The Role
At Notpla, we create disappearing packaging carefully engineered for a healthy planet. Founded on the belief that nature knows best, we’re an innovative, ideas and action-oriented scale-up developing and manufacturing packaging solutions from seaweed and plants that disappear naturally.We are currently looking to bring in a Head of Formulation & Process to lead our Formulation and Process Development groups. This is a senior role, with full remit over the developing our existing and next generation of products, leading the scientific arm of the business.
At Notpla, we strongly believe in our mission and our employees' ability to help us achieve our goals. We encourage everyone who joins us to develop and grow and take responsibility for your domain without micromanagement. Our objective is to foster a fantastic business culture that is reflected in our working policies and environment.
Besides offering exciting roles and a great working environment, Notpla provides competitive salaries, the potential for EMI Share Options, a zero-carbon pension scheme, discounts with local businesses, and subsidised social activities. Our flexible working policy allows you to work at your own pace.
We are a social business with regular clubs and events, and we are proud of how our diverse workplace has created a community that is all pushing towards the common goal of making plastic disappear.
As the Head of Formulation & Process, you will be part of our newly formed Technology and Operations group. This multidisciplinary team is responsible for bringing new formulations from the lab to the market by scaling up manufacturing processes to deliver cost-competitive packaging solutions. You will lead both the Formulation group, focusing on continuous development and improvement of formulations, and the Process group, which identifies suitable manufacturing techniques and scales up formulations to industrial production. Your role will include standardising processes to ensure high-quality, cost-efficient production and collaborating closely with the Supply Chain and Operations team to transition products to continuous production.