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Global R&D Lead - Colours and Coatings(m/w/x)
Aligning global R&D lab operations for natural colours and coatings at a natural ingredients producer. Complex international operations management experience required. Family-owned company.
Requirements
- 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
Tasks
- 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
Work Experience
- approx. 4 - 6 years
Education
- Bachelor's degreeOR
- Master's degree
Languages
- English – Business Fluent
Benefits
Informal Culture
- Friendly and informal atmosphere
- Family-owned company
- Flat hierarchies
- Short communication channels
- Helpful colleagues
Free or Subsidized Food
- Contribution to future nutrition
Purpose-Driven Work
- Opportunity to take responsibility
Modern Equipment
- State-of-the-art technologies
Bonuses & Incentives
- Anniversary payments
- Special payments
- Employee referral bonuses
Team Events
- Christmas parties
- Company events
Competitive Pay
- Financial benefits
Corporate Discounts
- IT leasing discounts
- Mobile phone contract discounts
- Shopping discounts
- Travel discounts
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Global R&D Lead - Colours and Coatings(m/w/x)
Aligning global R&D lab operations for natural colours and coatings at a natural ingredients producer. Complex international operations management experience required. Family-owned company.
Requirements
- 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
Tasks
- 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
Work Experience
- approx. 4 - 6 years
Education
- Bachelor's degreeOR
- Master's degree
Languages
- English – Business Fluent
Benefits
Informal Culture
- Friendly and informal atmosphere
- Family-owned company
- Flat hierarchies
- Short communication channels
- Helpful colleagues
Free or Subsidized Food
- Contribution to future nutrition
Purpose-Driven Work
- Opportunity to take responsibility
Modern Equipment
- State-of-the-art technologies
Bonuses & Incentives
- Anniversary payments
- Special payments
- Employee referral bonuses
Team Events
- Christmas parties
- Company events
Competitive Pay
- Financial benefits
Corporate Discounts
- IT leasing discounts
- Mobile phone contract discounts
- Shopping discounts
- Travel discounts
About the Company
Döhler
Industry
Food
Description
The company is a leading global producer of natural ingredients and solutions for the food, beverage, lifestyle and nutrition industries.
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