Title
SECTION LEADER
Location
Savannah, GA
Company
Manufacturing company specializing in cosmetics and ethnic relaxers, maintenance and hair color products
Package
Competitive compensation package
Primary Accountabilities and Responsibilities
- Develop new hair color products that outperform
current industry standards
- Responsible for performing special research projects
assigned by the Hair Color Manager
- Assist in the laboratory efforts of less experienced
hair color staff
- Responsible for preparing accurate well-written
manufacturing SOPs for hair color products,
including the assistance of developing
analytical methods, process, and finished
products specifications by which quality can be
measured
- Maintain an exemplary laboratory notebook describing
experiments, experimental procedures, and
research results
- Prepare project reports that document research
- Responsible for evaluating existing hair color
products for improving product performance
and/or cost savings
- Communicate Hair Color Research progress to Hair Color
Manager via weekly reports
- Maintain current awareness, through reading the
technical and trade literature of innovations
and new formulary in hair color.
Credentials / Knowledge / Skills Preferred
- BS or BA degree in Chemistry or Biology
- Five to seven years experience in a cosmetics
chemistry laboratory in an R & D environment
- Three to five years experience in formulating
oxidative hair color
- MS degree in Chemistry with at least 3 years
experience in formulating oxidative hair color
- Advanced PC skills highly desirable