Vacature Regional Application Lead

Regional Application Lead - Home and Personal Care

Date: Feb 16, 2024

Location: Oegstgeest, NL, 2342

Company: IFF Family of Companies

Requisition ID : 496865

Job Description

At IFF, an industry leader in food, beverage, health, biosciences and sensorial experiences, science and creativity meet to create essential solutions for a better world - from global icons to unexpected innovations and experiences. With the beauty of art and the precision of science, we are an international collective of thinkers who partner with customers to bring scents, tastes, experiences, ingredients, and solutions for products the world craves.
The Home and Personal Care (HPC) team strives to be the preferred partner of our customers, delivering high-value, sustainable, and consumer relevant bioscience solutions for Home & Fabric Care, Personal Care, and Industrial Markets. We are looking for an experienced senior technical manager to lead our regional application development and technical service team for the EAME region.

Key responsibilities
The Regional Application Leader is responsible for leading a team of approx. 5-7 application scientists and technologists who support our customers in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. The regional application development team is co-located with our Bioactives R&D team at our IFF Leiden site. The team works closely with Sales and Marketing to pursue sales opportunities and develop (customized) solutions for the application of enzymes, biopolymers, and fermentates in detergents for home and fabric care products. This includes the generation of technical proof points for product launches and leveraging existing products into new application areas.
The Regional Application Leader monitors and evaluates project progress and results to determine improvements needed to meet ultimate business objectives. This includes the allocation of resources, providing technical guidance and leadership, coaching and development of team members, and taking responsibility for work group safety (including application labs). The Regional Application Leader builds sustainable relationships with internal stakeholders and customers, participates in key account teams and internal R&D and/or application projects, and represents the company at external conferences or industry meetings in EAME. The role also includes the development of capabilities to support the product segment strategies including future staffing requirements and capex plan.

Job Requirements

• Academic degree (MSc or PhD) in a (bio-)chemical or engineering discipline with 10+ years' experience, preferably in a R&D/technical role in the detergent, chemical or ingredient industry.
• Proven experience as a technical manager and people leader with good interpersonal and coaching skills.
• Demonstrated working knowledge of scientific principles, design of experiment, and project management skills.
• Customer oriented, proactive and self-starting personality.
• Strong communication skills.
• Team-player who enjoys working in an international environment.

We are a global leader in taste, scent and nutrition, offering our customers a broader range of natural solutions and accelerating our growth strategy. At IFF, we believe that your uniqueness unleashes our potential. We value the diverse mosaic of the ethnicity, national origin, race, age, sex or veteran status. We strive for an inclusive workplace that allows each of our colleagues to bring their authentic self to work regardless of their religion, gender identity & expression, sexual orientation, or disability.

Functie:	regional application lead
Startdatum:	16-02-2024
Ervaring:	Ervaren
Educatielevel:	WO
Contracttype:	Vast
Salaris:	onbekend – onbekend
Uren per week:	1 – 40

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