Product Development Expert – Engineering Plastics

vor 3 Wochen

Leuna, Deutschland SIMPLEX Recruitment Vollzeit

Position Purpose:

  • Drive innovation and serve as key point of contact for product development across the designated segment.
  • Provide support and guidance to the project leaders.


Major / key accountabilities:

Knowledge management:

  • Actively share information on scientific, technological developments, market trends, competitor activities, and customer insights within the segment.
  • Facilitate communication among stakeholders and promote knowledge sharing.
  • Consolidate knowledge through the creation of internal reports.
  • Intellectual property management within the assigned segment, including patent filing and patent surveys.
  • Train and coach colleagues in the domain of expertise.


Representation and promotion of innovation:

  • Engage in the scientific community through networking, conferences, and presentations.
  • Foster strong collaboration with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of innovation initiatives into the product development process.
  • Promote new technologies and products within the company and to customers.


New product and expertise development:

  • Manage and execute strategic innovation projects to develop new material solutions for assigned applications and to develop technical expertise for future product and application development projects.
  • Organize project meetings, define project deliverables, monitor timelines and resources, and report deviations.
  • Consolidate project information in reporting tools.
  • Assess and mitigate risks associated with innovation projects.
  • Support customer facing team to understand and identify customer or market requirements and technical expectations and translate them into product characteristics.
  • Coordinate project execution with internal labs and industrial teams.


Leverage technical expertise to support the organization:

  • Assist the Raw Material Manager in surveying raw materials, identifying new raw material projects, and executing the raw material project pipeline.
  • Lead strategic raw material projects.
  • Support the industrialization team and facilitate the implementation of raw material changes.
  • Support the sales organization and industrial team when technical expertise is requested.


Experience:

  • At least 8 years of experience in an R&D function within the field of engineering plastics with a deep understanding of products, technologies, and applications.
  • Proven experience in effectively managing innovation projects from ideation to completion, including defining project scopes, timelines, and resource allocation.
  • Experience in leading and mentoring teams.
  • Knowledge or experience in the consumer and/or industrial market.
  • PhD or MSc in Polymer Science, Material Science or Chemistry.


Skills:

  • Strong leadership skills to guide and inspire cross-functional teams and mentor staff in innovation and product development.
  • Proficiency in project management techniques to effectively plan, execute, and monitor innovation projects.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Achievement drive.
  • Customer and business orientation.
  • Curiosity.
  • Languages: English is required; German/Italian are desirable.

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