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Do you want to be part of a fast-paced business growth journey working with leading consumer healthcare products like Savlon, Covonia, Cetraben and Oilatum, as we develop new products for the brands and launch into new global markets? This is a great opportunity to build on your existing scientific skills and start to develop your project management experience.

As a global and constantly growing health care group, we dedicated ourselves to people\'s health and wellbeing. With a long-standing heritage rooted in pharmacies, we continue to support the delivery of our strategic vision of Caring for People as a Trusted Partner.

Role Purpose

In these key lab-based roles, you will support NPD and EPD projects from concept to completion, providing analytical support for the delivery of the category\'s global OTC and Derma innovation pipelines and manage the stability assessment and analytical technique development of new products. Your role will include testing new technologies, developing new analytical methods, improving existing methods/processes and generating data for claims support. You\'ll work closely with our third-party suppliers and our formulation team and have an opportunity to build/demonstrate your analytical knowledge across a wide portfolio of product formats (creams, gels, shampoo) spanning cosmetics, medicines and medical devices regulatory classifications.

In additional the Senior Analytical Scientist will be responsible for managing the analytical team within the OTC & Derma categories, with some line-management responsibility. The role will provide guidance on overall project timings, co-ordinate stability studies and support junior staff members in their development. The Senior Analytical Scientist will act as the single point of contact for analytical scientists within the department and will be responsible for communicating analytical requirements of projects to marketing, technical, QC and QA functions.

About you:

At STADA we talk about diversity as Uniqueness. Everyone is unique and we recognise our differences as a strength. Our values Entrepreneurship, Integrity, Agility and One STADA ensure our uniqueness thrives, enabling us to care for people\'s health as a trusted partner. Empower your Uniqueness, bring your whole self to STADA.

If you\'re keen to add value and see results, enjoy working in a fast-paced environment and have the can-do spirit that\'s spearheading our success, bring those unique qualities, with the following skills and qualifications/experience:

• A relevant analytically focused Scientific degree, such as Chemistry/Forensic Science.

• Analytical Scientist: HPLC experience would be highly desirable and FMCG sector background advantageous
• Senior Analytical Scientist: Experience of HPLC analysis and method development/validation will be required. Experience in analysis of semi-solid and liquid dosage forms will be desirable. Experience in setting analytical specifications and designing stability protocols will be advantageous.
• Experience working in a laboratory environment;

• Analytical Scientist is an excellent entry level opportunity for candidates who may have recently completed a lab based industrial placement year and are looking for their next career step or candidates seeking to broaden their existing base foundation of analytical skills.
• Senior Analytical Scientist would be expected to have 2-3 years\' experience in analytical sciences, and a proven track record of method development and stability analysis across a range of product formats.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills with the ability to work effectively cross functionally.
• An analytical mindset and ability to solve technical problems.
• The Senior Scientist Role would have line management responsibilities, therefore experience in coaching/mentoring staff would be advantageous.

What\'s in it for you?

This is a permanent position with a salary dependant on your skills and experience. Rewarding our employees is important to us, which is why we offer a range of fantastic benefits, such as:

• Working with a highly experienced technical team, there will be many opportunities to further enhance your development experience and technical expertise as well as gaining exposure to third party suppliers and providing critical NPD project support
• 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) and the opportunity to buy an additional 5 days leave.
• Company Pension Scheme.
• Life Assurance (up to 3 x annual salary).
• Annual company & performance-based bonus.
• Reimbursement of professional fees, where essential to the role.
• We promote good physical and mental health and can provide additional support to our employees via our Employee Assistance Programme all year round.

Thornton & Ross is part of the STADA group. STADA Arzneimittel AG is a German Stock Corporation with headquarters in Bad Vilbel, Germany. The company focuses on a two pillar strategy consisting of generics, including specialty pharmaceuticals and non-prescription consumer health products. Worldwide, STADA Arzneimittel AG sells its products in approximately 120 countries.

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