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Applications Development Manager-Big Development Pipeline-Köln

Employer
NonStop Consulting
Location
Köln (50765)
Salary
Negotiable
Closing date
Jul 19, 2017

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Sector
Science, Chemistry, General Chemistry
Contract Type
Employee
Hours
Full Time
Organization Type
Corporate
Jobseeker Type
Professional

Job Details

My client are a highly successful family-owned company in the field of Printing Inks who operate on a global basis. With their headquarters in the Nordrhein-Westfalen region of Germany and a further 65 sites worldwide they are well known in the European market for producing high-quality printing inks for industrial applications. As part of their expansion in Europe they are currently looking for a new Applications Development Manager to join their team.

The company pride themselves on having a huge product development pipeline with the resources to back this up internally. You will be helping to manage this pipeline from a technical & operational perspective and will have responsibility for all customer-focused development projects across the EMEA region. Your role will including on-site technical customer support, managing formulations development and leading an Applications Development team of 10-15 people, so you can oversee technical business development from all aspects.

As a key driver in the success of the business, the company are keen to invest in you in terms of technical training & development as well as the opportunity to step into senior management in the next 4-5 years, so you will not only learn new skills but will also be able to move up in the future, allowing you to build a long-term career with them. With a results-oriented approach combined with a long-term strategy, the company offer fast turnaround on development projects but with a stable business model that will allow you to build for the long term whilst being challenged on daily basis.

Role responsibilites:

  • Functional and direct management management of a team of 10-15 people
  • Managing all applications development projects in Koln
  • Regular travel (30-50%) to customers to develop key accounts and provide technical support
  • Assessing formulations on-paper and guiding 2-3 lab technicians in formulations development
  • Providing feedback to management on product development strategy and customer-demand changes

Requirements:

  • Bachelors or Masters Degree in Chemistry
  • 8-10 years experience in applications development of printing inks
  • Knowledge of flexographic printing processes preferred but not essential
  • Proven line/direct management experience of at least 3-5 people
  • Fluent German & Russian languages

For a confidential discussion about this position or other opportunities in Research & Development send an up to date Microsoft Word version of your CV to Arthur Mills at NonStop Chemical on a.mills@nonstop-chemical.com or call me in Germany on +49 892 109 3363 or in Switzerland on +41 43 508 0817.

I am the specialist consultant for Research and Development in the Paints & Coatings Industry. I offer positions at seniorities from Associate through to Director level for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. If you are a Coatings Professional in R&D and are looking for new opportunities then feel free contact me for a confidential discussion. Elsewise, if you are looking to hire these professionals for your company then contact me for a free consultation.

NonStop Chemical is the specialist agency for recruitment in the Chemicals, Agrochemicals and Cosmetics Industries across Europe. Having forged our reputation in REACh Regulatory Affairs over the last 8 years we offer clients and candidates industry leading service (verified by APSCo) and expert knowledge. We have individual consultants specialising in R&D, Sales, REACh, Regulatory Affairs, EHS, Geotechnical, Geo-Environmental, Remediation, Contaminated Land, Ecology, Air Quality, Acoustics and Supply Chain.

R&D / Research and Development / Formulation / Flexographic / Applications Development / Printing Inks / Germany / Cologne / Functional Management / Operational Management / Technical Support / Customer Service / Coatings / F & E / Forschung und Entwicklung / Formulierung / Flexografie / Anwendungen Entwicklung / Druckfarben / Deutschland / Köln / Funktionsmanagement / Betriebsführung / Technischer Support / Kundenservice / Beschichtungen /

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Our Consultants are trained to deliver an exceptional standard of recruitment services to clients across the life sciences, chemical, care, educations, technical, digital and finance industries. 

Our clients – and bottom line profits - tell us that we do a great many things very well. Complacency, however, is the last word you would associate with us. We work incredibly hard to deliver better and better results, based on stronger and stronger service delivery.  Which is why we believe the best is yet to come – for us, our clients and for the people who have what it takes to join us on the journey.

The result? We’re expanding (in the UK and across Europe and even to Boston, US) and continue to post impressive performances in all our niche sectors. 

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