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Hire Manish G.

India

USD 60 /hr

Cosmetic Chemist I Formulator I Personal Care I Home Care I Project Management

Profile Summary

I am a hands-on cosmetic chemist with over 26 years of experience in developing wide range of skin care, hair care, make-up products such as lipsticks etc., nail care, oral care, deodorants, Pet care and personal wash cosmetic product, laundry and HHC products working in R&D for Unilever globally. I have worked on formulation/process/claims development and regulatory compliance for iconic brands like: Skin Care - Dove, Vaseline, Ponds, Shea moisture, Love Beauty Planet Hair - Dove, TRESemme, Sunsilk, Clear, Living Proof, Wonder, Clinic plus, Indulekha etc Skin Cleansing - Dove, Lux, Lifebuoy, Rexona etc Colour Cosmetics - Lakme Deodorant - Rexona, Axe Oral - Pepsodent, Close up Laundry - Surf excel, Omo, Rin etc HHC - Vim, Cif, Sunlight etc. I have worked extensively on various formats for these products. I have deep expertise in E2E delivery of projects (Innovations, value engineering, compliances etc.) involving formulation and process design, claims and development of demo's, packaging, regulatory compliance and implementations. I have filed 9 patents in diverse categories like Hair care, Deodorants, Skin cleansing, Chemicals and beverages. I have deep expertise on sourcing of RMs, their specifications and interaction for designing the best possible products. I firmly believe in consumer intimacy, understanding of trends and markets, design of superior products that are sustainable. I have always successfully worked with multi-national, multi-functional, multi-locational teams. I have driven excellence in product development and project management. I'm passionate about sustainability and have developed concentrates, recyclable laminates and implemented PCR in rigid packs. This space is still nascent and so much more are required to be done. Im now the founder of company with two of my expert partners to offer R&D services and solutions. Together we have more than 70 years of experience in market understanding, consumer understanding, formulation and process development, claims development, packaging design, regulatory compliances and implementation. We understand the supplier ecosystem for raw materials, packaging and Equipements for manufacturing of FMCG products. We can provide you our R&D leadership, we can design superior products and deliver end to end innovations, savings, resilience, compliances etc. We can also help you to evaluate your products in our consumer panels, in digital panels and in large scale consumer studies. We can help you to develop your innovation roadmap, technology roadmap, road map for claims and also help to implement these. If you are an ingredient manufacturer, we can stabilize your actives in right formulations and validate their performance which will fasten the launch of the actives in the marketplace. We can also help you with technical sales package and training, we can represent you in conferences for technical sessions. www.innovantase.com Through my career, I have worked on numerous "customized & innovative" formulations. I like to keep up with ongoing trends in the industry and regulatory frameworks. I have ecosystem for 3P manufacturing, evaluation agencies and my own laboratory and Comsumer panels to support you. 1000 + cosmetic products developed- - Skin care products (serums, lotions, creams, moisturizers, cleansers, sunscreens, toners etc.) - Hair care products (shampoos, conditioners, pomades, hair gels, hair cremes, hair oils, scalp oils, hairsprays, hair dyes etc.) - Problem solution products - Anti-Acne cream, serum, facewash; Anti-dandruff shampoo, conditioners, gels; functional natural products for hair growth, anti-grey etc. - Makeup (foundations, eyeliners, lipsticks, eye shadows etc.) - Deodorant, Anti-perspirant and Oral care products - Laundry & Household care Products - Manufacturing of ~ 30 Aroma and fine chemicals including sunscreens Services we offer: - R&D for on retainership - Help on Consumer understanding, insight generation, consumer tests -qualitative and quantitative, digital panel, concept generation - Formulation, process and claims development, regulatory compliance - Fragrance development - Technical performance understanding, performance in consumer panel understanding - Large scale production at 3Ps - we work with a network of 3Ps globally - Deliver innovations, savings, alternate supplier development, regulatory compliances - Troubleshoot your manufacturing process - Specifications development and management - Training and development of R&D teams We are passionate R&D professionals, driven and focused on delivering the best product design that would serve and delight the consumers so you can have the desired business growth. We are very keen to work with you.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Cosmetic & Skincare Formulation
• ★ Sustainable Development
• ★ Innovation Management
• ☆ Knowledge Management
• ☆ Clinical Trials
• ☆ Regulatory Affairs
• ☆ Packaging Design

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Writing Clinical Trial Documentation, Technical Writing, Copywriting, Creative Writing, Newswriting, General Proofreading & Editing, Translation

Research Market Research, User Research, Meta-Research, Feasibility Study, Technology Scouting, Fact Checking, Gap Analysis, Gray Literature Search, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Consulting Digital Strategy Consulting, Scientific and Technical Consulting, Regulatory Consulting

Data & AI Predictive Modeling, Statistical Analysis, Data Visualization, Big Data Analytics, Data Insights

Product Development Formulation, Recipe Development, Deformulation, Stability/Shelf Life Testing, Product Evaluation, Material Sourcing, Product Validation, Manufacturing, Quality Assurance & Control (QA/QC), Product Compliance , Concept Development, Product Launch Support, Prototyping, Reverse Engineering, Device Fabrication

Work Experience

General Manager (GM)

Unilever

April 1996 - Present

Education

ME

IISc

August 1994 - July 1996

Certifications

• Master in Chemical engineering

  IISc, India

  August 1996 - Present

• BSc in Chemistry

  Calcutta University, India

  June 1987 - July 1991