Formulations Scientist

Founded in 1920, Eastman is a global specialty materials company that produces a broad range of products found in items people use every day. With the purpose of enhancing the quality of life in a material way, Eastman works with customers to deliver innovative products and solutions while maintaining a commitment to safety and sustainability. The company’s innovation-driven growth model takes advantage of world-class technology platforms, deep customer engagement, and differentiated application development to grow its leading positions in attractive end markets such as transportation, building and construction, and consumables. As a globally inclusive company, Eastman employs approximately 13,000 people around the world and serves customers in more than 100 countries. The company had 2025 revenue of approximately $8.8 billion and is headquartered in Kingsport, Tennessee, USA. For more information, visit  www.eastman.com .   Role Description

Eastman is seeking an experienced Formulation Scientist to join its Research and Development team in India. The role will have a balanced technical focus across Care Chemicals applications for the cosmetics and personal care industry and pharmaceutical excipients. The successful candidate will develop, optimize, and demonstrate the performance of Eastman’s specialty raw materials in customer-relevant formulations, while supporting technical problem-solving, scale-up, and new application development. This position offers an opportunity to work at the intersection of formulation science, specialty chemicals, and customer-driven innovation. The scientist will collaborate with local and global R&D teams, commercial colleagues, customers, and other technical functions to convert market needs into differentiated formulation solutions for India and international markets. Key Responsibilities

Design and execute laboratory-scale formulation studies for Care Chemicals and cosmetics, including skin care, hair care, cleansing, color cosmetics, sun care, and related personal care applications, as well as pharmaceutical dosage forms using excipients. Develop and optimize formulations such as emulsions, creams, lotions, gels, serums, shampoos, conditioners, cleansers, dispersions, suspensions, tablets, capsules, and other relevant solid, liquid, or semisolid formats. Evaluate the functionality and performance of raw materials, excipients, and formulation components, including their influence on stability, texture, viscosity, appearance, compatibility, processability, sensory properties, release characteristics, and overall product performance. Investigate the effects of raw-material grade, concentration, processing conditions, equipment, and formulation variables; use structured experimentation and, where appropriate, Design of Experiments to identify robust formulation windows. Lead formulation optimization and troubleshooting activities for laboratory, customer, and scale-up challenges. Apply sound scientific reasoning and root-cause analysis to recommend practical solutions. Plan and support customer trials, technical evaluations, application demonstrations, and productperformance studies. Translate customer requirements into clear experimental plans and actionable technical recommendations. Collaborate with commercial teams and customers to recommend suitable Eastman materials, explain their performance and limitations, and support technical presentations, workshops, seminars, and industry events. Support scale-up, process transfer, pilot work, and manufacturing evaluations by connecting laboratory results with production processes, equipment capabilities, quality requirements, and commercial objectives. Prepare accurate and timely experimental protocols, laboratory records, technical reports, application notes, formulation guidelines, test methods, presentations, and customer-support documentation in accordance with company procedures, quality expectations,