Innovation Scientist

Lawter, a leading supplier to the graphic arts, adhesives, specialty coatings, aroma chemicals and synthetic rubber industries is looking for the right individuals to join its Innovation team to: pioneer new technologies, research and develop new products, convert business development opportunities into new products and prototype innovations to drive long term business growth. The scope of the Innovation organization includes 1) leveraging advantaged bio-renewable pine chemicals availability and usage in new markets that are seeking bio-based and circular solutions and 2) the development of new markets, new technologies or new value offerings to deliver exceptional and sustainable growth.

For its headquarters in Europe (Kallo), Lawter is looking for a:
**INNOVATION SCIENTIST M/F/X**

Essential duties and responsibilities:

- Develop innovative new products, in accordance with Innovation Group initiatives and projects.
- Function as lead researcher and manage development projects for technologically sophisticated products to successful implementation. Interest in sustainability, circularity and green chemistry is highly desirable.
- Knowledge of typical characterization techniques including DSC, DMTA, GPC, FTIR, NMR is required.
- Actively contribute to ideation and development of intellectual property. Literature search and proposal of new developments that leads to new projects.
- Identify gaps and solve problems between internal capabilities and new product’s requirements.
- Develop, nurture and utilize network of technical experts from current and potential markets, customer bases and suppliers as well as technical experts from universities and technical institutes to identify emerging issues and technologies.
- Maintain high level of knowledge and awareness of regulatory standards and regulations. Gather technical intelligence by reading published literature, patents and press releases and attending conferences and tradeshows.
- Actively cooperate and communicate with all internal functions and resources, particularly R&D, Business Development, Marketing, Manufacturing, and Engineering in order to leverage internal synergies.
- Conduct specification and feasibility analysis on new products.
- Present project updates using PowerPoint and other presentation software. Regular reporting in English is required. Knowledge of Project Management is desired.
- Performance of other duties as required by supervisor.
- Conduct business activities in accordance with Company policy, EH&S, and Business Ethics.

**Education/Experience**:

- MS or Ph.D. degree in Organic Chemistry or related field.
- Experience in a product development role is preferable.
- Experience with creative problem solving techniques such as TRIZ or experience in Project Management is desirable.

**Skills and abilities**:

- Ability to work and communicate in an office, professional lab environment and a plant-manufacturing environment. Travel may be required as needed with mínimal global travel.
- Good English oral and written communication skills are required.
- Mathematical skills: at a level consistent with stated degree.
- Reasoning ability: must be able to think through complex issues analytically, even in difficult, emotionally charged situations. Must be able to analyze multiple causes and solutions to complex problems; Must be able to maintain a clear sense of perspective, seeing different aspects of a problem and then focusing on the key issues. Must be able to develop and hold a clear understanding of priorities.
- Must be able to work in a multicultural cross-functional and multidisciplinary environment.
- Project management skills, open-minded, data and results driven.
- Thinker and Doer/ Hands-on.
- Internally motivated / Self-starter.
- Ability to manage own assignments on schedule and in accordance with project.

Work environment: business office environment. Lab environment. Plant locations, customer locations.

**Our offer**:

- You will be part of an exciting, dynamic and highly technological environment with an open and direct culture.
- A job with significant impact towards the future.
- A competitive salary package including benefits such as meal vouchers, hospitalization insurance, pension plan, bonus plan, bike lease plan, Ecocheques...

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