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Explore the latest Scientist job opportunity with Colgate-Palmolive careers in Mumbai, Maharashtra, designed for pharma-qualified candidates looking to build a strong career in analytical sciences. This Scientist job under Colgate-Palmolive careers offers exposure to global R&D, stability testing, and cGMP-compliant laboratory practices within a leading multinational organization.
- Job Title: Associate Scientist– Analytical Sciences
- Location: Mumbai, IN.
- Job ID: 171187
About the Company
Colgate-Palmolive Company is a global consumer products company operating in over 200 countries, specializing in Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care, Skin Care, and Pet Nutrition. Our products are trusted in more households than any other brand in the world, making us a household name!
Join Colgate-Palmolive, a caring, innovative growth company reimagining a healthier future for people, their pets, and our planet. Guided by our core values—Caring, Inclusive, and Courageous—we foster a culture that inspires our people to achieve common goals. Together, let’s build a brighter, healthier future for all.
Job Description
We are looking for an Associate Scientist – Analytical Sciences to join our ambitious team at our IGTech center. The incumbent in this role will be responsible for end-to-end planning & implementation of planned analytical science initiatives in partnership with local & global analytical & product development teams for Oral care categories for India GTeD, while being compliant with defined safety, quality & regulatory norms.
Key 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).
Qualifications
- Education: Master’s in Pharmacy.
- Experience: Minimum 2 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.
- Ability to support analytical method validation, forced degradation studies, and prepare required method validation documentation and reports.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with Openlab software and compliance with 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).
