European Innovation Lead – NPD

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SC Johnson Professional have an exciting opportunity for a European Innovation Lead – NPD to join the team! You will join us on a full time, 12-month fixed term contract, and in return, you will receive a competitive salary.
Location: Denby, Derbyshire
Function: Research and Development
Internal Job Title: Senior Associate, Chemistry
About us:
Joining the team at SC Johnson Professional® makes you part of a family company with a deep history in the professional market as a leading manufacturer of skincare, cleaning and hygiene products, and smart technologies. We provide solutions to Healthcare, Clean Industrial, Industrial, Office & Institutional, Hospitality & Travel, and Retail & Entertainment markets.
SC Johnson Professional® is a business unit within SC Johnson, a family-owned and led company and leading manufacturer of quality, trusted products since 1886.
What’s in it for you?

  • Competitive salary plus bonus
  • Company pension scheme (up to 6% employer contributions)
  • Life assurance (4× your salary)
  • Free access to a healthcare platform offering nutritional advice, wellbeing support, and more
  • Enhanced parental leave policy
  • Free optical & hearing test vouchers
  • 25 days annual leave plus statutory bank holidays
  • Remote work available once a week for eligible employees
  • Summer office hours: early Friday finish at 1:00 PM
  • Employee benefits platform with discounts & wellbeing perks
  • Access to employee assistance programmes
  • Complimentary fresh fruit & hot drinks
  • Subsidised on-site canteen
  • Discounted products at our staff shop
  • Free parking
  • EV charging points at our Denby site (powered by our own renewable electricity!)
  • Cycle-to-work scheme plus bicycle storage area
  • “Save a Space” £200 monthly prize draw (earn a ticket every day you car share or don’t use a parking space!)
  • And so much more!
    About the European Innovation Lead – NPD role:
    In this role, you will support a variety of formulation development activities, contributing to the scientific evaluation of product performance and consumer acceptance. You will use your scientific expertise to develop new products, create line extensions, and advance technologies that deliver meaningful benefits to customers while strengthening our intellectual property portfolio.
    Responsibilities as our European Innovation Lead – NPD:
  • Lead and execute projects, managing assignments within large initiatives and driving smaller projects to meet milestones and deadlines.
  • Develop and optimise formulations, creating new products, enhancing existing ones, and applying best practices for safety, accuracy, and sustainability.
  • Drive innovation by exploring new materials and technologies, evaluating competitive products, and developing IP?protected solutions.
  • Collaborate cross?functionally with R&D, Marketing, Design, Procurement, and Product Supply to accelerate product development and launches.
  • Ensure quality and compliance through lab to production scale?up, regulatory awareness, and strong safety and documentation standards.
  • Engage with suppliers and stakeholders to evaluate novel materials and support sales teams with technical data and performance insights.
  • Analyse and apply consumer insights, using test results to recommend improvements and translate user needs into preferred solutions.
  • Use data driven decision making through experimental design and statistical methods
    Experience you’ll bring as our European Innovation Lead – NPD:
  • Bachelor’s degree or higher/equivalence in chemistry, biochemistry, or other related science.
  • Scientific curiosity and the ability to solve technical problems related to formulation and manufacturing
    Behaviors you’ll need:
  • Effective cross?functional collaboration skills to work seamlessly across internal teams.
  • Strong written and verbal communication abilities,
  • Proactive and results?driven approach.
    If you feel like you are the right fit for our European Innovation Lead – NPD, please click 'Apply' now - we'd love to hear from you!
    Inclusion & Diversity
    We believe Inclusion and Diversity is more than a program. We embed inclusive practices in our day-to-day work, the way we relate to our colleagues, collaborate and make decisions.
    We value the collective richness of the differences people bring to the organization, including style, personality, thoughts, race, ethnicity, culture, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, and disability – that enables all to bring their full contributions to the organization.
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    #LI-Hybrid

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