Global R&D Lead - Colours and Coatings(m/w/x)

Beschreibung

You will lead a global R&D team to drive innovation in colors and coatings, bridging the gap between technical laboratory excellence and commercial strategy to shape the future of the product portfolio.

Anforderungen

• •Degree in food technology, chemistry or comparable
• •Ideally Master's or PhD thesis
• •Strong management and project execution experience
• •Ability to manage complex international operations
• •Beneficial experience in natural colors field
• •Strong leadership and project management skills
• •Proactive and creative innovation impulse generator
• •High analytical and conceptual competence
• •Desirable international customer engagement experience
• •Confident decision making and goal setting
• •Experience in people and subject leadership
• •Reliable and independent working style
• •Business acumen and commercial fluency
• •Experience with change management
• •Open and communicative nature

Aufgaben

• •Transform the unit into a global center of excellence
• •Align complex laboratory operations across three continents
• •Drive talent succession planning and organizational design
• •Lead and coach a multicultural, cross-border team
• •Develop the strategic innovation roadmap for market dominance
• •Optimize production processes for coloring products and formulations
• •Evaluate research results and provide recommendations for action
• •Lead R&D for food colors and coatings
• •Adapt existing products for pet food and cosmetics
• •Characterize new formulations using spectrophotometric and analytical methods
• •Translate analytical results into technical specification recommendations
• •Coordinate with product management, production, and quality assurance
• •Provide technical support for industrial production scaling
• •Bridge the gap between R&D and commercial strategy
• •Maintain and sharpen the raw material portfolio
• •Standardize processes and maintain market-oriented product data

Benefits