Senior Research Associate /基础研发高级研究员

Job description

Business Context and Main Purpose of the Job

The Analytical Lab in Unilever R&D Shanghai is crucial in all phases of product development and production, supporting across categories and groups (Nutrition, Ice cream, Home Care, Beauty & Wellbeing, and Personal Care). Without high quality analytical support, it is nearly impossible to perform the required detailed characterization of raw materials, to establish insights into the mode of action (MOA) of key actives in products, to perform evaluation of prototypes, control the quality of products, build evidence for claim substantiation, support patents and detect patent infringement, and eventually develop new and improved products.

The role requires excellent knowledge of analytical science including sampling, sample treatment, instrumental analysis, data processing and interpretation. Next to this, he or she will require basic category knowledge and application understanding to be able to generate correct data and interpret these in a way they help in building insights and capabilities. The candidate needs to work with multiple interfaces. Hence, it is ideally suited to an energetic, self-motivated person with good communication skills. The candidate should be able to demonstrate the ability to work on their own initiative and a desire to continually develop their scientific skills.

The role requires excellent knowledge of analytical science including sampling, sample treatment, instrumental analysis, data processing and interpretation. Next to this, he or she will require basic category knowledge and application understanding to be able to generate correct data and interpret these in a way they help in building insights and capabilities. The candidate needs to work with multiple interfaces. Hence, it is ideally suited to an energetic, self-motivated person with good communication skills. The candidate should be able to demonstrate the ability to work on their own initiative and a desire to continually develop their scientific skills.

Main Accountabilities

Work in R&D function for the product development in areas of Analytical Chemistry, performing as an active project/team member with following responsibilities:

Act as an analytical coordinate for Nutrition and Ice Cream, delivering analytical insights and solutions. Develop purpose-fit analytical capabilities to meet the business needs. Identify, qualify, and manage the use of external analytical labs for routine service. Take responsibilities for the management of in-house instruments like GCMS, LCMS. Keep up to date with knowledge in analytical science and bring new methodologies as relevant. Ensure delivery of work with high quality and efficiency. Follow good laboratory practices and SHE requirements.

Key Skills

·  Strong hand-on experience in analytical skills, like chromatography, mass spectroscopy, IR, Raman, NMR, SEM, etc with proven records like journal publications. Experienced in multiple analytical skills will be a plus.
·  Awareness of business innovations – be able to land analytical capabilities/insights into new product development.
·  Be pro-active and self-motivated to engage with project leaders and team members.
·  Have team spirit, strong responsibility & accountability, and clear logistic thinking.

Proficient in both written and spoken English

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