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Manager, Product Development Resins

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Job Field: Research & Development
Location: Shanghai, CN, 200000
Company: BASF Asia Pacific
Job Type: Experienced
Job ID: EN_CN_24616

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Description

BASF has been a committed partner to Greater China since 1885. With major investments in Nanjing, Shanghai and Chongqing, BASF is one of the largest foreign investors in the Chinese chemical industry, and maintains the BASF Asia Pacific Innovation Campus in Shanghai as a research and development hub for the Asia Pacific region. Objectives

  • Develops and provides technical solutions for complex product development projects using BASF PhaseGate Innovation Process
  • Improves existing and develops new industrial coatings products in support of our business growth strategy in Asia Pacific
  • Supports production trouble-shooting and manufacturing problem-solving to ensure product quality and consistency, and to reduce or eliminate the production of off-spec materials
  • Interacts, communicates and collaborates with key customers to better understand unmet customer needs and identify product development opportunities
  • Leads lab team and cross-functional Phase-Gate Innovation project teams to achieve project objectives in a timely manner

Main Tasks

  • Helps establish our new industrial coatings product development team and laboratory
  • Works closely with business partners and customers and actively identifies new product development & innovation opportunities for this new EDR team
  • Manages PhaseGate projects and cross-functional and cross-regional project teams to achieve deliverables/targets in a timely manner. Develops new products that meet or exceed customer requirement.
  • Organizes and supervises roles, responsibilities and work routines within the lab team
  • Directs and provides required training for the work of one or more chemists or technicians and supervises visiting students or scientists on temporary assignments
  • Contributes and adheres to Safety and Environmental standards of the Corporation, Division and Site
  • An individual as well as team contributor, who helps others and the organization to be successful

Requirements

  • PhD (preferred) or Master’s degree in Chemistry (preferably polymer-related or organic synthesis fields) or Chemical Engineering, PhD preferred.
  • with at least 8 years of experience of conducting scientific experiments in chemical labs (including study period)
  • PhD’s degree with at least 2 years industrial experience, overseas experience preferred. Experiences in polymerization, controlled/living radical polymerization, coating formulation and performance testing are highly desirable.
  • Master’s degree with at least 8 years industrial experience, overseas experience preferred. Experiences in polymerization, controlled/living radical polymerization, coating formulation and performance testing are highly desirable
  • fluent English (reading, writing and presenting)


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