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As a global leader in prestige beauty, we serve over half a billion consumers annually through renowned brands such as Estée Lauder, MAC, Jo Malone London, and Clinique, across more than 150 countries.\nWe are looking for a technically driven VRO Engineer to join our Technical Transfer team. In this role, you will provide technical expertise across a range of manufacturing projects, including the transfer of commercialised processes into the facility, transitioning processes across different manufacturing equipment and kettle types/sizes, production support and troubleshooting, and Right First Time (RFT) improvement initiatives.\nWorking closely with R&D, Quality, Technical Services and Manufacturing teams, you will play an important role in resolving manufacturing challenges, improving process robustness and identifying opportunities to continuously improve our ways of working.\nKey Responsibilities\nExecute VRO activities and projects relating to the transfer and optimisation of manufacturing processes.\nProvide technical expertise across assigned projects, anticipating potential issues and developing appropriate plans and solutions.\nLead technical investigations into manufacturing issues, identifying root causes and developing sustainable corrective and preventative 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