Formulation Specialist

About this Position The job purpose is to provide full formulation development service to ensure future requirement of respective business units are reflected in the long-term platform programs. What you´ll do APAC LHC New Product Development: • Formulation development for APAC Laundry and Home Care new product development (NPD) projects from concept through commercialization. • Design, develop, optimize, and validate formulations to meet performance, quality, cost, sustainability, and regulatory requirements. • Establish formulation development plans and deliver projects according to agreed timelines. • Drive laboratory development, pilot trials, scale-up activities, and manufacturing implementation to ensure successful product launches. • Work closely with cross-functional stakeholders throughout the NPD process, including R&D Processing, Procurement, Manufacturing, Regulatory Affairs, Marketing, Quality, Supply Chain, and external suppliers, to ensure project alignment and execution. • Provide technical leadership during project meetings, identify risks, and drive resolution of technical and operational challenges. • Support technology transfer and launch readiness activities to ensure smooth commercialization. Product Claims & Technical Support: • Design and execute testing programs to substantiate product performance claims. • Collaborate with Marketing and Consumer Insights to translate technical data into consumer-relevant benefits and claim support. • Conduct competitive benchmarking and performance evaluations. • Generate technical reports and data packages to support product positioning and regulatory requirements. • Provide technical support for market feedback, customer inquiries, product troubleshooting, and continuous product improvement initiatives. Formulation Technology Development: • Develop and evaluate innovative formulation technologies, ingredients, and platforms for future Laundry and Home Care products. • Investigate emerging technologies and industry trends to strengthen the innovation pipeline. • Build technical expertise in formulation science and establish robust understanding of formulation-performance relationships. • Identify opportunities for performance improvement, sustainability advancement, cost optimization, and competitive differentiation. Deliver Technical Training & Support: Develop and conduct comprehensive technical trainings for Supply Chain teams, Sales representatives, and export markets—ensuring consistent, up-to-date knowledge of product features, handling procedures, and application benefits. Ensure the good practice of lab EHS policy. What makes you a good fit Bachelor’s degree with formulation development experience. Major in chemistry related. Fluent in both oral and written English (CET-6 or any equal certification). Passionate in laundry and homecare industry. Experience in formulation development. Familiar with raw material suppliers, claim test agency, ODM/OEM. Familiar with office software, particularly excel and PPT. Fast learner. Entrepreneurship & leadership. Able to work under pressure. Some perks of joining Henkel Flexible work scheme with flexible hours, hybrid work model, and work from anywhere policy for up to 30 days per year Diverse national and international growth opportunities Global wellbeing standards with health and preventive care programs Gender-neutral parental leave for a minimum of 8 weeks Employee Share Plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares Comprehensive Group Insurance Scheme Annual Physical Examination Flexible Benefits cover for dependents Company Products Discount At Henkel, we come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe the uniqueness of all our employees is the power in us. Become part of the team and bring your uniqueness to us! We welcome all applications across different genders, origins, cultures, religions, sexual orientations, disabilities, and generations.