
Specialisms
About Us
Merritt Recruitment is an award-winning specialist recruitment agency for the chemicals, life sciences, polymer, coatings, personal care and cosmetics industries. Founded by Dr Laura Merritt with a PhD in Chemistry and a background spanning 20 years of international recruitment experience. Merritt Recruitment is passionate about science & technology and the talent that contributes to their success. We network at leading industry events and forums to raise awareness of the incredible career options available in our industries for new graduates and experienced professionals. Our goal is to bring together talented people with leading companies to drive innovation and sustainability.

Latest Jobs
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Essex Procurement Manager
Procurement Manager
Highly Competitive
Exciting Procurement Manager opportunity with an innovative manufacturer of cosmetics, skin care and personal care products. This is a newly create...
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England Business Manager
Business Development Manager - Adhesives
40 - 50k, car, bonus and benefits
Location: Home Based in Southern England Training & Career Progression European adhesives manufacturer is expanding its UK operation with an...
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United Kingdom Sales Manager
Business Development Manager – Personal Care & Cosmetics
50 - 60k with car & bonus
LOCATION: Home Based in Southern England Pioneers in the creation of specialty chemicals and groundbreaking technologies for the cosmetics and p...
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United Kingdom Technical Sales E...
Sales & Technical Service Manager - Polymers for Coatings, Elastomers and Foams
Highly Competitive & Excellent Benefits
LOCATION: Hybrid, home based with travel to HQ & Customers Are you ready for an exciting career opportunity that combines technical expertise ...
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United Kingdom Business Manager
Business Development Manager – Petrochemicals, Intermediates & Polymers
70-75k plus benefits
Home Based in the UK - ideally in the Manchester area / M62 corridor Great opportunity to grow an international business, our client is based in...
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Poland Sales Manager
Business Development Manager – Personal Care & Cosmetics
Highly Competitive, Company Car & Excellent Benefits
LOCATION: Poland, Home Based Are you an experienced in New Business Development with a first class technical background? Do you excel in introdu...
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European Union Quality Manager
Global Quality Manager
from 85k+ with benefits
Location: Europe - Hybrid with UK HQ and Global manufacturing sites Global manufacturer has a newly created role, Quality Manager, to oversee qu...
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European Union Sales Manager
Export Manager - Cosmetics & Personal Care - Far East
Highly Competitive & Excellent Benefits
Location: Home Based in Europe with extensive travel to Asia Exciting role to manage export activities for a leading French manufacturer of cosm...
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Success Stories & History
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SCS Formulate 2023
Merritt Recruitment exhibits at SCS Formulate
Merritt Recruitment will be on stand 511 at SCS Formulate Our Consultants Laura Merritt and Jeremy Clarke will be attending -They will be happy to discuss your business recrui...
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New Team Member
Jeremy Clarke
Merritt Recruitment is delighted to welcome Jeremy Clarketo our team.Jeremy is an accomplished Senior Director of Business Development.His experience is in shaping and executin...
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REC Member
Ethics, equity, integrity & professional conduct
Merritt Recruitment are proud to be a member of the REC. We follow the REC Code of Professional Practice to ensure we maintain the highest principles of ethics, equity, integ...
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Natasha
Test Engineer
I highly recommend Laura from Merritt Recruitment as the most professional and friendly recruiter I've met on my job seeking adventure! She's willing to share her advice and ...
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Surfex 2022
First exhibition
Merritt Recruitment exhibited for the first time at Surfex 2022. Thank you for everyone who dropped by the stand. We were delighted to see so many candidates and clients. To...
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Khareen
Regulatory Affairs Consultant
Dear Laura, Thank you SO much for securing me a job so rapidly and efficiently! I really appreciate it! I look forward to starting mid November! Thank you! Khareen
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2021
October 2021 Blog page is launched
Merritt Recruitment has launched our Blog page. We will keep you updated with Interview Tips, Career Advice, Industry News, Recruitment Strategies and our thoughts on how to...
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2021
September 2021 New Website
Merritt Recruitment is delighted to confirm we have a fully functioned website. Clients can contacted us directly and Candidates can review vacancies, apply for roles and set u...
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2021
January 2021: Growth in job market
In spite of the downturn facing the Chemical industry due to Brexit and the fallout of the Covid pandemic, Merritt Recruitment is delighted to see that certain sectors are exp...
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2020
January 2020: Commercial & Technical Roles
With Merritt Recruitment’s reputation beginning to grow, we saw a greater diversity of roles which included SMEs, Universities and Global Organisations. We were also lucky eno...
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2019
January 2019: New Company
Merritt Recruitment was established. We started by developing a database of screened candidates from our core industries, Chemical, Coatings, Polymers and Personal Care &...
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Stephen
Technical Sales Manager
"Laura is always my first port of call for finding and filling roles in the coatings industry. Laura specialises in placing great people in great roles"
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Graham
General Manager
Merritt Recruitment are the industry experts, we found Merritt Recruitment to be highly professional and knowledgeable
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James
Managing Director
Merritt Recruitment have a extraordinary reach, finding candidates at all levels from Graduate to Senior Managers
Blogs
Recruitment Strategy, Interview Tips, Career Advice & Industry News
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candidate advice
01 November 2023
Is it the right time to take the leap into a new career?
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recruitment strategy
30 September 2023
Is the Best Recruitment Strategy Quality over Quantity?
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talent shortage
29 August 2023
Are You Hunting Unicorns?
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CV advice
04 August 2023
Do you want to get your CV noticed?
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life sciences
21 July 2023
Research in the Life Sciences versus the Chemicals Industry
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cosmetics
07 June 2023
Meet our Consultants at SCS Formulate 2023
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