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Consultant - R&D Expert

  • 20+ Hrs/Week
  •  Remote - Mumbai Metropolitan Region
  • 12 months
  • Project posted on: 4/12/2025
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Consultant - R&D Expert

  • Research and Development
  • Product Development/ R&D
  • Prototyping

Remote - Mumbai Metropolitan Region, Delhi / NCR, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru

20+ Hrs/Week

12 months

 4/12/2025

Assignment Details

Our client, a leading India-focused platform dedicated to investing in special situations, is looking to engage with a R&D expert with deep expertise in the fragrance and flavour industry.

Roles & Responsibilties

  • Drive end-to-end fragrance development, including formulation, stability studies, sensory evaluation, and quality benchmarking across F&F and FMCG applications.
  • Work closely with the Project Lead and cross-functional experts (strategy, marketing, COO office) to translate consumer insights and market trends into innovative fragrance solutions.
  • Assess and optimize raw materials, aroma chemicals, and natural extracts, ensuring compliance with IFRA guidelines and alignment with agro-chem, flavour, and pharma-grade standards.
  • Collaborate with manufacturing and supply teams to ensure scalability, cost-efficiency, and process feasibility of new fragrance formulations.
  • Conduct competitive landscape and target company assessments (F&F players, FMCG brands) to benchmark technology maturity, R&D capabilities, and innovation pipelines.
  • Provide technical expertise during client discussions, supporting strategic decision-making around product development, portfolio optimization, and R&D investment roadmap.

Skills Required

Skills Required

  • Deep technical expertise in fragrance chemistry, formulation, aroma molecules, and sensory evaluation.
  • Experience working with flavour & fragrance houses or FMCG product development teams, with strong understanding of end-to-end R&D cycles.
  • Strong knowledge of IFRA guidelines, regulatory compliance, safety standards, and quality systems.
  • Ability to analyse raw materials, aroma chemicals, naturals, and process feasibility for scalable formulation.
  • Strong cross-functional collaboration skills with marketing, strategy, operations, and manufacturing teams.
  • Ability to translate consumer insights and market trends into innovative fragrance concepts and technical solutions.

About the Client

A leading India-focused investment platform

Industry

Chemicals & Adhesives

Experience Required:

20+ years

Additional Skills:

  • prototyping
  • aroma
  • fragrance
  • chemicals
  • R&D
  • product development

No of open positions:

1

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