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About this Position
At Henkel, you’ll be part of an organization that’s shaping the future through innovation, sustainability and collaboration. With our trusted brands like Persil®, ‘all®, Loctite®, Snuggle®, and Schwarzkopf® and our cutting-edge technologies, you’ll have countless opportunities to explore new paths and grow.
This position is with our Adhesive Technologies business unit – where we empower our people to transform industries and provide our customers with a competitive advantage through adhesives, sealants and functional coatings.
Dare to learn new skills, advance in your career and make an impact at Henkel.
What You´ll Do
Manage Bay Point Product Development team to deliver high quality and innovative products to meet strategic and financial goals
Contribute to technical road mapping for aerospace, identifying new trends and scouting ideas
Provide Technical Readiness Level inputs to new project ideas to facilitate prioritization in innovation portfolio
Execute IP strategy to maintain Henkel Technology leadership through patents, trade secrets, etc.
Resolve customer technical issues and support root cause investigations
Collaborate with site quality review board to prioritize and execute Management of Change projects to defend/maintain our existing business
Responsible for site safety & 5s
Identify, justify, and execute lab investments in CAPEX/OPEX to increase efficiency, safety, and execution
Collaborate and communicate across PD sites, Application Engineering, Project Management, Marketing, Sales, Operations, and other key functions to smoothly execute all the actions above
What makes you a good fit
Ph.D. in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering or similar
10+ years experience in chemical R&D environment strongly preferred
5+ years in Aerospace industry strongly preferred
Experience leading product development with Stage Gate system
Strong communication and leadership skills
Strong teamwork and collaboration skills
Experience building, mentoring, and scaling high-performance technical teams
Direct experience presenting technical solutions to aerospace OEMs or Tier-1 suppliers
Some benefits of joining Henkel
Health Insurance: affordable plans for medical, dental, vision and wellbeing starting on day 1
Work-Life Balance: Paid time off including sick, vacation, holiday and volunteer time, flexible & hybrid work policies (depending on role), and vacation buy / sell program
Financial: 401k matching, employee share plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares, annual performance bonus, service awards and student loan reimbursement
Family Support: 12-week gender neutral parental leave (up to 20 weeks for parents giving birth), fertility support, adoption & surrogacy reimbursement, discounted child and elderly care, and scholarships
Career Growth: diverse national and international growth opportunities, access to thousands of skills development courses, and tuition reimbursement
The salary for this role is $175,000 - $250.000. This is the range that we in good faith anticipate relying on when setting wages for this position. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range. This salary range may also be modified in the future.
Henkel does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies. Unsolicited referrals and resumes are considered Henkel property and therefore, Henkel will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited referral.
Henkel is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, and other legally protected categories.
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