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Greystone Partners
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Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Senior Chemist
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Job Type: Full-time |
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Salary: £48,000 per annum |
Overview
My Client is a Global leading organisation. They are seeking a Senior Chemist to join the business on a pemanent, full time basis. The Senior Chemist will be responsible to: · Oversee the development and optimization of robust 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 KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE: We are seeking someone who has experience of Design of Experiments (DOE) · 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. · Strong chemistry and materials science knowledge · Able to present complex information clearly to both technical and non-technical people effectively. · Good understanding of coatings market and formulation best practices. · Sounds knowledge of the European Regulatory landscape. · Knowledge of industry testing standards · Experienced introducing new Products into a manufacturing environment · Proven track records of writing and giving posters/ papers at international conferences/ meetings · 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. For more information and in the strictest of confidence, please contact us as soon as you can as this is a business critical role.