Sr. Research Assistant

Company Profile

"Enhancing the Lives of Those We Touch by Helping People Reach Their Goals"

Melaleuca has firmly supported this mission statement since our humble beginning in 1985. Everything we accomplish is done with an eye toward promoting the physical, environmental, financial, and personal wellness of those around us. Our focus has always been on wellness. By manufacturing and selling effective, high quality, natural, health oriented products we help people live more vibrant, healthier, and happier lives. When you walk through the doors at Melaleuca, you can feel it immediately. This is The Wellness Company.

We have achieved consistent and profitable growth with our annual revenue consistently hitting over $2 billion dollars. We now have over 4,000 employees and operate in 20 countries around the world. Melaleuca is positioned to grow even more rapidly in upcoming years. To help keep up with this growth we are looking for an outstanding Sr. Research Assistant that has experience in the beauty industry or similar industry.

Overview

The R&D Senior Research Assistant performs a wide variety of technical tasks in support of specific Melaleuca new or existing products. The Senior Research Assistant is expected to use his/her understanding of science and training to consistently deliver contributions that result in new and/or improved products, packages, processes or methodologies. Employees at this level have the ability to contribute to the planning and execution of a broad range of technical tasks and propose and test their own observations and theories.

Responsibilities

Essential

• Perform a wide variety of complex, non-routine tasks.

• Conduct or direct experiments requiring the selection of equipment and raw materials.

• Independently evaluate and summarize data from experiments.

• Interpret unexpected results or observations and recommend next steps.

• Communicate results both orally and in writing to supervisor, key project members, and higher-level management.

• Independently take action on project activities, work with other functions and sometimes outside vendors.

• Capable of quickly learning and applying internal computer software systems (JDE, Master Control, Mini Tab)

• Be able to independently set up and analyze Design of Experiments (DOE).

• Review artwork and formulation instructions to identify any potential issues.

• Help teach less experienced Researchers.

• Maintain accurate records of trial compositions and observations.

• Evaluate competitive products, Melaleuca products and trial compositions according to established procedures.

• Calibrate and maintain lab equipment.

Additional

• Prepare prototypes for sensory and in home use tests of Melaleuca products and competitive products.

• Use internal computer systems to record and analyze data, prepare graphs, reports and memos and communicate with coworkers in R&D and in other Melaleuca Departments.

• Prepare data summaries using appropriate mathematical and statistical tools available in Microsoft Excel, Mini-Tab and other computer applications.

• Evaluate and recommend finishing and rework procedures for non-standard lots of Melaleuca products.

• Create Bill of Materials (BOM), specification sheets, and other electronic forms to support Purchasing, QA and Operations.

• Represent R&D function in support of QA, Operations, Purchasing and Marketing activities.

• Work directly with Melaleuca suppliers to develop new technologies for Melaleuca products.

• Perform and summarize experimental designs incorporating multiple samples.

Qualifications

Essential

• Bachelor's Degree in a scientific discipline

• 1-2 years in the beauty industry or similar

• Proficiency using MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint.

• Proficiency in basic statistical analyses.

• Understanding of Experimental Design

• Good communication skills.

Additional

• Chemistry, biology or biochemistry degree preferred.

• Experience using common lab instruments (e.g., pH meter, viscometer).

Why Melaleuca

Melaleuca is one of the leading Health and Wellness companies in the world. We manufacture and distribute nutritional, pharmaceutical, personal care, facial care, home hygiene, and other wellness products and distribute them directly to the consumer through a full-service catalog and Internet shopping system. We carefully craft products used every day with the highest standards of safety, health, and wellness in mind.

This revolutionary system is changing the way hundreds of thousands of people shop by eliminating middlemen and reducing marketing and distribution costs. This enables the company to spend more on research and high-quality, ecologically-sensible ingredients, while maintaining reasonable prices.

Great culture-Flexibility is a must in this position; you'll become a part of a fast-paced team dedicated to a feel-good lifestyle brand dedicated to changing lives. Like the rest of Melaleuca, we are proud to be part of a values-driven organization that treats employees with respect. Our employees and their families enjoy company parties and countless discounts around the community. We implement a very real open-door policy, and all employees are on a first name basis-it feels more like a family than a multi-national corporation.

Excellent compensation-in addition to a competitive wage and bonus incentive program, we offer comprehensive benefits for our full-time employees that include all you would expect plus some remarkable surprises, such as a longevity bonus. Right here on-site, we provide childcare, a fitness center, free concierge service, and an employee restaurant!