Technical Development Manager

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 9 January 2026
LOCATION
Home-Based
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Mid-Senior level
CATEGORY
Science & Research
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SKILLS

Personal Care Formulation Communication Skills Customer Focus Project Management Technical Presentations Microsoft Office Strategic Thinking Chemical Industry

FULL DESCRIPTION

Technical Development Manager – Personal Care

Full-Time

Home-Based (with regular travel across the UK and Europe)

Are you passionate about innovation in personal care formulations?

Do you thrive in customer-facing roles where technical expertise meets commercial impact?

What you’ll be doing…

You’ll lead technical development projects with personal care customers, promoting [Employer hidden — view at passion-project.co.uk]’s raw materials and services to drive product innovation and approvals.

  • Initiate and manage technical projects with customers.
  • Visit Research & Development departments to support product development from inception.
  • Deliver technical presentations internally and externally.
  • Collaborate with account managers and suppliers on joint visits.
  • Support formulation development in our application lab.
  • Supporting customers with formulation and manufacturing issues.
  • Maintain and report KPIs, visit schedules and opportunity pipelines.
  • Build strong relationships with customers, suppliers and internal teams.

Your background…

Must have… Nice to have…

  • Degree in Life Sciences ▪ Commercial awareness
  • Experience in personal care ▪ People management experience
  • formulation and the chemical industry ▪ Experience/understanding of
  • Strong communication and manufacturing process
  • presentation skills
  • Excellent organisation and time
  • management
  • Strategic thinking and customer focus
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office
  • A Full, Clean UK Driving Licence

Sound like a good fit? email [contact hidden] to apply

What we can offer you…

  • Generous holiday allowance with buy/sell holiday scheme.
  • Flexible hours
  • Hybrid working
  • Genuine professional development opportunities through external training and internal career development programmes
  • Mental health initiatives, including free therapy/counselling
  • Physical wellbeing initiatives including active support and challenges

A bit about us…

[Employer hidden] is a chemicals distributor based in the UK, with offices throughout Europe. We sell the building blocks of thousands of products which you’ll use every day including cosmetics, beauty products, pharmaceuticals, and cleaning solutions.

Our customers come to us for market knowledge and technical support, so that they can develop the next generation of consumer products.

As part of the 2M Group of Companies, we are a friendly team with an innovative culture that works together to get things done. We trust everyone equally and fairly and encourage our people to be truly creative and think outside the box.

2M Group is fully committed to Diversity, Equality and Inclusion in the workplace. A copy of our EDI policy is available on request.

Sound like a good fit? email [contact hidden] to apply

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