Battery Lead Specialist

YOUR ROLE

• Leverage existing data on market and customer analytics to identify relevant trends and technology in your PD area of expertise.
  
• Use external data to model and forecast customer behavior and market segmentation.
  
• Develop and maintain KPIs to identify optimization potential in PD processes and cost footprint and guide implementation.
  
• Leverage an internal network to share best-practices in process and product development and drive standardization across the business.
  
• Connect with external stakeholders (suppliers, customers, research institues) to support quantitative trend analysis with qualitative feedback.
  
• Communicate and cooperate with the marketing organization as well as presentation of technological results both externally and internally.
  
• Lead the PD team from the respective program and guide them in individualized skill development.
  
• Act as a mentor towards junior colleagues in fostering a culture of innovation.
  
• Manage and steer innovation development programs at the operational level.
  
• Plan, coordinate and implement the project portfolio of adhesives, sealant and coating technology including cost control and timing.
  
• Implement formulation optimizations with regard to cost of goods, raw material substitutions, adaptation of a formulation to customer processes.
  
• Manage the development and modification of chemical formulations of adhesives, sealants.

YOUR SKILLS

• Knowledge and >5 yrs experience on the cell development and battery pack development.
  
• Understanding the performance requirement for the material in the cell and in the pack level assembling.
  
• Know the pain points in the battery industry.
  
• Understand the trends in the battery industry development.
  
• Good connection with battery players.
  
• Chemical/physics background with master and above degrees.

At Henkel, we come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe the uniqueness of all our employees is the power in us. Become part of the team and bring your uniqueness to us! We welcome all applications across different genders, origins, cultures, religions, sexual orientations, disabilities, and generations.