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Lagos, Nigeria

•Continuing to spearhead excellence in personal care product development across Sub-Saharan Africa by successfully developing cosmetic products in skincare, haircare, babycare, facecare, antiperspirant/deodorants, oral care and hygiene categories.•Coordinated sensory, product efficacy, and consumer testing for new/improved products to ensure alignment with product briefs and specification.•Aiding the sales team achieve their sales targets and objectives of customer engagements by relaying market trends with concepts and products developed. •Conducted fragrance assessment for baby and aromatherapy products to ensure they meet specifications and delight the customer. •Tackling challenges encountered during pilot runs and facilitating the seamless transition from laboratory batches to full-scale commercial production. • Responsible for strict compliance to GLP, GMP and EHS Practices.•Expertise in transforming and communicating scientific and technical information to diverse audience and customers. Conducting hands- on laboratory training sessions for internal and external customers.•Oversaw quality, stability testing and product safety by promoting brilliance execution and maintaining compliance to quality systems.•Continuously monitor personal care regulatory developments from regulatory agencies across Sub-Saharan Africa, assessing the impact of legislative changes on cosmetic product development and implement strategies to ensure products developed are in compliance.•Developed strategies for product margin improvement by identifying optimization opportunities in products formulation to reduce costs and enhance profits margins.•Cross functional collaboration with global and regional teams and stakeholders e.g., marketing, quality control/assurance and key stakeholders in consumer insights survey, product concept development, concept testing, product development, sales and marketing drives, projects, and implementation.

Lagos, Nigeria

Handled the development of new products, processes and improved already existing processes and formulations. • Prepared and tested new/improved formulations against project objectives to ensure requirements were met. • Ensured formulation optimization and enhanced margins through exploring the use of identified cheaper alternative raw materials. • Expertly carried out quarterly competitive evaluation of all product against competitors to find out areas for improvement. • Carried out literature researches and benchmark studies as it relates to the company’s product offering.•Working with supply chain to source for adequate raw materials. Provision of required technical assistant/support and training/awareness to production, marketing, customer service/sales team and internal staff. •Customers Site visit and customer’s complaint resolution.•Process support activity during production.•Quality control / assurance checks on products during and after production to ensure quality product.

•Sales and distribution of company’s product to achieve set sales targets.•Discovered and brought in 7 more distributors into the league of company’s distributors.• Expert customer service and management.• Business growth and market expansion strategies.•Liaising with and engaging targeted doctors to prescribe company’s products utilizing effective persuasive and sales skills. •Establish and maintain relationship with customers and distributors, providing product awareness and samples.

Enugu (Nigeria)

Quality control/assurance analyst, caring out in-process checks on batches of drugs, Ivy table water and Ivy cream soda during production.Process auditor during manufacturing of drugs, water and Ivy cream soda to ensure that GMP and proper house keeping procedures were followed.

Master Of Engineering - Meng, Process Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Biochemistry