Colgate Chemistry Scientist Recruitment 2020 – Apply Now
Colgate Chemistry Scientist Recruitment. Colgate is recruiting for the post of Associate / Sr. Associate Scientist. Candidates with a Masters degree in Chemistry can apply online below. Candidates are requested to read the complete job details below, before applying.
Job Title: Associate Scientist / Sr. Associate Scientist
Professional Qualifications & Training:
Essential: M.Sc. (Analytical Chemistry) Desirable: Knowledge and/or experience in product development.
Generic Competencies:
- Consumer/Customer Focussed: Actively seeks an in-depth understanding of customer/consumer/profession needs and trends. Finds new ways to get closer to consumers/customers / the profession to increase their satisfaction.
- Follows up to ensure that products and services meet customer/consumer/profession needs Relationship Building: Establishes trust in working with others. Creates and uses formal and informal networks to gain support and get things done. Balances achieving results with attention to relationships
- Influence / Negotiation: Sets clear goals and builds a convincing case to support them. Identifies who needs to be influenced in order to get things done. Anticipates potential blocks to successful negotiation and develops plans to tackle them
- Fostering Experimentation: Challenges existing assumptions and takes calculated risks. Is willing to make mistakes and learn from them. Brainstorms and nurtures new ways of doing things Communicate Effectively
Functional Competencies:
- Technology Fundamentals: Demonstrate mastery of Good Manufacturing Practices requirements and methods (i.e., United States Pharmacopeia, International Council of Harmonization, and Code of Federal Regulation) for laboratory operation and Quality systems
- Technological Innovation: Apply technical and business expertise to generate innovative technologies, processes, solutions, and/or commercial products
- External Relationships: Building and sustaining key relationships—with suppliers, regulators, scientists, professional organizations, and others.
- Product Safety, Regulatory and Quality: Demonstrates understanding of safety, regulatory and quality developments and incorporates them throughout the product life cycle. Effectively communicates with the business, legal and product development partners to facilitate understanding and resolution of safety, regulatory, and quality issues.
- Enhance ability to analyse complex issues and succinctly summarize the critical action to drive continuous improvement
- Execution Excellence: Collaborates with all partners to organize, standardize, and streamline the development process. Anticipates, identifies, and manages critical issues early in the commercialization process without compromising timelines or budget. Communicates with key people across functions for fast, informed decision making. Understands the critical elements of the product delivery process and ensures its timely and cost-effective execution. Must respond to client requests and priorities with a greater sense of urgency.
Job Purpose:
Drive growth initiatives by providing accurate, timely and precise analytical data & support to I&S/Product Development teams, and develop innovative solutions that result in best in class processes & methodologies.
Job Context & Challenges: This role is responsible for driving growth initiatives by partnering with I&S, product development and manufacturing teams and provide them with accurate, timely & precise analytical data/recommendations. Apply appropriate methodologies and data interpretation techniques to obtain reproducible and accurate results; assist in overcoming technical difficulties and promote continuous improvement. Contribute to method development or optimization to analyze new raw materials, experimental formulas, finished products, competitive products, and troubleshooting samples. Transfer analytical methods and new technologies to manufacturing sites, and provide analytical support and training for troubleshooting samples. Follow written analytical lab procedures from global and experimental methods and published standard or compendia sources. Maintain accurate, up to date and concise laboratory records. Maintain, calibrate, qualify and troubleshoot instrumentation.
Functional linkages: Internal: Department/Section Managers, Professional and Technical staff, Peers in other Functions (Primarily Supply chain, Packaging and Regulatory) External: Product Vendors / Suppliers.
Key Accountabilities:
- Stability, Raw material Qualification, Competition analysis Program and Support to Plants:
- Own & drive stability studies and analyse finished products as per the cGMP requirements within stipulated timeline.
- Analyse competition samples to support business
- Provide accurate data using existing analytical instruments and wet chemistry techniques in a cGMP environment
- Contribute to method development to support new regulatory requirement & registrations.
- Drive innovation by continuously looking for opportunities to optimize existing processes/methodologies
- Conduct method validation for new & existing bundles and support technology transfer for new & existing bundles to manufacturing sites.
- Qualify new & existing vendors by analysing raw materials.
- Develop new techniques for new raw materials and for troubleshooting samples.
- Partner with External lab for conducting analysis
Drive EOHS, Quality & Sustainability Program
- Lead, drive and participate in EOHS, Quality and Sustainability program initiatives.
- Maintain Lab records as per 21CFR compliance.
- Exposure to USFDA/ international regulatory audit / corporate audit
Lab Activities
- Own and maintain Lab equipment’s/instruments as per 21CFR compliance.
- Qualify, calibrate and schedule breakdown/ maintenance visits for equipment’s / instruments and support in troubleshooting.
- Look for opportunities and contribute to simplification of routine lab activities thereby, contributing to FTG.
- Maintain Glassware, accessories, column and chemical inventory.
- Conduct daily verification of the equipment’s.
Experience:
- Minimum 1 year of relevant industrial (Pharma / FMCG / Cosmetics) experience
- Experience in Industrial or Pharmaceutical methods development, validation and qualification.
- Specialized course in Instrumental / Analytical technique
- Knowledge of cGMP requirements (USP, ICH, CFR) for Laboratories operation and Quality Systems
- Experience in preparation of supporting data related to new product launches/
- Relaunches to ensure smooth technology transfer to plant.
- Highly Result Oriented & Strong Analytical Ability
- Exposure to product development process will be added advantage.
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