Material Scientist in Life Sciences and Animal Feed applications

The Company

RESPONSIBILITIES

• SAFETY : Contribute directly and in a proactive way vis à vis colleagues and her/himself  to S&T Laboratory safety
• Responsible for the S&T projects execution and the development of the necessary technologies and products related to the market (NBO, new applications, new services and technical support using laboratory resourcing) :
  - Is accountable from a Technology standpoint for an efficient use of resources to deliver at the expected performance & cost timely technology solutions
  - Coordinate with her/his Peers to allocate technical team pool resources matching deadline on her/his projects and in coherence with overall priorities of the segment
  - Responsible for nurturing IMERYS relationships and growing our intimacy with customers
  - Ensures tight coordination with  relevant Operations, Product Management, Process, Commercial and Business teams as well as Technical Services
  - Look for and lead the relationship with external R&D resources when capabilities is not available internally
• Report in a timely manner progress to peers and management (monthly activity, research activity progress, Accolade…)
• Contribute to lab/pilot assets acquisition, implementation, technical acceptance and maintenance
• Propose and draft documents (invention report, patent…) to protect our intellectual property
• Contribute to the specification datasheet content definition and  to product launch kit elaboration (under the lead of product management/marketing teams)
• Draft scientific / technical articles to grow our visibility through communication in professional magazines
• Keep his/her awareness on technologies/products evolution (OEM’s technologies, new  , competitors’ product…) that can have an impact / interaction with Imerys solutions for FLS segment… and disseminate across our community

COMPETENCIES AND EXPERIENCE

• Demonstrated capability to deliver results in a challenging environment
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Provide clear instructions to technical team and make sure those instructions are understood 
• Strong interpersonal skills and a proven ability to work in a transversal environment
  Ability to perform in a convincing way presentation to an internal audience and at exhibitions/conferences
  Transparency, Reliable results, Sharp & Clear written and spoken communication
  Ability to propose solutions and Material  deliver in a timely manner

• Product development process from idea to technical support during customer implementation (commercialization)
• Good Laboratory Practice acumen and intimate with key project management rules
• Knowledge of Animal Feed industry and  Minerals would be a plus

• PhD or Master in Animal Feed or Life Sciences applications
  3+ years of work experience in R&D
• Work in an international environment is a plus
• Fluent English written, spoken… second EU language appreciated (German, Italian, French)

Other requirements:

• Availability for business trips in Europe (20-30%).

• Material Scientist/ Researcher with a natural customer oriented mindset

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Only technical issues will be monitored through the below inbox:

recruiting.support@ imerys.com

PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT RESUMES OR APPLICATIONS TO THIS EMAIL, AS THEY WILL NOT BE REVIEWED. 

To ensure fairness and legal compliance in our recruitment processes, only applications received through the online application process will be considered. 

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