Senior Chemist - Personal Care

Senior Chemist - Personal Care**

Manufacturing

Chicago, IL, US

Pay Rate Low: 91000 | Pay Rate High: 110000

+ Added - 01/08/2025

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**_Ready to take your chemistry career to the next level?_** _This is your opportunity to join a_ **_top-tier personal care company_** _known for its_ **_collaborative culture_** _,_ **_employee-first mindset_** _, and clear paths for_ **_career growth_** _. As a Senior Personal Care Chemist, you'll play a key role in formulating innovative personal care products from concept through commercialization. Youll work alongside talented scientists and cross-functional teams to bring trend-forward, efficacious, and compliant products to life._

We are looking for a sharp professional that possesses these top 3 skills:

+ Personal care/ OTC product experience (not oral or color cosmetics)

+ Strong chemist background (formulation)

+ 7+ years of bench experience

**Pay:** $91k-$110k

**Schedule:** M-F 8a-4:15p

**Type of Job:** Direct Hire

**Location** : 100% onsite- Oak Brook

At this time, Astrix cannot transfer nor sponsor a work Visa for this position.

**Benefits Offered:**

+ Medical, Dental, Vision, etc!

+ Great PTO/holiday policy!

+ 401k, profit-sharing plan, tuition reimbursement, etc.

+ Parental Leave, adoption assistance, etc.

+ And so much more!

**Senior Personal Care Chemist** **Daily Tasks** : What you will do:

+ Formulate new recipes

+ Scale up new formulations

+ Understand the technical, regulatory, competitive, cost, operational, project timing, etc aspects that go into scaling up products to make an organization successful.

+ Propose solutions to raw material issues when working with vendors

+ Maintain quality, accuracy, and documentation of work

+ Keep up with new industry trends

+ Collaborate with other internal teams

**Senior Personal Care Chemist** **Qualifications/Requirements:**

+ Bachelors degree in Chemistry, Biology, or related field with 5 years of relevant experience in the cosmetics or pharmaceutical OTC industry

+ 5+ years of Product formulation experience (personal care products/ OTC products)

**_We strongly encourage candidates who have some of the skills to apply. We look forward to a conversation to learn more about you!_**

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We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.