Roles and Responsibilities :
Pipeline Management: Drive the end-to-end R&D; project lifecycle from initial lab bench chemistry, development, stability and physicochemical characterization to pilot plant validation/Scale-up.
Technology Transfer & Scale-Up: Bridge the gap between lab-scale formulations and commercial production, trouble-shooting complex chemical or mechanical bottlenecks at commercial level.
Cost Optimization & CAPEX: Implement cost-reduction strategies, minimize raw material waste, include or replace current and cheaper raw materials for cost reduction, and execute capital expenditure (CAPEX) projects for factory expansions.
Intellectual Property & Regulatory Support: Build patent portfolios for proprietary technologies and supply data dossiers for product registrations and patent filings.
EHS & Quality Governance: Enforce absolute compliance with ISO standards, Pollution Control Board (PCB)



norms, and safety audits to meet 100% compliance.
Team & Vendor Management: Lead a team of scientists for vendor evaluation of raw materials, Vendor qualification for raw materials, packaging, and equipment’s.

Job Requirements :
Education: Post-Graduate/Ph.D. in Chemistry/Pharmacy/Agricultural Chemistry/General Chemistry/Soil Science or related sciences.
Experience: 18 - 20+ years of relevant industrial experience in pesticide/agrochemical formulation development and scale-up (EC, OD, SC, WP, WG etc).
Essential Skills: Solid technical knowledge of inert compatibility, surfactants, process scale-up, cost budgeting, and regulatory support, registrations, analytical interpretations etc

📌 Head Formulation Development Hyderabad
🏢 Coromandel International
📍 Hyderabad