Company Overview

The company is a contract manufacturer with over 25 years of experience, specializing in formulation and manufacturing services for both emerging and established personal care brands, major retailers, and distributors. The company converts customer innovations into finished, branded products ready for consumer markets through various channels.

The company creates solutions for lip care, sunscreen, hand sanitizer, topical ointments, hair care, pet care, and various lotions, gels, and creams. With 12 manufacturing lines, the company offers hot- or cold-filled product formulations and labels them into all major packaging categories, including bottles, sticks, tubes, tins, jars, packets, and Bag-on-Valve aerosols. Customers work closely with an in-house Research and Development laboratory and a dedicated team of chemists to develop innovative solutions that meet consumer needs.

All operations take place in an FDA-registered facility, monitored by a highly skilled Quality team to ensure compliance with cGMP standards. For global customers, the company is cleared by Health Canada and other international regulators. Additionally, regular quality and safety audits by customers are successfully completed. Many customers, including the largest ones, have maintained long-term partnerships with the company, with most relationships spanning nearly a decade. The company's growth has largely been driven by referrals from satisfied customers.

The company's success over the past two decades is attributed to consistently delivering quality products on time, ensuring compliance with all relevant regulations and safety guidelines. The company fosters a respectful and supportive culture, from the production floor to senior management, with all team members working together to serve both colleagues and customers.

Compensation for this full-time position includes a competitive base salary, health/vision/dental insurance, 401k plan and PTO benefits.

Position Description

•Research and develop new products according to customer demand and market trends

•Support new products formulation through lab batching, raw material procurements, sample submissions, and lab stability monitoring

•In charge of converting lab batch processes designed by formulator technicians into a technology transfer/GMP compliant processes.

•Establish required product and manufacturability specifications for feasibility and scalability

•Continuously improve existing products including formula modifications, raw materials substitutions and manufacturing instruction improvements to fulfil sales & marketing strategies

•Generate master formulas by inputting approved formulas into ERP system and establishing formulas’ BOM, manufacturing procedures, sampling plans, product specifications and instructions for drumming off, storage and filling

•Review and evaluate formulas and compounding procedures

•Troubleshoot manufacturing issues, identified root causes and provided resolutions and corrective and preventive actions (CAPA); lead all production batch adjustment

• Conduct change control request (CCR) for any modifications for master formulas and inform the changes to associated departments including R&D, Quality, Purchasing and Planning to ensure the integrity and consistency of product quality

• Source and test new ingredients to meet marketing and regulatory demands, sourced and qualified alternative ingredients to the current ones with supply issues

• Provide recommendations to Production / Compounding Manager on feasibility of use of raw materials and/or make suggestions for possible changes

• Provide support in preparation of batch records, process characterization reports, verification reports, corrective actions (CAPA) and investigation reports.

• Evaluate raw material for formulation assessment to ensure compliance to regulatory requirements.

• Interaction with raw material manufacturers and other vendors as needed.

• Prepare appropriate documentation and test results for accuracy and completeness and compliance with SOPs/GMP requirement.

• Additional duties as assigned

Experience Requirements

2+ years experience working in the cosmetic, beauty, OTC or a similar industry.

Direct knowledge of product formulation working from a client brief.

Experience/knowledge scaling a batch from the lab to full commercialization.

Additional Information

•This is a fulltime on site position.

•Relocation assistance is available.

•Salary negotiable dependant on experience.