Director, Research & Development - Aerosol

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Our culture fosters teamwork, respect, and camaraderie, ensuring that every individual’s contribution is valued and celebrated.

We invest in their growth, providing opportunities for development and advancement within our dynamic team.

Voyant Beauty is a company that specializes in the development and manufacturing, of beauty, personal and home care products.

We work with various brands, retailers, and businesses to create customer formulations and products tailored to their needs.

This can include skincare, haircare, bath and body products, fragrances, and more.

Essentially, Voyant Beauty serves as a one-stop-shop for companies looking to bring their beauty and personal care product ideas to life.

Safety is a core value at Voyant Beauty.

We prioritize the well-being of our team members, ensuring a safe and secure environment where everyone can thrive and excel.

If you’re seeking to be part of a team where your talents are valued, your safety is paramount, and your efforts contribute to meaningful change, then Voyant Beauty is the place for you.

Come join us and be a part of our journey.

A Brief Overview
The Director, R&D Aerosol provides enterprise leadership, technical direction, and process governance for Voyant Aerosol Development, with an immediate focus on eliminating the cost of nonquality in Voyant aerosol plants, specifically Gainesville, Georgia.

This role establishes robust development and commercialization practices that prevent defects, reduce avoidable failure and rework, and improve right-first-time performance.

The Director coaches Aerosol R&D leaders and teams, identifies and implements process improvements, and guides projects from inception through commercialization.

The Director assesses formulation, package, process, quality, safety, regulatory, scale-up, and execution risk, then ensures effective mitigation, learning, and decision-making through the first three production runs.

The Senior Manager, R&D in Elkhart reports directly to this role.

What you will do


* Provide strategic and technical direction for all Voyant Aerosol Development activities, with immediate leadership attention to eliminating cost of nonquality at the Gainesville, Georgia aerosol plant and preventing recurrence across the aerosol network.


* Assess project, product, and process risk from concept through commercialization; identify likely sources of nonquality before transfer; facilitate timely technical decisions; and ensure mitigation plans are documented, owned, verified, and escalated as appropriate.


* Lead development and commercialization process improvement using cost-of-nonquality data, recurring defect themes, deviations, rework, scrap, holds, complaints, and launch learning to prioritize corrective and preventive changes.


* Guide scale-up, technology transfer, and commercialization readiness, ...