Associate Scientist, Analytical Stability

Caring for skin means caring for people.

It all started with a pharmacist and a dream almost 140 years ago. Today, Beiersdorf is a global company with iconic brands — Coppertone, Aquaphor, Eucerin and NIVEA — focused on providing innovative, clinically-proven and safe skin and sun care solutions to more than 500 million consumers in over 200 countries — making people feel comfortable in their own skin.

At Beiersdorf, we care beyond skin. We care for people — our employees, our customers, our consumers and our communities — and our planet. We know that diversity of thought, backgrounds, experience and perspective enriches our culture and fosters innovation and ingenuity. We know that responsibly-sourced, sustainable products and packaging make for a more sustainable future. And we know that when your skin feels better, you feel better.

A welcoming workplace that offers personal and professional growth for all individuals.

At Beiersdorf, you’ll find:

• A welcoming workplace that fosters diversity, inclusion and belonging where every team member feels valued, respected, and supported
• Nimble teams that enjoy challenging work and the ability to make an impact
• A dynamic community of life-long learners that values acumen, aptitude and the ability to learn as well as hard skills and established expertise
• A purpose-led company that cares about your personal and professional development with the right balance of structure and flexibility to thrive
• A collaborative culture that leads with care, trust, simplicity and courage

Unique benefits that consider the whole person.
We understand that you have a life outside of work, and we support you with unique benefits including:

• Generous and flexible PTO policy
• Summer Friday hours
• Paid Parental Leave
• Comprehensive Wellness and Benefits program
• Cash Balance Plan (similar to a pension)
• 401k match
• Growing number of Employee Resource Groups or affinity groups - to foster meaningful connections and belonging with other colleagues
• This role requires 5 days per week in the Florham Park, NJ office.

Experience, skills and competencies that lend themselves to this role:

The Associate Scientist Analytical Stability Development with supervision from the Senior Manager Analytical Development or Research Scientist is responsible for performing extensive laboratory work to support analytical method development, validation, method transfer, planning, coordinating and executing stability activities, clinical sample testing, physical testing and characterization of developmental formulas for Sun care and other Derma topical formulations.

This role will also be responsible for supporting new product development with analytical method development and testing and managing stability program. Has working knowledge in stability testing. Assist in the preparation of various stability summaries and report. The position interacts closely with the sun care formulation development and process scientists to provide physical testing and characterization of new developmental formulas leading to novel new products for sun care and other topical derma formulations

The successful incumbent ensures the analytical testing procedures are safe, effective, and compliant by:

• Developing and evaluating analytical methods, providing analytical support for new product development.
• Setting up and initiating stability studies according to relevant stability protocols, coordinating stability pulls, ensuring timely execution of tests in-house and overseeing testing at contract laboratories.
• Generating accurate scientific analytical data. Reviewing stability data and identifying and reporting any trends or out of specification data to management.
• Supporting and /or conducting investigations.
• Accurately interpret, document and enter results into the LIMS database.
• Writing analytical test methods, method development reports, method validation/stability protocols, method validation/stability reports.
• Assisting with troubleshooting analytical methods.
• Compiling accurate scientific data in various reports, or other documents.
• Responsible for accurately reviewing scientific data to ensure compliance with all requirements.
• Thorough knowledge of analytical instrumentation (HPLC, GC, AA, IR, UV-VIS) and wet chemical techniques with strong focus on HPLC.
• This individual must have a positive “can-do” attitude and the ability to deliver results in a fast-paced environment.
• This individual must have an in-depth working knowledge of various types of software including Word, Empower software, and Excel spreadsheets.
• Solid background in chemistry and good problem-solving skills.
• Capable of communicating effectively and collaborating with other scientists within the group, cross functionally and across sites.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry or international equivalent with 2 or more years of proven experience.
• A Master’s degree in Chemistry or international equivalent with 2 or more years of proven experience.
• A Ph.D. in Chemistry with postdoctoral or international equivalent or 0 or more years of proven experience.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

At Beiersdorf, we embrace Diversity and aim to provide equal opportunities to all of our applicants – regardless of e.g. gender, sexual identity, nationality, ethnicity, religion or ideology, disability or age. We would therefore kindly ask you to include only information and data in your documents which are relevant for the assessment of your application (e.g. curriculum vitae with relevant references and certificates). For instance, please feel free to upload your CV without a picture.

Beiersdorf North America Company Culture Highlights:

• Winner of Comparably's Award for Best Sales Team 2023
• Winner of Comparably's Award for Best Company Compensation 2022
• Winner of Comparably's Award for Happiest Employees 2022
• Winner of Comparably's Award for Best Company for Diversity 2022
• Beiersdorf North America is ranked in the top 5% of companies for CEO rating on Comparably
• Beiersdorf North America is ranked in the top 10% of companies for Leadership rating on Comparably

Check us out on Comparably: https://www.comparably.com/companies/beiersdorf

Having trouble applying? Go to www.BeiersdorfUSA.com to search our careers page. Beiersdorf is an Equal Opportunity Employer.