MPharm Job at Colgate-Palmolive | Apply Now for the Associate Scientist Role
Colgate-Palmolive is seeking an Associate Scientist – Analytical Science to join its ambitious team at the IGTech center in Mumbai, Maharashtra. This MPharm Job is critical for providing end-to-end analytical support for Oral Care categories. The incumbent must have an M.Sc. (Analytical Science/Chemistry) or Master’s in Pharmacy with a minimum of 1 year of direct, hands-on experience with HPLC/GC in a cGMP environment. Key responsibilities of the Scientist Job include leading stability testing support, analytical method validation/transfer, and ensuring strict compliance with ICH/WHO/FDA guidelines and ALCOA+ principles for good documentation practices.
- Job Title: Associate Scientist- Analytical Science
- Job ID:#170434
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
About The Company
Colgate-Palmolive Company is a leading global consumer products company operating in over 200 countries, specializing in Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care, Skin Care, and Pet Nutrition. The company is an innovative, growth-focused organization guided by the core values of Caring, Inclusive, and Courageous, aiming to reimagine a healthier future for people, their pets, and the planet. Colgate-Palmolive’s R&D operations, particularly in Analytical Science, emphasize strict compliance with global guidelines (ICH/WHO/FDA, cGMP) and data integrity principles (ALCOA+).
Responsibilities
- Coordinate with global R&D sites to provide end-to-end support for stability testing in partnership with local and global analytical and product development teams.
- Perform testing and report results for routine analysis and new product formats using analytical instrumentation in a cGMP environment.
- Develop, optimize, and validate analytical methods; apply troubleshooting to analytical instrumentation; and lead the transfer of analytical methods and new technologies.
- Drive operational excellence initiatives to simplify and improve technical processes, including utilizing statistical approaches to experimental design.
- Maintain, calibrate, qualify, and troubleshoot instrumentation, while maintaining accurate, up-to-date, and concise laboratory records and practicing good documentation practices (ALCOA+ principles).
Required Qualifications for the MPharm Job
- Education: Master’s in Pharmacy.
- Experience: 2-3 years of total experience, with a minimum of 1 year of direct, hands-on experience with HPLC/GC in a cGMP environment.
- Strong knowledge and expertise in chromatography (HPLC/GC) and working as an analytical scientist with a multinational pharma/FMCG organization, particularly with experience in stability testing.
- Thorough knowledge of ICH/WHO/FDA guidelines, cGMP requirements, ALCOA+ principles, and stability testing.
- In this Scientist Job, you should be able to support analytical method validation, forced degradation studies, and prepare required method validation documentation and reports.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Openlab software and compliance to 21 CFR Part 11 for Electronic records.
- Thorough knowledge of eLN and LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System).
- Demonstrated soft skills in Analysis & Decision Making, Problem Solving, and Business Presentation skills.
- Ability to handle assigned business programs independently with minimum supervision (agile/leadership skills).
