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Junior Manager Formula Development NIVEA Sun (all genders)

Job Details

Contract Type:
Limited, 1 Year / Full-Time
Job Grade (max. achievable):
MG5
Country / City:
Germany / Hamburg
Company:
Beiersdorf AG
Job Function:
Research & Development

Your Tasks

The sun is a wonderful companion in our everyday lives and gives us energy. However, we also need to protect our skin from UV radiation such as sunburn and premature ageing. That's why sun care is so important!
Let's bring innovative sun care products to the market together and apply for an exciting role in our team.

  • Initiate and manage complex R&D IIM projects independently. In this context, responsible for gathering information, in consultation with the laboratory manager and other departments involved preparing project briefings as well as planning and conducting the required experiments, including writing the relevant reports & summaries.
  • Cooperate with Beiersdorf interface partners (e.g., Consumer & Clinical Science, Analytics, QM, Corporate Safety, Development Labs, Operations, Regional Laboratories, Legal, Marketing) as well as participate in and steer internal R&D working groups.
  • Independently preparing and performing presentations to key stakeholders & representing the team. in e.g. PR events, activation road shows on sun education, influencer events,  training sessions
  • Control data, document results and prepare final reports (in German and/or English), and present results in internal R&D groups.
  • Optimizing and developing innovative suncare products using key scientific knowledge about the chemical structure of the deployed raw materials and their physical properties
  • Developing further the category-related technologies, methods and processes, taking new tools into account, such as AI-based design of experiments (i.e. Uncountable)
  • Instruction, developing and leading of student employees, apprentices and interns.

Your Profile

  • Completed university degree in science with some years of professional experience after graduation
  • Showcased most learning agilities regarding MG5 position and/or demonstrated potential to do significantly more in a Senior Engineer position.
  • Preferable previous experience with IIM project management &  in-depth knowledge of sunscreen technologies
  • Open and interested in using new ways of working and new tools
  • Independent, structured, and systematic way of working combined with a positive mindset and can-do mentality
  • Fluent in English, both written and spoken
  • Good knowledge of in-house IT systems and processes

This position is temporary for 1 year . We are open to applications from colleagues with a permanent contract at Beiersdorf AG, for whom we will find a suitable solution.

Additional information

This position can also be filled in Job Sharing. If you have any questions, please have a look at our Jobsharing FAQs. For further information please contact Julia Eckert or Katharina Ropeter. Your responsible recruiter is Regine Siebe. Please apply online via Career Connect until 08/19/2025.

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      Get to know: Ernesto

      Beiersdorf Health Care is dedicated to developing trusted wound care solutions for everyday minor wounds. In our R&D Health Care department, we achieve this through innovation, expertise, and close collaboration across functions. In Venezuela, where I grew up, we called a plaster “a curita.” Now, helping shape the future of trusted brands like Hansaplast, Elastoplast, and CURITAS through cutting-edge research is a true privilege.