Research & Innovations Specialist

1 month ago

Irvine, United States Nutrawise Health and Beauty (Youtheory) Full time

At Jamieson Wellness, we’re dedicated to improving the world's health and wellness with our portfolio of innovative natural health brands. Established in 1922, Jamieson Vitamins is our heritage brand, available in over 45 countries and recognized as Canada's #1 consumer health brand. We also offer a variety of innovative VMS products to consumers with our youtheory, Progressive, Smart Solutions, Iron Vegan and Precision brands. In 2017, Jamieson Wellness was named one of the top ten most reputable companies in Canada. For more information please visit jamiesonwellness.com.

Overall Responsibilities

Reporting to the Manager of Research and Innovation, the Specialist’s primary function will be supporting the research driven corporate goals and objectives of the company, and conducting in-depth reviews on ingredients, products, and manufacturers to support new product innovation for the USA market. The Specialist will conceptualize and propose new, innovative products for the company to develop. They will follow potential products through the development phases, including idea identification, scoping, and development. Strong communication skills will be employed through liaising with marketing, project management, regulatory, R&D, supply chain and finance personnel to identify optimal product development pathways and feasibility.

Specific Key Responsibilities & Duties

  • Conduct extensive literature and market competitor reviews on current and new ingredients/products
  • Review scientific technical material from raw ingredient and finished product suppliers
  • Prepare research-based safety and efficacy documents for regulatory submissions and provide research support in product amendment process
  • Provide support for claim development and FDA/FTC compliance review
  • Monitor and prepare monthly reports of selected journals, industry reports and other databases
  • Initiate internal sampling programs and liaise with external contract research organizations to further Jamieson’s research programs
  • Work with buyers to source desired new raw materials
  • Liaise with third party manufacturers as needed for all steps of the new product launch process
  • Plan and execute internal studies to assess potential products and ingredients
  • Propose new formulas for products based on research and marketing objectives; optimize formulation with R&D
  • Lead project taskforce meetings for USA Innovation business unit
  • Survey marketplace to purchase competitor products for competitor review purposes
  • Health & Safety Policies/SOPs including but not limited to the Safety Responsibilities Procedure
  • Will comply with Good Manufacturing Practices in all GMP sensitive areas of Jamieson Laboratories Ltd. Facilities/Nutrawise Facilities
  • Other duties and projects as deemed necessary

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Requirements

  • Bachelor of Science in Life Sciences, Nutrition, Biomedical Sciences or related with 3+ years related industry experience OR
  • Masters of Science in Life Sciences, Nutrition, Biomedical Sciences or related with 1+ years related industry experience
  • Experience designing formulas for US compliance (DSHEA, Prop 65 etc.) strongly preferred
  • Research minded with critical thinking skills
  • Working knowledge of MS Office, significant experience with literature search engines
  • Excellent technical writing skills and good grammar and punctuation
  • Exemplary communication, bilingual (English/French) desirable
  • Able to work, learn and think accurately in a fast paced, dynamic, multitasking environment and networking skills

Our Values

TEAMWORK – We collaborate towards common goals and objectives; We celebrate wins and learn from losses together; We appreciate and value each other’s contributions; We ensure our team goals trump individual or departmental interests;

ENTREPRENEURSHIP – We foster creative, innovative and empowered thinking at all levels; We are agile and Responsive to changes; We are consumer obsessed and data based; We demonstrate initiative and take calculated risks;

ACHIEVING RESULTS – We achieve stretch goals; We objectively use data to measure progress; We lead with a passion for winning; We demonstrate a bias for action; We show a consistent commitment to excellence and expect it from others;

INTEGRITY – We do what we say; We do what is right even when it’s not easy; We demonstrate mutual respect and inspire trust; We seek and accept accountability; We take a quality approach in everything we do;

TRANSPARENCY – We communicate openly, honestly and directly; We encourage productive and respectful conflict to develop the best solutions; We provide and share information to enable sound decision making at all levels;

EXTERNAL FOCUS – We continually seek understanding of forces that affect our business, customers, consumers, government, technology, competition and suppliers; We proactively solicit the views of the outside world on how we’re doing and what to improve; We foster relations with outside influencers to gain proactive insight in the latest developments that could affect our business; We review and discuss necessary change regularly to incorporate it into our strategy.

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