About Estée Lauder
Estée Lauder is a global prestige beauty house with a legacy of innovation, elegance, and entrepreneurial spirit dating back to 1946. As an employer, the company offers the opportunity to contribute to a portfolio of admired luxury and beauty brands while upholding high standards of creativity, consumer insight, and excellence. It cultivates a dynamic, inclusive workplace where talent is encouraged to lead with imagination, collaborate across cultures, and grow through learning and mobility. Guided by its heritage and a forward-looking vision, Estée Lauder appeals to professionals seeking meaningful careers in a refined, international, and purpose-driven environment.
The Commercialization Engineering Technologist is a site-based technical role responsible for enabling robust commercialization, process scale-up, and sustained manufacturing performance of new and existing products at the Hillmount manufacturing facility. This position translates product development intent into stable, repeatable manufacturing processes that meet quality, safety, delivery, and cost objectives, driving right-first-time execution and manufacturing readiness prior to commercial release.
Role & Responsibilities
- Lead site technical execution of the commercialization process for new product launches, ensuring products are translated into stable, repeatable manufacturing processes meeting Estée Lauder Companies specifications, quality standards, and defined cost targets
- Provide site technical capability assessments, equipment constraint analysis, and manufacturing feasibility input to support manufacturing location and network decision-making
- Maintain cross-functional communication throughout commercialization to ensure site manufacturability, validated process parameters, and confirmed line readiness prior to product release
- Lead site pFMEA (Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis) risk assessments to proactively identify production risks and ensure mitigation actions are embedded into control plans and standard work
- Plan, execute, and document site-based engineering trials and end-to-end line verification runs, establish validated process parameters, confirm critical control points, and verify process capability
- Collaborate with Packaging Development, Brand Quality, Supplier Quality, R&D, and Process Development teams to translate product design intent into executable manufacturing processes
- Participate in dFMEA (Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis) activities with development teams to mitigate potential design failure and provide manufacturing feasibility input
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering preferred
- 3 years of relevant experience in manufacturing, process engineering, or new product development
- Proficiency with Lean Manufacturing techniques including Root Cause Analysis, Failure Mode and Effects Analysis, and Statistical Process Control
- Experience in filling and packaging technologies within the cosmetic, pharmaceutical, or food and beverage industry
- Expert proficiency with Microsoft Office applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePoint
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, both oral and written
- Ability to work proactively with tight deadlines and deliver technical reports and presentations to director-level audiences
- Knowledge of packaging materials is advantageous
Skills
Experience
3 years of experience in new product development processes, project management, and manufacturing environments. Demonstrated proficiency in filling and packaging technologies within the cosmetic, pharmaceutical, or food and beverage industries. Track record of managing engineering trials, process scale-up, and product commercialization initiatives.
Education
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering preferred.
Workplace
This position is based in Markham, Ontario, Canada, within easy reach of Toronto.
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Compensation
The base compensation for this position ranges from CAD 63,900 to CAD 95,900 per annum.
Benefits
Health insurance coverage, wellness and family support programs, life and disability insurance, retirement savings plans, education-related programs, paid holidays and vacation time, and competitive incentive compensation programs including commission/bonus eligibility.
Culture
Estée Lauder fosters a high-performance, collaborative culture rooted in prestige beauty, innovation, and a deep understanding of consumers around the world. As an employer, the company values creativity, entrepreneurial thinking, inclusion, and continuous development, offering employees the opportunity to contribute to iconic brands while growing in a dynamic global environment.
About Cerulean
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