Inks R&D Team Leader
Dover Corporation
- Marly, Freiburg
- Unbefristet
- Vollzeit
- Lead, develop, and mentor a team of professional chemists including MSc and PhD employees.
- Develop inkjet ink formulation specifications/parameters in correlation with the technology and application constraints, (rheology, adhesion, resistances…) through the team or with his/her own projects.
- Understand technology capabilities and limitations in the applications scope and define priorities with the Marketing, Project Manager, and Inks R&D Director.
- Manage short- and longer-term priorities considering resource constraints and business strategies.
- Organize the overall research plan: specifications, design development and test of applications that respond to market needs.
- Commit on delivery and anticipate next steps for prototypes, formulations, resources, suppliers, third parties… coordinate with other Markem-Imaje functions.
- Support Intellectual Property strategy and coordinate regulation & product compliance with relevant Markem-Imaje departments.
- Communicate projects status with appropriate media (notes, reports, presentation…).
- Support the business development team for roadmap definition and for the marketing/technical documentation creation.
- Contribute to the external communication on applications and on the technologies, participate to customer meetings, videos, conferences, and external events.
- Responsible to implement Markem-Imaje Environmental Health and Safety Policy.
- The position requires some travels in Europe (rarely in US).
- PhD or Master's degree in Chemistry, Material Science, Rheology, Fluid mechanic.
- Ideally
- Ability to deal with uncertainty and manage technical risk.
- Fluent in English is a must. Good level in French is preferred.
- Entrepreneurial spirit and team player.
- Results driven.
- High ethical standards, openness, and trust.
- Respect and value people.
- Great package Fix + annual bonus program
- Home-Office policy (2 days work from home/week)
- Healthcare Cash Plan
- Life Insurance
- Collaborative entrepreneurial spirit
- Winning through customers
- High ethical standards, openness and trust
- Expectations for results
- Respect and value people