TS&D Manager

Milliken & Company is one of the world's largest privately held textile and chemical manufacturers. We are widely acknowledged as an international leader in research, technology, innovation and customer service. By combining science with design and insights, Milliken tackles the issues and concerns of today. Every day, our community of innovators is invigorated by the challenge of finding creative ways to enhance people’s lives. Milliken associates around the world are working to add real value to people’s lives, to make the world around us easier, safer, more sustainable and more beautiful.

TS&D Manager – Plastic Additives

This position falls within Milliken’s Plastic Additives business. The Plastic Additives business is a global business with sales and technical service across the globe. We are a manufacturer of performance additives for mainly polyolefins and colorants for a variety of plastics. Our focus is to increase the market of polyolefin usage by driving towards more sustainable solutions.

Function:

• Develop and execute a healthy project pipeline to achieve business growth objectives.
• Develop team members as technical professionals and managing for excellence, including skills development, constructive feedback, goal setting, and hiring and succession planning.
• Coordinate (with the global TS&D and NPD team) a comprehensive capital plan for lab equipment.
• Help develop and ensure adherence to well-defined scope documents for projects.
• Ensure project teams are meeting project milestones and have clear plans in place.
• Thoughtfully review and make suggestions to improve business cases and project plans for new product development initiatives.
• Champion and collaborate with R&D, Sales, and Operations teams to define and prioritize new product or business development opportunities.
• Ensure new projects are “market ready” prior to hand-off to the Sales teams.
• Support Operations on opportunities for improvement in manufacturing, sourcing, and quality as required.

Profile:

• BS degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Polymer Science (or related technical field).
• 7+ years of professional work experience.
• 2+ years of experience managing a team.
• Ability to travel up to 20% a year (domestic and international).
• Demonstrated experience in project management and leadership of technical professionals.
• Excellent project management skills with the ability to prioritize tasks, meet deadlines and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex data.
• Effective communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate across the division and company.
• Customer focus and some commercial acumen
• Experience within the Polyolephin segment will be a great asset.

Offer

The opportunity to be part of an international company and to have the responsibility to own important projects. Permanent education and training to stay up to date in your field of expertise. Career opportunities in an innovative and international environment. An attractive compensation package, including company car, health care and group insurance, bicycle lease program, … An attractive bonus plan based on performance.

Interested?

Are you enthusiastic to join our chemical division? We would like to hear from you!