Senior Formula developer, Zürich (Kreis 11)

Role Purpose In this role, you will lead and manage formula development projects (Reformulation, Re‑Innovation, Innovation of skin care formulas). You will create and develop luxury formulations at a lab scale and ensure stability of the product as well as the handover for up‑skilling from lab to production scale on time, in full, and in quality.

How You Will Create a Beautiful Impact

Know La Prairie luxury key competitors and their textures and propose pro‑actively new technology / new luxury textures for future La Prairie formulations with focus on Skin Care.

Have a very good understanding of the cosmetic ingredients required to develop luxury skin care products.

Create and develop formula prototypes in the lab with a focus on luxury texture.

Ensure necessary tests (e.g. stability, compatibility, microbiology, efficacy, stress tests, hand‑over).

Insure quality of the produced formula (specification, right raw in place, sensory profile, etc.).

Provide manufacturing procedure of the lab scale to your counterpart from the industrialization team and accompany the upscaling activity to a pilot batch size.

Be the R&D formula voice for your project in cross‑functional project teams and communicate effectively with interfaces concerning project status, flagging risk and challenges and proposing mitigation measures.

What You Need to Have

Experience in the development of formulas in the luxury skin care cosmetic industry, profound know‑how on formulation technologies and cosmetic ingredients, with focus on luxury texture.

Fluent in English; good German language knowledge might be beneficial.

Benefits

Health Insurance Contribution: Monthly contribution towards your health insurance.

Generous Leave Policy: 25 days of annual leave, plus 8.5 days off for HQ employees.

Exclusive Product Discounts: Special discounts on La Prairie products and access to Employee‑Only Sales at our exclusive Employee Boutique.

Skill Development Opportunities: Unlimited access to La Prairie’s “SkillCare” program and LinkedIn Learning platform.

Career Mobility Opportunities: Internal and international mobility options within the Beiersdorf Group.

Employee Referral Bonuses: Bonuses for referring talented individuals to join our team.

We are committed to creating a diverse&inclusive culture with a balanced population and an open, safe, trusting, and accepting environment. We believe diversity in our talents is the strength of our House and support professional equality for everyone. We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds.

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