Senior Research Scientist
Givaudan
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: France
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About the role
- Design and conduct research projects in order to develop improved or new products and solutions, according to company's business objectives and corporate strategy.
- Develop in-depth subject matter excellence and utilise to implement scientific and technological advancements.
- Translate consumer benefits or customer requirements typically arriving to Givaudan via new business opportunities into a set of technical requirements.
- Independently plan, organise, execute technical projects, and deliver results.
- Lead projects, track and regularly update the projects in Project Management system, write regular reports and initiate stage gate reviews.
- Apply creative and innovative thinking skills to solve problems and progress toward project deliverables.
- Perform exploratory research to lead to new projects and day-to-day management of equipment.
- Effectively contribute to development of research methods and new science/technical capabilities.
- Follow the scientific advancement in own field and identify impact on current projects.
- Identify potential outside collaborations and interact with suppliers.
- Work with Patents team to ensure appropriate protection of all Intellectual Property and be alert to all opportunities to develop IP and protect inventions.
- Present and provide updates of your work to Givaudan's clients.
Requirements
- PhD
- Expertise in some of the following topics: Design, synthesis & characterisation of (bio)polymers
- Functionalisation of bio-macromolecules and their subsequent modification
- Microencapsulation – Delivery Systems
- Emulsions
- Sustainable materials
- Analytical chemistry (examples: viscosity, particle size, zeta potential, chromatographic methods, IR, UV, SEM, TGA, DSC ….)
- Experience in R&D project management 8-10 years
- Strong drive for business support
- Entrepreneurial mindset
- Able to deliver results in fast-paced customer focused environment
- Hands-on approach and willingness to work in the lab
- Be able to connect and build relationships with a large variety of people (e.g. Perfumers, commercial sales people and for instance production management)
Benefits
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Hard Skills & Tools
designsynthesischaracterisationfunctionalisationmicroencapsulationemulsionsanalytical chemistryviscositychromatographic methodssustainable materials
Soft Skills
project managemententrepreneurial mindsetresults-orientedcreative thinkingproblem-solvingrelationship buildingcommunicationcollaborationorganizational skillsadaptability
Certifications
PhD