Researcher

In this role you will prepare, execute and analyse practical experiments in line with departmental, RD&I project and functional standards, and contribute as part of a project team to achieving the objectives of innovative and developmental projects.

At Nouryon, our global team of Changemakers takes positive action every day, to reach higher collectively and individually. We create innovative and sustainable solutions for our customers to answer society’s needs – today and in the future.  

About the job:

The Cleaning Goods Technical Service & Application team in Deventer is responsible for providing technical support and working on cleaning performance technologies and formulations for our customers and distributors across EMEA region.

In your future role as Researcher you will:

• Set-up, plan, execute, analyse, interpret and report experiments.
• Stay current with relevant research methods, document key learnings, and help ensure the team remains up to date.
• Participates in projects and ensure executing and delivery using own area of expertise.
• Understands, develops and comments on technical strategy in own area
• Prepares and presents information for customer activities as appropriate
• Maintain a safe and orderly lab environment, ensuring minimal safety incidents.
• Execute formulation and technical lab work for ADW and Laundry projects, and guide technicians in experiment execution.
• Document experimental results clearly through lab notebooks, meeting notes, and regular summaries.

We believe you bring:

• Master’s/ bachelor’s degree in chemistry / chemical technology.
• Minimum 3 years of relevant experience in the cleaning industry.
• Experience in home care product formulation.
• Experience in hard surface cleaning is a plus.
• Foundational knowledge of organic chemistry, strong analytical capabilities, and solid understanding of laboratory safety standards (SDS/GHS).

Great if you have:

• Solid knowledge of surfactants and key formulation ingredients.
• Understanding of how these ingredients affect cleaning performance, foam profile, and product stability.
• Experience with electronic lab notebooks (ELN) or LIMS.
• Fluency in English (written and spoken).

We believe you are...

• A team player with strong technical communication and interpersonal skills.
• Independent, assertive, flexible, and forward‑thinking.
• Customer focus with a strong drive for results and timely decision making.
• Able to design simple, well‑controlled experiments with clear and accurate lab documentation.
• Capable of performing basic data analysis and interpretation, including simple statistical evaluations.

What We Offer You:

By joining Nouryon, you will be part of an ambitious international environment filled with highly skilled colleagues. We offer:

• A permanent contract.
• 25 vacation days plus 10 leave days.
• An excellent pension scheme.
• Great opportunities for personal and professional growth.

Good to Know

This is a permanent full-time position based in Deventer, with travel being a required and integral part of the role, ranging from 10% to 15%. We have already identified the preferred candidate for the role. 

Please apply via our online recruitment system. We will not accept applications via e-mail. Once it's with us we will review to see if we have a match between your skills and the role! For more information about our hiring process, visit: nouryon.com/careers/how-we-hire/  

Contact 

For additional information about the vacancy please contact Patrycja Szczawinska Talent Acquisition Partner via: patrycja.szczawinska@nouryon.com.

We look forward to receiving your application! 

We have already chosen our sourcing channels for this recruitment and kindly ask not to be contacted by any advertisement agents, recruitment agencies or staffing companies. 

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