Fragrance Design Laboratory Coordinator - Home Care

Job Title: Fragrance Design Laboratory Coordinator - Home Care

Reports to: Fragrance Design Lead

Work Level: RH3

Business Function:  R&D

Location: Port Sunlight, UK

Want to change the world?

At Unilever we are committed to making sustainable living commonplace. The ingredients we use in our products are a key pillar in delivering to this purpose as well as delighting our consumers. Understanding the nature, composition and value to the consumer of these ingredients including the fragrances and flavours we purchase is a critical element in delivering to these business priorities.

Fragrance R&D at Unilever

Unilever is one of the world’s largest users of Fragrances and fragrance raw materials. Fragrances are a key driver of the technical performance and consumer acceptance of Unilever brands across Home Care, Beauty and Personal Cleansing categories. UL brands are trusted and used by 2.5 billion consumers every day with iconic brands like Persil, CIF, Comfort and Domestos.

Job Purpose:

This is an opportunity to play a critical operational role in supporting fragrance design and evaluation activities within Unilever Home Care Fragrance Team. This role ensures smooth execution of evaluations, by coordinating samples, data, logistics, and communication across Fragrance Houses, evaluators, and global partners. The position is foundational to enabling creative teams to operate efficiently, compliantly, and at pace.

Key Accountabilities
Evaluations & Project Support

• Plan and execute fragrance tests for the fragrance evaluators and technical team
• Ensure all documentation is complete, including new method development, is accurate, and aligned with internal standards and external requirements
• Maintain high standards of safety in the Laboratory area, preparing and executing SOPs, Risk assessment.

Sample Coordination

• Work directly with Fragrance Houses and Product Design teams to request, track, and manage application samples to support Fragrance Design Leaders (FDLs) across projects.
• Maintain organised tracking systems for samples, submissions, and fragrance library to ensure visibility and traceability Communication & Network Support

• Enable seamless communication across the global and regional network of evaluators
• Act as a reliable point of contact to facilitate information flow, issue resolution, and day-to-day operational needs
• Collaborate effectively across x teams to support evaluation timelines and project delivery

Key Requirements

• Exposure to laboratory, evaluation, or product development environments.
• Background in science, fragrance, or consumer products is an advantage. Strong interest in fragrance, evaluation, and product development required.
• Demonstrated ability to work with precision, structure, and reliability in operational roles.

• High attention to detail with a mindset for scientific precision and accuracy.
• Solid organisational, documentation, and tracking skills. Use of LIMS, Excel, Word, email essential.

• Highly responsive and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast paced, creative environment.
• Self-motivated. Comfortable working independently while remaining strongly connected to the wider team.
• Proactive, structured, and solution oriented in approach.

• Clear and effective communicator across functions and geographies.
• Strong teamwork skills with the ability to coordinate across diverse stakeholders.
• Confident engaging with both creative and technical partners.

Additional Information
Port Sunlight working environment:

• Free onsite parking
• Staff shop discounted products
• Working in state-of-the-art laboratory and pilot plant facilities
• Free parking onsite
• 5 mins walk to train station serving Liverpool & Chester
• 20-minute drive from Liverpool city centre/30-minutes drive from Chester
• Disabled parking
• In the heart of picturesque Port Sunlight village
• There are also several site clubs available to join covering a range of topics including Book Club, Running, Choir, Pool, Genealogy and much more.
• The sites have three catering outlets which provide a range of hot and cold food and drinks daily.
• In addition there are a range of vending machines and cold water dispensers around the site accessible throughout the day.

NOTES

By applying for this vacancy, you are confirming that you have made your Line Manager aware of your application and that you are at a point in your career with Unilever where it is appropriate for you to be applying for other positions.

Should you require additional information or reasonable adjustments to allow you to present your best self during this process, please contact your Talent Partner Hannah Cottier on [email protected] 

What we offer

Whilst the role is advertised on a full-time basis, we would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options and what this may look like for you. We strive to achieve a family-friendly and inclusive workplace and to, above all, create possibilities for all.

Diversity at Unilever is about inclusion, embracing differences, creating possibilities and growing together for better business performance. We embrace diversity in our workforce. This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity. We are also more than happy to provide reasonable adjustments during our application and interview process to enable you to be present your best self. To find out more, including about our Employee Resource Groups, please click here Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (unilever.com).

Relocation to the UK

Please be aware if you are applying for this role from outside the UK, if successful, your application will be treated as a self-initiated Change Location Outside of Country (CLOC) transfer. This means any relocation costs must be self-funded with the potential to reclaim some specific pre-approved expenses up to £5,000. Please speak to your Talent Partner if you have any questions.