- Production
- All support services
- Suppliers and Procurements
- Internal Labs
- External Labs
- Customers
- Plants managers
- TCS & Quality Engineers or Specialists
- PD Managers from other BU / BA
- Active management role in understanding and supporting the business strategy; addressing customer/market needs and effectively deploying product development resources to deliver on priorities.
- Responsible for the progress of all product development projects according to the technical and business objectives, schedules and budgets.
- Manage, plan and deliver all product development objectives incorporating best practices (Project Management, Validation Process, Project Reviews, Green Chemistry and Sustainability principles)
- Lead multifunctional teams as necessary to insure the successful outcome of development priorities.
- Work closely with the Product Manager, technical customer service, supply chain and Sales to understand and address the market needs and priorities.
- Manage a technical team. Responsible for all the administrative and career development aspects of the team members, including establishing yearly key work objectives, conducting performance evaluations, mentoring, and coaching.
- Maintain market and technology expertise by actively engaging customers, external suppliers, and other external resources; by participating in external conferences; by maintaining current industry knowledge and by reviewing industry specific scientific & trade journals, etc.
- Actively pursue and leverage internal resources and knowledge base to advance the capabilities of the product development organization (i.e. knowledge transfer).
- Act as team member and/or team coordinator for existing product upgrade development projects when needed
- Review product specifications and requirements; appraise new product ideas and/or product changes.
- Assess market competition by comparing the company's product to competitors' products.
- Provide technical support to production lines and to customers, supporting Sales and Marketing
- Support product and process improvements in the plant
- To ensure the understanding of customers production process and identify challenges and problems in the process to solve customers problems
- To build a network within the customers' organization to enable access to information about the process and performance of our products
- To represent the customers technical requirements to the production and product development
- Solid research & product development background, Bachelor's Degree (Master or PhD degree or equivalent preferred) in polymer science, chemical engineering, chemistry, material, paper science or other technical field in combination with industrial experience in areas such as printing and coatings technology
- Creative thinking and technical capability to come up with new ideas
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Availability for travelling, 10 to 30%
- Availability to react to customer requests when needed in a professional manner but with tight timeframes to allow the customer to process products efficiently
- Experience of customer relationships in dealing with technical problems at their facilities with Ahlstroms products
- Customer understanding
- End-To-End Process Understanding
- Product and Service Understanding
- Resource and Process Management
- Thinking & Acting Systematically
- Positive approach to problems & proactiveness
- Excellent organizational and leadership skills
- Excellent communications and interpersonal skills
- Teamwork
- Commercial attitude
- Pro-active listening
- Able to develop close networking relationships at all levels of organization, in different languages and cultures
- Excellent organizational skills
- Open mind
- Flexible/adaptable to a fast-changing international business environment
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Description
You have a choice of where you want to work We invite you along on our journey to Purify and Protect, with Every Fiber, for a Sustainable World. We aim to attract, retain, and energize passionate people, like you, by investing in your professional development and providing opportunities for personal growth.
Do your values align with ours? Accountability, Growth mindset, One team, Care and a fair and inclusive work environment for everyone, everywhere
We strive to meet the highest standards of corporate citizenship by protecting the health and safety of our team, safeguarding the environment, and creating a long-lasting, positive impact on the communities where we do business. Are you with us??
RESPONSIBILITIES - PURPOSE
1. To take care of the development of new products and of existing products upgrade to capture new business opportunities.
2.To manage the team and set clear priorities to ensure the growth of the Business Unit
3. To ensure the sales and profitability targets are realized for the BU by being technical interface with our current and future customers
DIMENSIONS
Direct Management
Indirect Management
Contacts:
Key Accountabilities/Essential Functions
QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS
Knowledges required:
Interpersonal skills:
Ahlstrom is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Equal opportunity is a sound and just concept to which we are firmly bound. Ahlstrom will not engage in discrimination against, or harassment of, any person employed or seeking employment with our company based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, non-disqualifying disability, status as a protected veteran or other characteristics protected by law.
About Us. Ahlstrom is a global leader in combining fibers into sustainable specialty materials. Our purpose is to Purify and Protect, with Every Fiber, for a Sustainable World. Our vision is to be the Preferred Sustainable Specialty Materials Company for all our stakeholders.
We serve five growing and distinctive end markets, which form the basis for our five divisions: Filtration, Food & Consumer Packaging, Healthcare, Building Materials, and Technical Materials.
Our net sales in 2023 amounted to EUR 3.0 billion and we employ some 7,000 people. .
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