About us
The Bare Bar is a personal care brand owned, developed and manufactured by Clean Beauty Private Limited, Bengaluru. Alongside The Bare Bar, Clean Beauty specialises in private-label manufacturing, contract manufacturing and product development for skincare and personal care brands.

About the role
We’re looking for a hands-on, independent and technically robust R&D; Manager to develop products across The Bare Bar and Clean Beauty’s client portfolio.
This role requires substantial laboratory involvement and the ability to independently drive formulation development from concept and trials through optimisation, stability testing, scale-up and commercialisation. You will manage day-to-day formulation projects, working under the guidance of the Head of R&D; in a quick-paced environment.

Key responsibilities
Independent formulation: Develop and optimise formulations across skincare, haircare, body care, cleansing and personal care categories.
Hands-on laboratory work: Personally conduct formulation trials, laboratory batches and prototype development.




Troubleshooting and optimisation: Resolve challenges involving texture, viscosity, pH, colour, odour, emulsification, stability, preservation, sensory properties and overall performance.
Ingredient research and innovation: Evaluate recent ingredients, actives, raw materials, technologies and formulation techniques.
Market and trend awareness: Stay updated on Indian and global cosmetic innovations, consumer preferences and competitive products.
Stability testing: Conduct and interpret stability studies, driving reformulation where required.
Scale-up and commercialisation: Support pilot trials, scale-up, technical transfer to Production and commercial manufacturing.
Technical documentation: Maintain formulations, master formula cards (MFCs), trial and stability records, specifications, process instructions and technical/product information sheets.
Production and quality collaboration: Work with Production and QA/QC to res

📌 R&d Manager – Cosmetics Bengaluru
🏢 THE BARE BAR
📍 Bengaluru