Senior Chemist with Decorative Coatings experience

The Senior Chemist will be responsible to:

• Oversee the development and optimization of robust coatings formulations from lab to production scale and support as required once in the market. 
• Contribute to the ideation and innovation process and build a pipeline of innovation projects effectively and drive current and future new product development (NPD) projects.
• Use Six Sigma tools and methodologies to rationalize and simplify the product portfolio, raw material basket and reduce overall complexity.
• Proactively organize and carry comparative studies and competitor benchmarking,
• Host and visit customers together with the sales & marketing teams to develop new business and support existing business opportunities.
• Lead, coach and train junior co-workers (R&D & Product/ Marketing), plan and efficiently coordinate work

 

• Degree in chemical engineering, chemistry, polymer/materials science or related technical discipline with 7+ years coatings experience - decorative coatings.
• Proven experience of product development using project plans within a stage-gated process 
• Able to present clear and structured project plans within the above referenced stage-gated process. 
• Able to present complex information clearly to both technical and non-technical people effectively.
• Good understanding of coatings market and formulation best practices. 
• Knowledge of industry testing standards (ISO/ EN/ ASTM). 
• Experienced introducing new Products into a manufacturing environment
• Demonstrates willingness to share knowledge, train and teach other members of the team and wider teams as required. 
• Able to run projects across/impacting multiple departments and sites.
• Demonstrates good knowledge of local manufacturing site and be able to map processes using Lean Six Sigma tools. 

 

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