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Döhler
10d ago

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

Darmstadt
Full-timeOn-siteSenior

Description

You will lead a global center of excellence, bridging the gap between technical R&D and commercial strategy to secure market dominance through innovative coloring and coating solutions.

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Requirements

  • Degree in food technology, chemistry or comparable
  • Ideally Master's or PhD thesis
  • Experience in natural colors, B2B or B2C
  • Focus on food and beverages
  • Preferably contact with personal care or pet food
  • Proactive and creative attitude
  • Analytical and conceptual competence
  • Desirable international customer engagement experience
  • Convincing leadership and decision making skills
  • Experience in people and subject leadership
  • Reliable and independent way of working
  • Business acumen and commercial fluency
  • Experience with change management
  • Open and communicative nature

Education

Bachelor's degree
OR
Master's degree
OR
Doctoral / PhD

Tasks

  • Transform the unit into a global center of excellence
  • Drive talent succession planning and organizational design
  • Lead and coach a high-performing R&D team
  • Develop the strategic three-to-five-year innovation roadmap
  • Optimize production processes for coloring products
  • Evaluate research results and recommend strategic actions
  • Lead R&D for food colors and coatings
  • Adapt products for pet food and cosmetic applications
  • Characterize new formulations using analytical methods
  • Translate analytical results into specification recommendations
  • Coordinate with product management, production, and quality assurance
  • Support technical scaling from laboratory to industrial production
  • Align R&D capabilities with commercial strategy
  • Maintain and sharpen the raw material portfolio
  • Standardize processes and update product data

Languages

EnglishBusiness Fluent

Benefits

Informal Culture

  • Friendly and informal atmosphere
  • Family-owned company
  • Flat hierarchies
  • Short communication channels
  • Helpful colleagues

Purpose-Driven Work

  • Integral business success contribution
  • Opportunity for responsibility

Modern Equipment

  • State-of-the-art technologies
  • IT leasing
  • Mobile phone contracts

Bonuses & Incentives

  • Anniversary payments
  • Special payments
  • Employee referral bonuses

Team Events

  • Christmas parties
  • Company events

Competitive Pay

  • Financial benefits

Corporate Discounts

  • Online shop discounts
  • Shopping and travel discounts
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