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Applications Chemist - Fragrances
Title: Applications Chemist – Fragrances
Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire
Salary: £28,000 – £35,000 per annum (dependent on experience)
SRG is partnered with a leading, family-owned manufacturer of personal care, skincare, home care, hygiene, and laundry products based in Leeds known for its collaborative culture and recent growth. This exciting Applications Chemist opportunity would be well suited to a recent scientific graduate who is passionate about fragrances and keen to kick-start their career in a laboratory.
Benefits: Graduate opportunity with full training provided and lots of potential to develop skills in fragrance R&D in a supportive and inclusive environment. 5% pension, 22 days holiday + bank holidays (increases with length of service), flexible start and finish times, private health care.
Role / Description
Building relationships with fragrance houses to create fragrance briefs
Formulating a variety of finished products to incorporate fragrances into
Carrying out stability and fragrance strength panel testing
Performing competitor benchmark testing
Researching industry and seasonal fragrance trends.
Requirements
Recently graduated in Chemistry, Cosmetic Science, Natural Sciences or similar
An obvious passion for fragrances and/or the wider Personal Care/HI&I industries
Accuracy in weighing and measuring out raw materials
Creative and proactive, with a willingness to learn
Excellent communication skills, able to communicate effectively with a multitude of departments
Able to multi-task and change priorities quickly depending on business need.
If you would like to apply for this position, please use the link provided. Alternatively, please email a copy of your CV to For more information regarding this position or any others, please call Amy on (phone number removed). If you have a scientific background and this position is not relevant / suitable for you, please feel free to get in touch or visit to view our other vacancies.
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Keywords: Applications Chemist, Formulation Chemist, Development Chemist, R&D Chemist, Research & Development, R&D, Fragrance, Personal Care, Household Cleaning, Stability Testing, Fragrance Strength Panel Testing, Trend Analysis, Competitor Benchmarking.
Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG – The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy
£28000 – £35000/annum