Guerlain Laboratory Technician — Packaging & Finished Products (AC)
Guerlain in Orphin (Ile‑de‑France) seeks a Laboratory Technician — Packaging & Finished Products (AC). Permanent, full‑time QC role on the production site.
Overview
Guerlain is a historic French haute parfumerie and cosmetics house renowned for artisanal craftsmanship and olfactory excellence. As part of the LVMH group, the maison combines heritage savoir‑faire with contemporary product and brand elevation initiatives, operating production and quality teams that prioritise luxury standards and regulatory compliance.
Role & Responsibilities
- Perform incoming controls of packaging items (articles de conditionnement) on receipt according to laboratory procedures, safety and hygiene rules to determine conformity and enable product release.
- Record and maintain control results in the laboratory's computerized system.
- Manage non‑conformities in direct liaison with packaging suppliers and internal packaging stakeholders; issue and circulate quality notices.
- Participate in root‑cause analysis and follow up on defined corrective actions until closure.
- Support and act as backup for updating quality definition elements (control plans/gammes de contrôle, BAT, BAG, kits/panoplies and reference samples/témoins) and create new control methods as required.
Qualifications
- Associate degree (Bac+2) or equivalent in Production, Quality, Packaging or related discipline.
- Minimum three years' experience in Quality Control, ideally within cosmetics packaging or finished‑product control.
- Solid knowledge of cosmetics industry quality frameworks (Bonnes Pratiques de Fabrication / GMP and ISO standards).
- Strong analytical mindset, rigorous work methods, autonomy and collaborative team orientation.
- Proficiency in Excel and SAP; familiarity with laboratory computerized systems.
- Working knowledge of technical English.
Skills
Experience
Minimum 3 years of professional experience in quality control, preferably within the cosmetics industry or packaging control for finished products.
Education
Bac+2 (Associate degree) in Production, Quality, Packaging or equivalent.
Workplace
The role is situated in Orphin, Île-de-France, France — conveniently close to Paris. There are currently 7 open positions in Orphin on Cerulean, with 2 added recently. Within Île-de-France, Cerulean currently features 3.727 open roles, including 101 recent additions. Across France, Cerulean lists 4.275 open roles — 127 of them newly added.
Culture
Guerlain blends deep artisanal heritage with a modern drive for product and brand elevation, operating within the LVMH luxury ecosystem. The workplace values precision, regulatory rigor and collaborative cross‑functional work between production, quality and supplier partners.
About Cerulean
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