Head – R&D; & New Product Development (Cosmetics)

Company: D.K. Industries
Location: Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
Industry: Cosmetics / Personal Care / Hair Care / Hair Colour Manufacturing
Employment: Full-time

About the Role

D.K. Industries is an established manufacturer with over 20 years of experience in Henna and Hair Colour products. As part of our expansion, we are establishing a current manufacturing facility for multiple Cosmetics, Hair Care, Skin Care and Personal Care categories.

We are looking for a highly experienced, hands-on R&D; / NPD professional who can lead formulation development and help establish a broad commercial product portfolio for our third-party/private-label manufacturing business.

Key Product Categories
- Crème, Gel & Shampoo Hair Colours
- Hair Colour Developers
- Shampoos & Conditioners
- Hair Masks
- Hair & Skin Serums
- Creams, Lotions & Gels
- Skincare & Personal Care Products
- Men's Grooming Products
- Baby Care Products
- Sunscreens
- Depilatory / Hair Removal Products
- Lip Care Products
- Oils and other cosmetic formulations





Experience in every category is NOT mandatory.

We are looking for a strong formulation professional with broad experience across major cosmetic formulation technologies and the capability to develop additional categories.

Key Responsibilities
- Develop new cosmetic and personal-care formulations.
- Build a commercially viable formulation/product library for third-party manufacturing.
- Develop and customize formulations according to customer briefs, benchmarks and target costing.
- Conduct laboratory trials and product optimization.
- Handle pilot batches and scale-up of formulations.
- Supervise initial commercial production and troubleshoot scale-up issues.
- Develop manufacturing processes and technical SOPs.
- Coordinate with QC, Purchase, Production, Packaging and Management.
- Evaluate raw materials and work with ingredient suppliers/application laboratories.
- Support customer sample development and

📌 Head – R&D (Ghaziabad)
🏢 DK Industries
📍 Ghaziabad