Fragrance Lab Technician  

JOB TITLE: Fragrance Lab Technician  

LOCATION: Mumbai HURC

ABOUT UNILEVER

With 3.4 billion people in over 190 countries using our products every day, Unilever is a business that makes a real impact on the world. Work on brands that are loved and improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. We are driven by our purpose: to make sustainable living commonplace, and it is our belief that doing business the right way drives superior performance. At the heart of what we do is our people – we believe that when our people work with purpose, we will create a better business and a better world.

At Unilever, your career will be a unique journey, grounded in our inclusive, collaborative, and flexible working environment. We don’t believe in the ‘one size fits all’ approach and instead we will equip you with the tools you need to shape your own future.

WANT TO CHANGE THE WORLD?

Unilever is one of the world’s leading suppliers of Food, Home and Personal Care products with sales in over 190 countries and reaching 2 billion consumers a day. Unilever has more than 400 brands found in homes around the world, including Persil, Omo, Dove, Knorr, Domestos, Hellmann’s, Wall’s, Ben & Jerry’s, Marmite, Magnum and Lynx. We want to move towards a connected world where everyone can live well and within the natural limits of the planet. That’s why our purpose is “to make sustainable living commonplace”. 

As one of the world’s largest users of Fragrances, we recognise that creating exceptional fragrances is at the heart of delivering extraordinary consumer experiences and driving world-leading products. Superior fragrances play a critical role in the delivery of unmissable superiority for Unilever. To support this, we have embarked on a fragrance transformation journey with expert fragrance teams, designing and formulating affordable winning fragrances for our Personal Care, Beauty & Wellbeing and Home Care Business Groups. 

JOB PURPOSE: 

• This role sits within a team that will work across all Unilever Business Groups globally, working alongside the fragrance R&D teams.  

• The role will be to provide technical and laboratory support to the Fragrance Global Team on coordination and sample preparation to ensure access to fragranced samples to the R&D fragrance team and the wider team when required. You will also be involved in a variety of activities to ensure preparation of the evaluation for Perfumers and Fragrance Development Lead.  

• We are looking for a team player, who works proactively and independently in a multi-functional, multi-cultural environment. 

RESPONSIBILIITES:

• Coordinate and prepare product samples for fragrance team requirements.  

• Coordinate on-site delivery of fragrance, samples, consumables from multi-regional teams in different Business groups and ensure all materials are registered on the required inventory management system according to site standards.  

• Accurately post-dosing materials to a defined recipe into a product base (up to 10kg). This could include any of our Business Groups product formats. 

• Fill products in required packaging 

• Accurately record all laboratory work including labelling.  

• Ensure safety and compliance of our samples (Safety Assessment, Micro-clearance).  

• Coordinate with logistics and regional teams for sample delivery into different countries.  

• Coordinate the preparation of evaluation for Perfumers and Fragrance Design Leads including ensuring all materials on site and prepared for evaluation, evaluation space booked and all safety and housekeeping standards adhered to.  

• Other responsibilities:  

• Ensure all safety and process are up to date and carefully followed (Risk Assessment, Health Safety, Laboratory Management, Standard Procedures).  

• Update project team on challenges and timing changes.  

• Update, maintain and verify samples, oils, substrate, and consumables inventories.  

• Ensure all equipment is kept clean and calibrated as required.  

• Work closely with laboratory team to ensure good management of laboratory.   

ALL ABOUT YOU:

We are looking for people with the right mindset, experience, and competencies:  

Key Skills:  

• Curiosity in fragrance and consumer testing is essential.  

• Background in chemistry and formulation knowledge would be useful.  

• Proven ability to plan and organise own work within a technical area.  

• Strong teamwork skills. Ability to maintain a network of colleagues across geographies.  

• Practical laboratory experience making and filling samples. Awareness of safety within the laboratory including working to standard operating procedures, risk assessment and CoSHH is essential.  

• Interest in products, consumer understanding and fragrances  

• Highly motivated with resourceful problem-solving skills/practical creativity.  

• Ability to communicate around deadlines, network, and challenges.  

• Good organisation and time management with the ability to prioritise within own work programme.  

• Digitally enabled.  

• Ability to stay calm under changing priorities. 
  

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion 

Unilever embraces diversity and encourages applicants from all walks of life! 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.