R&D Lab Specialist I at Bath & Body Works

At Bath & Body Works, everyone belongs. We are committed to creating a culture of belonging focused on delivering exceptional fragrances and experiences to our customers. We focus on recruiting, retaining, and advancing top talent. In addition, we work to improve our communities and our planet to help the world live more fully.

Purpose: Perform standardized product and packaging testing in development of consumer packaging E2E. Use test methods based on industry standards to assure quality, compliance and satisfaction of brand product goals.

Scope: Lead all commercialization testing for relative brand(s) and communicate results to various cross functional partners while meeting established timelines to ensure a successful product launch. Responsibility includes testing for product stability, compatibility, and packaging.

Accountability: Report directly to the Senior Lab Engineer – R&D Testing Lab. Indirectly work with Product Development / Package Engineering / Quality Assurance / Research and Development within BBW and third party vendors.

Desired Outcomes: Thorough evaluation of every consumer product and package to ensure functionality, performance, and usage. Maintenance of SAP PLM and data systems. Assure all PDR / packaging requests are placed on test. Build external vendor relationships as well as internal cross functional relationships!

Responsibilities

• Responsible for supervising incoming samples for all vital commercialization testing.
• Insures correctness of samples as per packaging test plan or PDR.
• Reviews test request to insure all pertinent information is present.
• Sets up and places samples on test and pulls for review on the appropriate schedule.
• Performs indicated tests for stability, compatibility, and package testing on various product forms.
• Works with approved vendors to supervise and handle external stability testing by identifying, communicating, and resolving OOS conditions.
• Tracks and reports results for both commercialized and non-commercialized projects.
• Lead and maintain all project tracking tools (test orders, OOS, etc.) and input results into database system.
• Perform testing priorities as indicated by timelines, such as compatibility, transit, product resistance, etc. and insure testing is completed in a timely manner according to test plans.
• Maintain SOP and test method procedures.
• Communicate out of specification test results in a timely manner.
• Participate in commercialization meetings and handle cross functional relationships by efficiently communicating testing status.
• Assist complaint investigations and resolutions as pertaining to package components.

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