Product R&D / Formulation Expert
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We are hiring a sharp, research-driven Product R&D / Formulation Expert to innovate new products and improve existing ones for our client's DTC skincare and cosmetics brands. You'll be the engine behind what goes into products, researching ingredients, identifying what's working in the market, and coordinating with suppliers to bring stronger, better formulations to life.
What You'll Do
- Conduct deep market and ingredient research across Amazon, Instagram, beauty communities, and viral/organic products to identify what's working and why.
- Determine which ingredients drive real results, and decide what to add, strengthen, reduce, or remove.
- Reformulate and iteratively improve existing products, and innovate entirely new ones.
- Coordinate directly with suppliers (including in China) via group chats to adjust formulations, add new ingredients, and drive execution, with strong, consistent follow-up.
- Build a systemized, structured approach to ingredient research and formulation decisions.
Requirements
What You'll Bring
- A strong, foundational methodology for market and ingredient research that can be applied across niches.
- Sharp decision-making on ingredient efficacy: what works, what's weak, and what's worth adding.
- Comfort coordinating with international suppliers and following through on execution.
- Cosmetics / skincare industry experience preferred but not required, a rigorous research approach that translates across niches is what matters most.
- Perfect command of English and clear verbal and written communication.
Non-Negotiables
- Zero tolerance for sluggishness. You must be obsessive, proactive, and relentlessly follow up.
- Relentless follow-up with suppliers and internal teams until the product is exactly right.
Employment Type
- Full-time. Fully remote, flexible hours tied to output and results.
Benefits
- Highly competitive compensation package.
- Performance bonus, ranging based on experience and output.
- Flexible working hours to accommodate your schedule and maximize productivity.
- Fully remote setup, allowing you to work from anywhere in the world.
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View Company ProfileWhitecollars (operating under whitecollars.net) is the premier, enterprise-grade global human resource consulting pioneer, flat-fee recruitment innovator, and international talent acquisition powerhouse engineered to operate as the definitive, high-velocity workforce cultivation and global employment layer for scaling startups and small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) worldwide. The company completely eliminates the severe systemic friction of modern corporate recruitment—where growing teams face exorbitant, unpredictable percentage-based placement fees, fragmented local compliance risks, slow sourcing timelines, and unverified CV pipelines—by deploying an advanced, transparent global hiring ecosystem. Moving far beyond traditional, passive localized headhunting firms or unvetted job boards, Whitecollars natively unifies programmatic international talent sourcing across more than 35 countries, a rigorous 3-layer candidate vetting framework (including recorded video interviews and technical validations), affordable fixed-price recruitment packaging, and tailored HR advisory services into a single high-efficiency operational model. Empowering over 300 growing teams globally and maintaining a robust internal talent database of over 1 million pre-qualified professionals, the agency delivers its first highly targeted candidate shortlists within 7 to 10 days with production-hardened precision. Under the hood, its sophisticated technical core links a remote, borderless team of certified international consultants who possess on-the-ground mastery of regional employment markets, local tax regulations, and evolving compliance boundaries. What sets Whitecollars apart is its uncompromising dedication to replacing volatile, commission-heavy legacy placement practices with absolute cost predictability and talent acquisition velocity; by bridging the gap between performance-intensive global sourcing networks and people-first organizational retention, the firm remains the definitive cornerstone of modern algorithmic recruitment scaling and global workforce transformation.
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