This is the role

Typical duties are

• Works with our global customers to support existing products and in developing applications (driving customer trials) for new and existing Eastman products, predominantly in the home care segment
• Working closely together with marketing and sales, discover customer unmet needs, understand customer requirements and define fitness-for-use criteria for specific home and personal care applications. Translate the fitness-for-use criteria to fundamental Eastman material characteristics. Lead proposal of final solution to customers and follow up on application trials.
• Responds to technical inquiries for the home care segment, applying fundamental application and formulation experience to resolve customer problems.
• Provides technical training on the application of Eastman products in home care. Keeps track of the state-of-the-art and industry moves in the field of home care formulations and ingredients
• Develops and maintains a network with independent institutions and with the technical centers of key companies in the home and personal care industry. Actively participate in important industry events and conferences.
• Develops fundamental understanding as to how Eastman ingredients behave in a formulation. Assesses chemical structure/performance relationships of Eastman ingredient delivered in a formulation environment.
• Demonstrate value of Eastman products in home and personal care formulations (by testing according to industry practices, benchmarking (relative competitive position) and demo formulations) and assist in building value propositions and customer offers.
• Actively steers direction of Eastman’s innovation activities in home care and contributes to IP strategy
• Seek, gather & distribute market intelligence, contribute to the global technical knowledge-base through sharing of relevant learning & experience via call reports. Understand competitive incumbents and next best competitive alternatives to Eastman’s portfolio options.
• Leads ideation & development projects in the innovation funnel of home and personal care segments, applying Eastman’s “Enabling Business & Marketing Excellence” methodology.
• Works closely with process research, marketing and sales during development, and commercialization of relevant products. Within the ADTS team, collaborate with the application research scientist and lab technicians.
  

This is what you bring

• Bachelor's Degree required. Master or Ph D preferred. (Formulation, colloidal or bio-) Chemistry Preferred.
• Minimum 5 years in relevant field of home and optionally personal care; area’s such as dish and fabric care, and optionally hair care and make-up.
• Creative with initiative, good analytical and trouble-shooting skills.
• Self-starting entrepreneur, can-do mentality, ready to build what is not yet there.
• Team player adding value to local team bonds while also mastering the dynamics of working in international teams
• Ability to influence and inspire on cross-functional and cross-regional teams.
• Experience working in multi-functional project teams and customer facing situations.
• Culturally aware and comfortable with international travel.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English.

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