Stability & Documentation Manager - R&D
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JobgetherDietary supplements
Based in United KingdomFull-TimeManager
SalaryHighly competitive base salary range ($115,000 – $130,000 equivalent) plus annual bonus opportunities.
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Job Details
- Experience
- 4+ years of hands-on experience in R&D, Quality, or Product Development within dietary supplements, food, or a regulated consumer product category
Requirements
- Have 4+ years of hands-on experience in R&D, Quality, or Product Development within dietary supplements, food, or a regulated consumer product category.
- Have a bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Chemistry, or a closely related scientific field.
- Bring experience designing and running end-to-end stability studies.
- Bring experience validating test methods for complex formulation matrices.
- Have a solid understanding of gummy chemistry, extraction methods, and analytical limitations, including matrix interference and detection limits.
- Have direct experience negotiating pricing, scope, and service level agreements with external testing laboratories.
- Be able to independently own specifications and make critical quality decisions.
- Be able to communicate effectively with cross-functional teams, co-manufacturers, and external partners.
- Have strong organizational skills and a meticulous approach to record-keeping and document accuracy.
- Gummy or confectionery experience is strongly preferred.
Responsibilities
- Design, execute, and oversee stability studies across the gummy portfolio, setting testing protocols and tracking timepoints against shelf-life targets.
- Share stability data with stakeholders.
- Assess analytical test-method compatibility for complex matrices, identifying detection limits and matrix interferences.
- Negotiate pricing, scope, and turnaround times directly with third-party contract testing laboratories.
- Maintain, audit, and update the documentation suite for every SKU, including specifications and SFPs.
- Stage product specifications from initial draft through final approval and make product sign-off decisions.
- Identify potential stability, ingredient degradation, off-note, and packaging interaction issues before they affect quality or launch timelines.
- Partner with Quality, Operations, and co-manufacturers to maintain consistent test methods, specifications, and protocols from development to commercial production.
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