About our client

‍Cleanery is reimagining how everyday cleaning and personal care products are made, used, and experienced.This role is central to that mission.You’ll be the person who takes an idea off the whiteboard and turns it into a product in people’s homes.

From creating formulations that work and delight customers, to ensuring they’re commercially viable and scalable, to embedding the quality checks that make them world-class.You’ll also play a key role in improving and refining our existing product range, whether that’s extending shelf life, tweaking texture, or enhancing performance as new ingredients and technologies become available.

If you’re a chemist who loves the science of formulation but also wants to see your work out in the real world, this role gives you both.


‍What you’ll do‍

• Create & innovate: Lead the development of new formulations in cleaning and personal care.
• Improve what’s here: Optimise and refine existing products for stability, feel, fragrance, performance, and sustainability.
• Test & prove: Run lab testing for efficacy, stability, and safety. Make sure the product looks, feels, and performs brilliantly.
• Scale & launch: Work side-by-side with our Engineering Manager and CEO to scale lab creations into manufacturable, commercial products.
• Own quality: Build in quality frameworks, shelf-life testing, and QC checks to ensure consistency and reliability as we scale globally.
• Think commercially: Assess ingredients not just for science, but for sourcing, cost, and reliability.
  
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‍What you’ll bring

• A degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience in formulating consumer products (cleaning, personal care, or similar).
• Strong lab testing and analytical chemistry skills.
• Knowledge of QA/QC processes
• Curiosity, creativity, and resourcefulness the mindset to thrive in a startup environment.
  
  

This role is only open to those with current NZ work rights. If you are interested apply now or call Vanesha Din on 021569499 if you have further questions.