ACCOUNTABILITY:

 

The Personal Care Application Manager is responsible for the development of hair care and Bath & shower technologies aligning with regional marketing strategy and ensure to achieve technical delivery. Strengthen in-depth technologies know-how in responsible area. Coordinate and allocate resources to Shanghai lab daily operation to ensure sufficient support.

 

   RESPONSIBILITIES:

 

Technology Development and Implementation

Explore the unmet needs or technical gap and work closely with regional marketing, technical and commercial team to develop regional innovation projects pipeline, lead in developing the new applications / technologies for APAC. Manage the assigned projects by systematically design the experiments, qualifying in performing the tests, developing the trustable/accurate data, drawing the right conclusion, and reporting the results at a timely manner to support business growth. Work closely with global technical and marketing team to leverage global expertise, extend regional capabilities and lead to implement into regional projects. Strengthen personal care technical capabilities for APAC team by developing new methodologies, new practices, and new insights.   Work closely with plant pilot-line and manufacturing team to ensure the progress and delivery of technical transfer and local internal development projects. Support regional open innovation, initiative and progress external collaborative projects. Improve Lubrizol impact in industrial associations, universities, and market by presenting in key tradeshow and exhibition, publishing papers, webinar or filing patents etc.

 

Sales Support

Support the regional sales and marketing teams for key customer engagement with technical service support and customer project development, mainly focus on personal care (hair care and Bath & Shower) global and regional key accounts. Ensure timely and appropriate technical training of sales, marketing teams, and distributor partners.

 

Laboratory Management

Manage, lead and develop the application team towards high effectiveness and operation excellence. Ensure that safe working practices are adhered to and maintained at all times. Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of products, formulations, process and other know-how.

 

   REQUIREMENTS (education, experience, competencies and specific job requirements):

 

Master or above degree majoring in polymer, material science, chemistry, chemical engineering or related field with 8 years of experience. Experience in the personal care industry highly preferred. Experience in polymer, formulation, process and product development highly preferred. Good understanding of customer base, formulation habits, technical development status or trend of different countries in Asia Pacific will be a good plus. Strong project management capability. Strong leadership and interpersonal skills in order to drive results through cross functional environments. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Expected travel approximately 30%.