Senior Technical Expert - Decorative Coatings Americas
Core
Senior technical expert providing market representation, application support, and new product development for Decorative Coatings (Architectural, Floor, Wood) in the Americas.
Role type
Senior Applied Technology Lead (Coatings)
Builds
Decorative Coatings products and solutions for Architectural, Floor, and Wood applications (via careerplan.io/jobs/R47817-senior-technical-expert-decorative-coatings-americas-at-evonik)
Domain
Chemical industry / Coatings / Additives
Required skills
Chemistry or Chemical Engineering expertise, new product development leadership, application testing, market strategy, cross-functional collaboration, EHSQ compliance
Preferred skills
Patent application experience, intellectual property activities, global key account management
Technologies
Coating additives, resins, formulation technology
Responsibilities
Serve as primary technical contact for North American Decorative Coatings applications; Provide technical service and application support via customer visits and presentations; Lead application testing, product benchmarking, and technical evaluations; Drive new product process development projects with RD&I and ART teams; Define and supervise experimental work for product development; Monitor market trends to develop regional market strategies; Partner with Marketing to create customer-facing technical materials; Lead internal expert committees and knowledge transfer initiatives; Demonstrate leadership in EHSQ safety practices
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities