Scientist, Home and Personal Care Job at Ashland

Ashland Bridgewater, NJ 08807

Ashland Specialty Ingredients, GP
Are you the kind of person that is always thinking, sketching, seeking, and adjusting? Who needs to understand how things work and then figure out how they can work better? Are you a passionate, tenacious, solver who loves to work with others who share your drive? Are you positive, constructive, and ingenious?

Are you always solving?

Then we’d like to meet you and bet you’d like to meet us.

Ashland has an exciting opportunity for a Scientist in our Personal and Home Care business in Bridgewater, NJ. This is a very visible, significant role within the Company and the Personal Care and Home Care function.
This position will report to Principal Scientist.

The responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to, the following:
  • Support development of technologies for Personal care and / or Home Care applications
  • Work with support groups and global R&D organisation to drive projects forward
  • Carry on experiments, make model formulations, develop prototypes in the lab
  • Develop new applications and new claims for existing raw materials
  • Drive hypothesis driven scientific programs to understand technology mode of action
  • Interface/collaborate with other R&D labs / teams
  • Develop methods to demonstrate raw material benefits.
  • Communicate clearly and effectively
  • Interface/collaborate with key customers for joint development projects
  • Present scientific findings in conferences / symposium / trade shows
In order to be qualified for this role, you must possess the following:
  • Minimum of B.S. in chemistry or associated field of study
  • Minimum of 10 years of hands-on experience within the personal care industry, preferably in consumer products/finished goods
  • Demonstrated scientific creativity in developing new formulations, methods and claims
  • Basic knowledge of chemistry and consumer benefits of personal care raw materials
  • Demonstrated ability to work successfully in a dynamic, highly collaborative, multi-disciplinary, customer focused environment
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills, good work ethic and positive attitude
  • Good trouble analytical/troubleshooting skills
  • Ability to travel as required, about 5-10% (estimated)
In more than 100 countries, the people of Ashland LLC. (NYSE: ASH) provide the specialty chemicals, technologies and insights to help customers create new and improved products for today and sustainable solutions for tomorrow. Our chemistry is at work every day in a wide variety of markets and applications, including architectural coatings, automotive, construction, energy, personal care and pharmaceutical. Visit www.ashland.com to see the innovations we offer.

At Ashland our vision is to be a leading, global specialty chemicals company whose inspired and engaged employees add value to all we touch. In fact our people, employees, customers and vendors define who we are. They are the driving force behind everything we do.

Not only do we value our customers but we value our employees, and we work to offer them a dynamic and challenging environment. We hold ourselves to high standards at Ashland, and we value integrity and honesty.

Ashland has a history of attracting the best people and keeping them. The reasons are simple: industry competitive salary and benefits, pay-for-performance incentive plans and a diverse work environment where employees feel challenged and valued. People come to Ashland and stay. As a growing Fortune 500 specialty chemicals company, we offer opportunities for development and advancement throughout our global organization. Our values define who we are and what we care about as a company. If you are looking for a relationship with a company instead of simply a job, this may be a great fit.
Ashland is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled/Gender Identity/Sexual Orientation.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. NOTE: We do not accept resumes from external staffing agencies or independent recruiters for any of our openings unless we have a signed recruiting agreement in place to fill a specific position.



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