Formulation Specialist
Shanghai, China
Posted on Jul 17, 2026
About This Position
- The job purpose is to provide full formulation development service to ensure future requirement of respective business units are reflected in the long-term platform programs.
- APAC LHC New Product Development:
- Formulation development for APAC Laundry and Home Care new product development (NPD) projects from concept through commercialization.
- Design, develop, optimize, and validate formulations to meet performance, quality, cost, sustainability, and regulatory requirements.
- Establish formulation development plans and deliver projects according to agreed timelines.
- Drive laboratory development, pilot trials, scale-up activities, and manufacturing implementation to ensure successful product launches.
- Work closely with cross-functional stakeholders throughout the NPD process, including R&D Processing, Procurement, Manufacturing, Regulatory Affairs, Marketing, Quality, Supply Chain, and external suppliers, to ensure project alignment and execution.
- Provide technical leadership during project meetings, identify risks, and drive resolution of technical and operational challenges.
- Support technology transfer and launch readiness activities to ensure smooth commercialization.
- Product Claims & Technical Support:
- Design and execute testing programs to substantiate product performance claims.
- Collaborate with Marketing and Consumer Insights to translate technical data into consumer-relevant benefits and claim support.
- Conduct competitive benchmarking and performance evaluations.
- Generate technical reports and data packages to support product positioning and regulatory requirements.
- Provide technical support for market feedback, customer inquiries, product troubleshooting, and continuous product improvement initiatives.
- Formulation Technology Development:
- Develop and evaluate innovative formulation technologies, ingredients, and platforms for future Laundry and Home Care products.
- Investigate emerging technologies and industry trends to strengthen the innovation pipeline.
- Build technical expertise in formulation science and establish robust understanding of formulation-performance relationships.
- Identify opportunities for performance improvement, sustainability advancement, cost optimization, and competitive differentiation.
- Deliver Technical Training & Support: Develop and conduct comprehensive technical trainings for Supply Chain teams, Sales representatives, and export markets—ensuring consistent, up-to-date knowledge of product features, handling procedures, and application benefits.
- Ensure the good practice of lab EHS policy.
- Bachelor’s degree with formulation development experience.
- Major in chemistry related.
- Fluent in both oral and written English (CET-6 or any equal certification).
- Passionate in laundry and homecare industry.
- Experience in formulation development.
- Familiar with raw material suppliers, claim test agency, ODM/OEM.
- Familiar with office software, particularly excel and PPT.
- Fast learner.
- Entrepreneurship & leadership.
- Able to work under pressure.
- Flexible work scheme with flexible hours, hybrid work model, and work from anywhere policy for up to 30 days per year
- Diverse national and international growth opportunities
- Global wellbeing standards with health and preventive care programs
- Gender-neutral parental leave for a minimum of 8 weeks
- Employee Share Plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares
- Comprehensive Group Insurance Scheme
- Annual Physical Examination
- Flexible Benefits cover for dependents
- Company Products Discount
