Fragrance Laboratory Lead

Job Title: Fragrance Laboratory Lead

Location: Mumbai HURC

Work Level: 1D

Want to Change The World?

Unilever is one of the world’s leading suppliers of Beauty, Personal and Home Care products selling in over 190 countries and used by 3.7 billion consumers every day. Unilever has more than 400 brands used in homes around the world, including Dove, Sure, TRESemmé, Sunsilk, Vaseline, Comfort, Persil and Surf. 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 desire at scale.

To achieve our ambition, Unilever Fragrance House is undertaking a global fragrance transformation, leveraging expert inhouse fragrance teams to craft unmissably superior fragrances for our Personal Care, Beauty & Wellbeing and Home Care Business Groups.

Job Purpose
Make an Impact That Matters!
Are you passionate about creating safe, efficient, and high-performing laboratory environments? As Unilever Fragrance House (UFH) Laboratory Lead, you will play a critical role in enabling innovation by ensuring our laboratory operates seamlessly every day.
You will lead the management of our India lab, supporting formulation, application, and evaluation work that ultimately helps deliver products used by millions of people around the world. Your work will directly impact the quality, safety, and speed of innovation across our teams.

What You Will Do

In this role, you will take ownership of the laboratory environment and ensure it consistently supports high-quality R&D work for UFH. Key responsibilities include:
• Leading the end-to-end management of the laboratory, ensuring it is organized, efficient, and ready to support all activities
• Maintaining a clean, safe, and well-functioning workspace, including all equipment and evaluation areas
• Ensuring full compliance with health, safety, and laboratory management standards
• Overseeiog safe handling and disposal of laboratory waste in line with regulatory requirements
• Managing laboratory equipment, including routine maintenance, troubleshooting, and timely replacement
• Working closely with operations teams to resolve technical issues and minimize downtime
• Overseeing planning and budgeting for new equipment and ongoing laboratory needs
• Ensure availability of all materials and consumables required for smooth laboratory operations
• Keeping evaluation booths and testing areas fully operational and available according to timelines
• Maintaining accurate and up-to-date records of all laboratory activities

What We Are Looking For
We are looking for someone who combines strong technical discipline with ownership and collaboration:
• A bachelor’s degree or higher in a scientific discipline
• Experience working in a laboratory environment, with a strong focus on safe and effective practices
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work across diverse technical teams
• High attention to detail and a proactive approach to problem-solving
• Good understanding of laboratory safety processes, including standard procedures, risk assessments, and safe handling of materials

What You Can Expect
• You will join a collaborative and purpose-driven team that believes in doing meaningful work - for both people and the planet - supporting innovation that impacts millions of consumers
• Collaborative culture: Work with skilled and supportive colleagues across functions
• Growth opportunities: Build expertise in laboratory operations, equipment management, and cross-functional collaboration
• Ownership and visibility: Play a key role in ensuring operational excellence in a critical facility

NOTES 

Please apply via this portal as e-mail applications may not be processed.

Should you require additional information or reasonable adjustments to allow you to present your best self during this process, please contact your Talent Partner listed at the right hand side of this vacancy.

What We Offer 

We strive to achieve a family-friendly and inclusive workplace and to, above all, create possibilities for all. Diversity at Unilever is about inclusion, embracing differences, creating possibilities and growing together for better business performance. We embrace diversity in our workforce. 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. We are also more than happy to provide reasonable adjustments during our application and interview process to enable you to be present your best self. To find out more, including about our Employee Resource Groups, please click here Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (unilever.com).