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Henkel holds leading positions in both industrial and consumer businesses: Our portfolio includes well-known hair care products, laundry detergents, fabric softeners as well as adhesives, sealants, and functional coatings.
Specialist PD & Research
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Specialist PD & Research
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About this Position
Independently formulate and develop customized formulations to meet specific color targets, demonstrating a proactive and self-driven approach with minimal guidance.
What you´ll do
- Technical Project Leadership: Work directly with global product development and project management teams.
- Raw Material Sourcing & Management: Coordinate and facilitate the sourcing and management of raw material samples from suppliers, PD, and/or plants.
- Cross-Functional Teamwork: Collaborate effectively across global cross-functional teams including product development, project management, application engineering and process engineering spanning multiple time zones.
- Innovation & Creativity: Actively seek new ideas and technologies internally and externally to enhance product performance and solve application challenges. Encourage and motivate others to adopt an innovative mindset.
- Analytical Problem Solving: Identify and resolve technical issues by recognizing sources of problems, exposing gaps in logic and developing effective solutions.
- Advanced Chemistry Application: Develop innovative chemistry and color matching formulation approaches to improve application performance and address technical roadblocks.
- Safety & Compliance: Perform all laboratory work safely, adhering to regulations of safety, health and environment, PPE requirements and 5S processes. Support compliance and requirements for audit purpose (ISO, customer specific audits, etc).
- Communication: Present and communicate technical achievements effectively to internal and external audiences.
What makes you a good fit
- PhD degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Polymer Sciences, Materials Science, or in any other related scientific areas, preferred.
- A background of color science and experience (greater than 5 years) in formulation-colored products and characterization is required.
- Candidate with M. S. or MTech. degree with track record of minimum 5 years of successful color matching/color product development activity in the relevant area will be preferred.
- Strong color matching skills and expertise with color matching software, and spectrophotometers is required. • Experience with adhesive formulations such as polyurethanes and epoxy highly preferred.
- QC experience with colored product is preferred.
- Proven ability to work independently with strong initiative and minimal supervision.
- Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills for working in cross-cultural and cross-functional global teams engaging with stakeholders.
- Knowledge of laboratory safety standards and practices.
- A track record of innovative and creative problem-solving in a laboratory or industrial setting.
Some perks of joining Henkel
- Diverse national and international growth opportunities
- Globally wellbeing standards with health and preventive care programs
- Gender-neutral parental leave for a minimum of 8 weeks
- Employee Share Plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares
- Best-in-class Group Medical Insurance policy covering employee, spouse and up to 2 children
- Competitive accident and term life policies for up to 3 times annual gross salary
- Progressive OPD policy of INR 30,000 for employee, spouse and up to 2 children
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 look for a diverse team of individuals who possess different backgrounds, experiences, personalities and mindsets.
JOB ID: 25076001
Job Locations: India, Maharashtra, Pune
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I am interested in several jobs. Can I apply for multiple positions at the same time?
Yes – simply fill out your profile in our online application system. Once your online profile is complete, you can apply for multiple positions.
The job offer is written in English – should I write my application in English as well?
Yes, please. As Henkel is an international company you will be working with colleagues from all over the world and English is our official company language. Generally, the ‘rule’ is: please write the application in the same language as the job ad.
Do I get feedback during the application process about the state of my application?
Each position that we have open with Henkel is unique, and finding the right candidate is important for both the hired candidate as well as for Henkel. We want to make sure that both the candidate and the company are a good fit for each other. We will provide feedback to the candidates throughout the entire process.
Can employees move between business areas and/or to a different country?
Yes, in fact it is an expectation within Henkel that our talent is flexible and mobile. This helps to support the company on a broad, global level.
Our “Triple Two” philosophy promotes this expectation, by allowing you to work in at least two different roles, in two different business areas and two different countries. The reason behind this philosophy is that we believe working in different roles, business units and functions is good for your personal development and improves your understanding of Henkel as a global company.
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Whom do I contact if I have questions concerning my application?
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