ABOUT WELLA
"Wella' is one of the world's leading professional and retail hair companies. It is a beauty collective with a mission to enable consumers to look & feel like their true self. Its love brands, which include beauty icons such as Wella, Clairol, OPI, and ghd (all together "Wella"), are co-created by & designed for the beauty junkies of today & tomorrow. Following the signing of an agreement with global investment firm KKR for the divestiture of Coty's Professional and Retail Hair businesses, "Wella" is on its way to become a fully independent, standalone company with its own management team and operational structures. At closing, our new Company will have presence in over 100 countries and an estimated annual net revenue of $2.3Bn. "Wella" and its brands, are and will remain committed to a range of social causes as well as seeking to minimize its impact on the environment.

THE ROLE
As part of our Wella R&D organization in Darmstadt, Germany, you will support the global Wella businesses hands-on in the GC, HPLC, and/or LC-MS laboratories. In your role you will develop and validate analytical methods and perform measurements for the characterization of cosmetics including hair colorants, as well as substrates. You will manage lab infrastructure with sensitive instrumentation and data bases and assume responsibility for inventory and chemicals. The successful candidate should be excited by analytical problems and have real passion for the practical laboratory work. The work directly enables new product development, mechanistic insight, toxicological assessments, and registration with authorities in key global markets, raw material supplier qualification as well as quality control.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Deliver highly accurate and precise measurementsin a highly agile R&D Analytical environment with frequently changing priorities
• Develop and validate new analytical methods
• Drive lab digitization, data integrity, and documentation in line with QA deliverables and Cosmetics GMPs
• Organize and coordinate the laboratory infrastructure including care and maintenance of the measuring and sample preparation instruments
• Assume responsibility for technical and administrative tasks within the R&D team
• Drive lab digitization, data integrity, and documentation in line with QA deliverables and Cosmetics GMPs

• University degree (B.Sc. or M.Sc.) in analytical chemistry, organic chemistry, chemical engineering, or similar
• Proven track record in developing, executing, and validating chromatographic analytical methods, including HPLC and GC, ideally with MS detection
• Experienced working against quality criteria, applying technical rigor and precision with attention to detail.
• Strong technical problem-solving skills, with a passion for practical laboratory work.
• Experience in maintaining analytical lab infrastructure including data processing and small repairs. Affinity to IT.
• Collaboration skills, demonstrating proactivity, agility, and initiative. Ability to communicate effectively with partners in the team.

• Attractive salary package
• Competitive holiday allowance
• Wide range of benefits (health insurance, pension, car lease and/or mobility allowance for selected roles as well as wellbeing benefits)
• Continued learning and growth opportunities
• Truly international and diverse environment where you can be your true self