Job description
Job Description:
Our Company
Axalta has remained at the forefront of the coatings industry by continually investing in innovative solutions. We engineer technologies that protect customers’ products – whether they are battling heat, light, corrosion, abrasion, moisture, or chemicals – and add dimension and beauty with colorful finishes
. We have a vast and ever-evolving portfolio of brands primed to play an important part in everything from modernizing infrastructure around the world to enabling the next generation of electric and autonomous vehicles.
Axalta operates its business in two segments: Performance Coatings and Mobility Coatings, which serve four end markets, including Refinish, Industrial, Light Vehicle and Commercial Vehicle, across North America, EMEA, Latin America and Asia-Pacific. Our diverse global footprint allows us to deliver solutions in over 140+ countries and coat 30 million vehicles per year. We’ve recently set an exciting 2040 carbon neutrality goal, in addition to 10 other sustainability initiatives, and we take pride in working with our customers to optimize their businesses and achieve their goals.
Responsibilities:
- Leads technical programs related to product development and customer support in a team environment.
- Has a fundamental understanding of coatings technology including formulation of 1K and 2K systems.
- Has knowledge of resins, crosslinkers, additives, and pigments.
- Is responsible for development and implementation of new product formulations in solvent borne and waterborne coating systems including initial definition with the customer, scale-up with Manufacturing and optimization of performance at the customer site.
- Works as an active member of cross functional project teams with Manufacturing, Product Management, IT and Sales.
- Applies statistical methods to investigate problems and analyze results.
- Organize objectives, set milestones and deliver results against aggressive timelines.
- Interact with others in R&D and/or Sales and Marketing to propose new projects targeted to provide growth opportunities in traditional and adjacent markets.
Qualifications:
- BS/MS Degree in Chemistry, Polymer Science or Coatings is preferred. Serious consideration will be given to degreed candidates in other science related fields with applicable work experience in coatings.
- 5-10 years of practical R&D/Chemistry experience. Coatings background a plus.
- Knowledge of product design and formulation.
- Skills to develop and/or implement coating characterization test methods, calibrate and run instrumentation, and interpret results.
- Knowledge of design of experiment (DOE) techniques.
- Excellent communication skills (verbal and written), problem solving capabilities, and the ability to work independently or as a part of a team.
- An understanding of chemical manufacturing as it relates to coatings, resins or polymers is a plus.
- Familiar with ISO certification requirements.
- Willingness and ability to travel up to 20% of the time
Team & Organization:
- Ability to work with cross-function teams as resource and/or expert, developer as needed.
Additional Qualifications:
- Effective project Management and execution skills.
- Progressive work experience in high volume, global organization
- Experience implementing best practices and improvements.
- Ability to work and influence collaboratively and effectively within a global and diverse population.
- Ideal candidate is results oriented, creative, and a self-starter who demonstrates technical excellence and is comfortable working in a team environment.
Key Behavioral Competencies:
- Excellent communication skills to understand and document customer requirements and to effectively convey recommendations to internal customers.
- A change agent that has successful track record of building global internal relationships.
- A bias for action, and results orientation.
Our Company:
Axalta has remained at the forefront of the coatings industry by continually investing in innovative solutions. We engineer technologies that protect customers’ products – whether they are battling heat, light, corrosion, abrasion, moisture, or chemicals – and add dimension and beauty with colorful finishes. We have a vast and ever-evolving portfolio of brands primed to play an important part in everything from modernizing infrastructure around the world to enabling the next generation of electric and autonomous vehicles.
Axalta operates its business in two segments: Performance Coatings and Mobility Coatings, which serve four end markets, including Refinish, Industrial, Light Vehicle and Commercial Vehicle, across North America, EMEA, Latin America and Asia-Pacific. Our diverse global footprint allows us to deliver solutions in over 140+ countries and coat 30 million vehicles per year. We’ve recently set an exciting 2040 carbon neutrality goal, in addition to 10 other sustainability initiatives, and we take pride in working with our customers to optimize their businesses and achieve their goals.
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