Job Title : Fragrance Design Assistant Manager

Location : IIT Bombay

Work Level : 1D

Want to Change The World?

Unilever is one of the world’s leading suppliers of Beauty, Personal and Home Care products selling in over 190 countries and used by 3.7 billion consumers every day. Unilever has more than 400 brands used in homes around the world, including Dove, Sure, TRESemmé, Sunsilk, Vaseline, Comfort, Persil and Surf. As one of the world’s largest users of fragrances, we recognise that creating exceptional fragrances is at the heart of delivering extraordinary consumer experiences and driving desire at scale.

To achieve our ambition, Unilever Fragrance House (UFH) is undertaking a global fragrance transformation, leveraging expert inhouse fragrance teams to craft unmissably superior fragrances for our Personal Care, Beauty & Wellbeing and Home Care Business Groups.

Job Purpose : The Fragrance Design Assistant Manager will be responsible for creating fragrance design rules and digital models, to help improve stability and performance of fragrances via design of experiments covering fragrance ingredients and chassis components.

Main Accountabilities :

- Mapping fragrance raw materials and chassis for performance and stability studies in different formats for HC, PC and BW categories.
- Design robust screening protocols across formats - neat PRM, fragrance oils, in base, aged base under various torturous conditions (heat, light, UV, moisture). Generate analytical and performance data via internal and external partners. Identify straightforward pass/fail criteria with accelerated tests.




- Establish clear technical criteria for PRM and fragrance chassis suitability, including malodour formation, discoloration, loss of key olfactive notes, phase separation, viscosity change, deposition/release performance, cost impact and manufacturability. Use these criteria to recommend whether materials should be preferred, used with restrictions, reformulated around, or avoided in specific formats.
- Identify mechanism leading to instability and validate solutions.
- Create lab capabilities to produce samples for stability and performance testing.

All About You : The following qualifications would be required:

- Educational Background & Experience: PostGraduation in Chemistry/Physical Chemistry, Graduation in Chemical Engineering. Understanding of surfactant science. Knowledge of perfume raw materials. Knowledge of formulations in key formats in HC, PC and B&W.; Process knowledge for Liquids, Bars and Aerosols.
- Understanding of Surfactant Science
- Fragrance and PRM knowledge - Working knowledge of perfume raw materials, accords, cheminformatics, structure property relationships.
- Experimental design and data interpretation
- Results oriented and highly driven to achieve success.
- Clear communicator

Key Stakeholders

- Head of Unilever Fragrance House S&T;

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What we offer

Whilst the role is advertised on a full-time basis, we would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options and what this may look like for you. We strive to achieve a family-friendly and inclusive workplace and to, above all, create possibilities for all.

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📌 Fragrance Design Assistant Manager (Mumbai)
🏢 Unilever
📍 Mumbai