Global R&d Technical Director

il y a 20 heures


Gent, Belgique Beaulieu International Group Temps plein

**A passion for R&D and technology? Excited about working in an international environment alongside the most innovative minds?**
**Become our R&D Technical Director for all our Cushion Vinyl plants worldwide.**

**Main responsibilities and key tasks**
- You will constantly strive to improve existing products, processes and procedures for all Cushion Vinyl entities. Your goal is to deliver qualitative products in line with market requirements and similarly to create a cost competitive production environment.
- You will be responsible for product and process development, opex, innovation projects and will have the expert role for product compliance for Cushion Vinyl worldwide. You will execute your role working together with all Cushion Vinyl plants (Belgium, Slovenia, USA, Russia), its operational teams and local process development & R&D engineers. It is your role to leverage your technical expertise and projects across all Cushion Vinyl operations worldwide, taking into account the local context.
- You will be responsible for the execution of the Product-Technology roadmap, in which the vision of the new product & existing product generations are defined & mapped according to the customers needs (input received from Sales & Operations), as well as from new technology evolution & developments. The product development strategy is aligned with the overall B.I.G. & BFS targets & co-developed with the Innovation Director BFS & General Managers. You will execute the innovation roadmap on short & medium term projects to ensure the needed business growth & value creation.
- You will share best practices between different plants. Transfer the strengths from each plant to the others. Pro-actively lead the effort to constantly improve the plants.
- You will be responsible for defining the overall technical strategy for sustainability & timeline breakdown into projects for all sustainability related efforts.
- You will work closely with the Belgian and Slovenian Cushion Vinyl operation and its team in order to support the product development function in Wielsbeke. Next to this you will also closely support Russian and US Cushion Vinyl operation.

**Competencies and skills**
- Master degree in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry or Materials Science
- Relevant experience in R&D or product development in an production environment
- Experience in PVC and chemistry
- Passion for technology and innovation
- Experience in process optimization and cost out programs
- Analytical and problem solving skills
- Communicative
- Experience in managing a multicultural, international R&D team and strong leadership skills
- Innovative and creative
- Knowledge of Cushion Vinyl technology is a key asset
- You are fluent in English. Knowledge of Dutch or French is a plus

**Our offer**

You will be joining an ambitious and progressive organization at a significant moment in our history. If you match the job description and person specification and feel ready for the challenge and opportunity, we’d love to hear from you.

Work Location: One location



  • Gent, Belgique Tescan XRE Temps plein

    **Become a master in support Micro CT Field Team !** Are you passionate about technology, solving technical challenges, and working in an international environment? Join **TESCAN**, a leading manufacturer of cutting-edge electron microscopes, Micro CT, FIB SEM! We are looking for a new team member for our **Global Service Technical Support (Level 3...

  • IT Technical Project Manager

    il y a 20 heures


    Gent, Belgique team.blue Global Temps plein

    **Company** **team.blue** is an ecosystem of 60+ successful brands working together across 22 European countries to provide its 3.3 million SMB customers with everything they need to succeed online by offering best-in-class expertise and services. This broad product offering makes it a one-stop partner for online businesses and entrepreneurs across...


  • Gent, Belgique Showpad Temps plein

    **Location Qualifications**: London (hybrid), Ghent (hybrid), Chicago (hybrid) **Position Overview** As the Global Director for Revenue Enablement you will be designing and executing on a world-class enablement strategy that improves the performance of revenue teams while serving as a North Star for our customers on what good looks like. Given Enablement is...


  • Gent, Belgique Sequana Medical NV Temps plein

    **General Description** Under the Direction of the Chief Medical Officer, the Director of Clinical Operations will be leading the execution of our current and future clinical trials assigned to the director, which includes the management of the clinical department in collaboration with the other management functions in the clinical department. **Key...

  • Director Biostatistics

    il y a 19 heures


    Gent, Belgique Argenx Temps plein

    For the expansion of our team, argenx is looking for a (Associate) Director Biostatistics. - You identify and implement innovative statistical approaches. - You conduct or oversee modelling and simulation activities in support of the clinical trial design. - You have acquired relevant disease expertise. - You have a transformational role that helps shape...

  • Marketing Director

    il y a 2 jours


    Gent, Belgique Peripass Temps plein

    Are you a **strategic marketing leade**r with a creative spark, ready to **shape the future of a fast-growing scale-up**? Do you want to build a brand that transforms the logistics industry and leads the way across Europe? Then this might be the leadership opportunity you’ve been waiting for! Peripass is a **logistics SaaS scale-up**founded in 2016. Our...

  • Technical Writer

    il y a 2 jours


    Gent, Belgique Sunquest Temps plein

    Job Details Description As a member of the team of software professionals responsible for the analysis, design, programming, testing and maintenance of the MIPS software products, the Technical Writer is engaged in writing, illustrating, reviewing, managing and translating the customer-facing technical documentation of the MIPS software products, ensuring...

  • Technical Project Leader

    il y a 2 semaines


    Gent, Belgique Indigo Park Belgium Temps plein

    Doel van de functie: - Opvolging van technische installaties voor oplevering. - Contacten onderhouden met externe leveranciers en hun werken nauwgezet opvolgen. - Je bent veelvuldig aanwezig op de locaties van de projecten en zorgt voor een goede samenwerking tussen Indigo en de leveranciers. - Periodieke communicatie over de voortgang van het project -...


  • Gent, Belgique HAYS Temps plein

    HQ Gent - werkregio: België | Account Manager | Technische feeling | kmo-mentaliteit | 1093162 Hays Sales Gent is samen met onze klant, een **B2B-leverancier **van **industriële apparatuur**, op zoek naar een Technical Account Manager voor regio België. Ze zijn een stabiele kmo met hoofkantoor in Gent en bestaan bijna 30 jaar. Ze hebben een mooie...


  • Gent, Belgique Johnson & Johnson Temps plein

    Johnson and Johnson is recruiting for a **Manufacturing Science and Technology **(MSAT) **Senior Scientist, **located in **Gent, Belgium **. The Senior Scientist we are looking for is responsible the coordination of tech transfer activities and technical services across the platform of the Advanced Therapies. In this role you are charged with running New...