance)

Job Description:-

• Prepare and test fragrance applications and bases for personal wash, personal care, hair care, home and fabric care, and fine fragrance, following methods set by the team.
• Dose fragrances into finished bases and run performance, stability, compatibility, pH and viscosity work; assess olfactive character and visual quality as required.
• Prepare application samples and supporting data for internal reviews, sensory or panel evaluation, and customer samples when required.
• Keep clear records of formulations, methods and results, and help maintain application files and reports.
• Keep the laboratory in good order: stocks, equipment care, GLP and EHS.
• Flag and help investigate stability, compatibility or performance issues seen in the lab.
• Handle assigned application projects from planning with the manager through testing, documentation and reporting.
• Work with internal stakeholders, including commercial colleagues, by providing test data and short technical summaries.
• To carry out any additional job-related duties that may be assigned from time to time.

Qualifications:-

• Diploma or bachelor’s degree in Chemical Process Technology, Chemistry, Cosmetic Science, or a related discipline.
• About 1–3 years of laboratory experience in fragrance, personal care, home care, FMCG or a similar chemical lab. Fresh diploma or gtraduate holders with relevant internship or attachment will be considered.
• Willingness to learn how fragrances behave in common personal-care and home-care bases. Prior exposure to surfactants or emulsions is useful, not essential.
• Careful laboratory habits: follow methods, measure accurately, and record results so others can use them.
• Comfort taking part in simple smell checks and panel work, and writing down what you observe. Formal perfumery training is not required.
• Able to follow a work plan, handle several tests or a small project at once, and write up results in clear English.
• Able to write a short, clear summary of results for the manager and internal stakeholders.
• Good written English and everyday Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• Practical, tidy and reliable in a multicultural laboratory team. An additional Southeast Asian language is useful, not required.