Senior product specialist – polyurethane case (coatings adhesives selants elastomers) - All Locations

Responsibilities:

• He/she will lead CASE application development R&D work in Shell and support CASE polyol business projects and strategy development. In that capacity,he/she will provide CASE market/application knowhow input to relevant business and strategy teams.

• He/She provides remote/on-site expert technical support to all global (with focus on EU region) CASE polyol customers in-line with Shell Chemicals marketing strategy.

• Formulates and executes marketing Technical Services plan for all CASE polyol customers globally.

• Develops lab programs to generate technical knowledge to support customers, communicates and supports execution of these programs in Shell labs.

• Provides polyol application training to internal/external customers.

• Supervises other technologist/s and lab technician’s work relevant to CASE polyol quality and/or polyol application experiments in Shell labs.

• Represents Shell in relevant industry association.

• Supports Product Stewardship initiatives relevant to CASE polyol business.

• Monitors technical innovations, competitive activities and regulations in the global and specifically EU Polyurethanes industry and reports to business in regular basis.

• Supervises and coaches both Researchers and Technicians.

Requirements:

• Bachelors/Masters degree (or equivalent) in Chemistry / Chemical Engineering with minimum 8-10 years of technical experience in the Polyurethanes industry is required, Ideally this should be related to direct responsibility for CASE application technology.

• He/she will need to have a good understanding of the fundamental Polyurethane technology, breadth of experience in CASE applications to innovate, be a credible counterpart for technical managers of our customers , add value as sparring partner for our account managers in order to identify, propose and deliver return on the value proposals made to customers.

• Incumbent must possess excellent analytical skills while enjoying working with people from diverse backgrounds

• Experience in technical support to external and internal customers is a plus.

• Exposure to diverse culture is a plus. Excellent written and oral communication skills and fluent, both verbal and written in English language is a must. Good knowledge of other EU language/s is a plus.

• Other important attributes are: i) demonstrated good communication and people skills, ii).capable of working independently with minimum supervision, iii) good knowledge of HSE aspects relevant to polyurethanes industry, iv) familiar with ISO 9000 quality system.