Product Innovation Chemist, Radiation Curing Technology

As a Product Innovation Chemist you will be supporting Teknos strategy and targets to be perceived as an innovative and a sustainable coating system provider globally. On a daily basis you will be searching, evaluating and developing new materials and technologies for Teknos, focusing on transformative innovations which are generally targeting for several years ahead.

This is a global role, reporting to Innovations Manager and will be located in Alzenau, Germany.

Daily tasks and responsibilities:

• Scouting for ideas and technologies over own expertise area
• Combining know-how over different technologies to find new products and applications for Teknos
• Executing development projects for creating new products and applications for Teknos
• Planning and participating piloting of new products and applications
• Sharing information cross-teams and cross-functions to accelerate launch of new products and applications
• Planning and executing idea evaluation through scouting, feasibility studies and proof of concept phases; Planning of laboratory work and testing; Evaluating results and deciding on next steps
• Acting as a project manager for chosen development projects and supporting innovation commercialization steps
• Searching, documenting and sharing new ideas according to Teknos’ idea management process
• Supporting communication of innovation activities by preparing data and visualization of results
• Sharing new ideas with Product Development (R&D) teams
• Planning and participating product/ technology trials with partners and customers
• Finding contacts and partners to execute new testing and new testing methods for Teknos
• Participating and contributing to chosen co-innovation actions with partners and customers

Key skills and qualifications:

• Several years of experience in UV- and other Radiation Curing technologies, including expertise on different raw materials, application methods and curing systems used in radiation curing
• Ability to consider new application areas for radiation curing chemistry and new building blocks to polymers to increase sustainability of radiation curing coatings and proces
• Contact network to raw material suppliers, line equipment manufacturers and energy source producers
• Minimum Master’s degree on chemistry or materials engineering or similar
• Open minded, ability to recognize opportunities with new materials and processes, and combine information to create new products and applications
• Curious mindset, considering new ways to use and combine materials and technologies
• Open communicator, willingness to share information and ideas
• Organized way of sharing and documenting information, ability to write unambiguous instructions to technicians
• Ability to create clear, consistent and concise project plans with target in mind
• Proven record for new product development capabilities
• Skills to use PLM/ PDM systems
• Located in Alzenau area in Germany and capable to communicate in English