Job Description: Lead Specialist, Flavor & Fragrance Lab Operations

Employment Type: Full-time Work Schedule: Standard (Monday-Friday)

Position Overview

This role primarily supports a customer's Perfume R&D Laboratory, focusing on flavor and fragrance formulation chemistry in accordance with Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and good manufacturing practices. The Lead Specialist will develop leadership and training models to ensure sustainable service support operations and inventory. This technical management role involves implementing practical process improvements to achieve higher productivity while strictly adhering to safety and quality assurance guidelines.

Key Responsibilities

• Customer Focus and Responsiveness:

  • Demonstrate a high level of customer focus and responsiveness, including direct interaction with customer(s) and their operational teams.
  • Ensure the team aligns with all relevant customer safety and quality requirements.
  • Coordinate and review assigned tasks with clients and other team members.
  • Track and supervise the progress and completion of existing tasks.
  • Coordinate and ensure timely calibration of laboratory equipment.
  • Maintain good laboratory housekeeping with the team.
  • Supervise and assess operation and project execution resources and workload.
  • Review any adjustments required periodically with manager and customers.

• Staff Leadership and Development:

  • Lead, supervise, mentor, and develop staff within a diverse team environment.
  • Implement training plans to ensure operational sustainability.

• Quality Management:

  • Develop and maintain a quality management system to ensure customer work scope deliverables and team performance measures are in accordance with approved SOPs and organizational safety, quality, and security requirements.

• Process Improvement:

  • Conceive, lead, handle, and participate in cost, quality, and efficiency improvement initiatives.

• Flavor & Fragrance Laboratory Operations:

  • Take the lead in performing Flavor & Fragrance Laboratory Operations, including:
    • Operation and maintenance of the Contexa robot.
    • Perfume compounding and material selection as per formulation.
    • Updating compounding information in the Electronic Lab Notebook.
    • Ensuring clean tools used for weighing.
    • Product Application preparation for odor evaluations.
    • Maintaining End-to-End (E2E) service of material management.
    • Supporting shipping of compounded materials with complete shipping documents.

Minimum Requirements/Qualifications

• Education: Diploma in Applied Chemistry/Perfumery and Cosmetic Sciences/Chemical Engineering.
• Experience:
  • Minimum of 3 years of relevant working experience.
  • 1-2 years in a supervisory role in a chemistry laboratory environment is preferred.
• Knowledge & Skills:
  • Sound knowledge of "good laboratory practices" quality guidelines and regulations (cGMP).
  • Good interpersonal and coordination skills to multi-task and meet deadlines.
  • Independent, self-motivated, and adaptable in a multifaceted environment.
  • Excellent team builder and player with strong technical knowledge, a hands-on demeanor, and excellent problem-solving skills.
  • Good written and oral communication skills.
  • Mechanical experience with laboratory robots and good computational skills are desirable.

Environmental Conditions

• Adherence to all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Safety Standards.
• Some degree of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) required (safety glasses, gowning, gloves, lab coat, ear plugs, etc.).

Company Information

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, each of our 65,000 extraordinary minds has a unique story to tell. Join us and contribute to our singular mission—enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. When you are part of the team at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll do important work, like helping customers in finding cures for cancer, protecting the environment, or making sure our food is safe. Your work will have real-world impact, and you’ll be supported in achieving your career goals. The Specialist will be working in a multi-national company.