Senior Scientist- Laundry

Role details

About this Position

At Henkel, you’ll be part of an organization that’s shaping the future through innovation, sustainability and collaboration. With our trusted brands like Persil®, ‘all®, Loctite®, Snuggle®, and Schwarzkopf® and our cutting-edge technologies, you’ll have countless opportunities to explore new paths and grow.

This position is with our Consumer Brands business unit – where we empower our employees to bring the best Laundry & Home Care and Hair products to people around the world.

Dare to learn new skills, advance in your career and make an impact at Henkel.

What You´ll Do

This role of

senior scientist

is focused on the

development of new products and formulas

to meet the needs of consumers and customers. The successful candidate will have a strong understanding of chemistry to help develop and execute novel technical solutions. The candidate should possess strong communication skills to interface multifunctionally and to translate consumer needs into new commercial products. The job will involve practical laboratory work including the planning and execution of laboratory experiments, measurement of product properties, stability, and performance.

Key Tasks

• Product Development and Formulation: Understand material structure–function relationships and develop prototype products based on desired performance requirements.
• Experimental Design and Laboratory Testing: Design and conduct experiments, develop screening methods, evaluate product performance, and ensure accurate testing and data collection.
• Data Analysis and Technical Reporting: Interpret experimental results, draw conclusions, recommend development strategies, compare competitive products, and report progress or issues promptly.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration and Project Management: Coordinate with R&D, packaging, manufacturing, safety, regulatory, and process development teams to ensure timely completion of tasks and successful product commercialization.
• Innovation, Documentation, and Laboratory Safety: Follow the innovation process and standard operating procedures, develop demonstrations and proof-of-concept methods, maintain laboratory records and equipment, and ensure a clean, organized, and safe laboratory environment.

What makes you a good fit

• Education — Bachelor’s or Master's degree in chemical engineering, chemistry, material science or equivalent Science or Engineering related field.
• Experience — Bachelor’s degree with 3 years of relevant laboratory and industry experience or advanced degrees
• Required skills — Strong technical skill, excellent communication skills and ability to utilize good judgement to make timely, practical, and technically sound decisions have high tolerance for volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity; enjoys working in fluid environments that demand creativity.
• Physical Requirements: Significant amount of time at a bench or a computer station. On rare occasions there is a need to lift up to twenty pounds.

Some benefits of joining Henkel

• Health Insurance: affordable plans for medical, dental, vision and wellbeing starting on day 1
• Work-Life Balance: Paid time off including sick, vacation, holiday and volunteer time, flexible & hybrid work policies (depending on role), and vacation buy / sell program
• Financial: 401k matching, employee share plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares, annual performance bonus, service awards and student loan reimbursement
• Family Support: 12-week gender neutral parental leave (up to 20 weeks for parents giving birth), fertility support, adoption & surrogacy reimbursement, discounted child and elderly care, and scholarships
• Career Growth: diverse national and international growth opportunities, access to thousands of skills development courses, and tuition reimbursement

The salary range for this role is $85,100.00 and $100,000.00. This range represents the good‑faith minimum and maximum wages the Company reasonably expects to offer for this role at the time of posting. In addition to base salary, this position may be eligible for incentive pay or other forms of compensation, as applicable. The Company also offers a comprehensive benefits package as described above. Actual compensation will be based on factors such as the candidate’s skills, experience, education, training, and work location. This posting is intended to comply with all applicable state and local pay transparency laws.

Henkel does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies. Unsolicited referrals and resumes are considered Henkel property and therefore, Henkel will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited referral.

At Henkel, we come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe the uniqueness of all our employees is the power in us. Henkel is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, and other legally protected categories.