Application Manager
Job Title: Application Manager - Adhesives, Sealants, Coatings and Metal Treatment
Location: Piscataway, NJ
Business Unit: Inorganic Materials
Company Information:
Evonik Degussa Corporation (EDC) is one of the leading specialty chemical companies in North America. With over 4000 employees in North America, the company has 57 locations in North America -- 33 manufacturing sites and 24 offices/labs/warehouses/distribution centers. Of the corporation's 33 manufacturing sites, 28 are in the United States and five are in Canada.
Evonik Degussa Corporation is part of Evonik Industries, an international industrial group with a workforce of about 39,000 and activities in more than 100 countries all over the world. Our company's performance is shaped by creativity, specialization, continuous self-renewal, and reliability. In its fiscal year 2009 Evonik generated sales of about ?13.1 billion and an operating profit (EBITDA) of about ?2.0 billion.
Evonik Degussa Corporation demonstrates its strong commitment to hiring and retaining diverse, well qualified employees by offering a comprehensive yet competitive flexible benefits program, including retirement, health care, 401(k) and flexible spending programs.
Position Overview:
Evonik Degussa Corporation is a leading multinational corporation based in over 300 locations worldwide and is the market leader in specialty chemicals. We are seeking an innovative, self starter to join our team within the Inorganic Materials Business Unit. The principal accountabilities of the position will support the Adhesives Sealants and Coatings and Metal Treatment group and specifically the Dynasylan®, Dynasylan® SIVO and Dynasylan® HYDROSIL brands.
The Dynasylan® brand designates functional silanes for various applications from Evonik Degussa including coatings, adhesives, sealants, fiber glass and others. Dynasylan® is one of the most successful brands in the field of industrial coatings and Dynasylan® HYDROSIL is well recognized in the field of metal primer systems, surface modification and binder systems.
We are currently searching for a Technical Manager to perform technical service and business development activities for the Functional Silanes business line in the NAFTA region as well as perform Functional Silanes applied technology projects and experiments in the coatings and metal pre-treatment/corrosion protection applications area. To learn more about our products visit: www.dynasylan.com
Principal Accountabilities:
- Support Sales and Marketing with technical presentations, product demonstration, trade shows, pilot trials.
- Effectively communicate with customers, industry groups, and collaborators by demonstrating technical expertise and product knowledge.
- Interaction with customers regarding customer projects.
- Troubleshoots customers projects in the lab and at customer's lab and manufacturing facilities.
- Conduct customer presentations and demonstrations on the use of Dynasylan products.
- Conduct experiments for new presentations and posters at adhesives and coating trade shows and marketing promotion.
- Write proposals and protocols for formulation development on customer projects.
- Expected travel will be about 50% including some international travel.
Candidate Qualifications and Experience:
- Masters Degree in Chemistry or Materials Science with a minimum of 7 years work experience in the Coatings Industry specifically in the formulation development, Bachelors of Science with over 10 years of experience in related field or a PhD in Chemistry or Materials Science with a minimum of 3 years work experience in the Coatings Industry.
- Experience in adhesives sealants, industrial, marine and/or protective coatings, silanes or surface chemistry of metals and / or inorganic substrates are preferable for this position.
- Familiar with adhesives/sealants and/or Sol-Gel chemistry and formulations; experience in silane modified polymers is a plus.
- Must have technical service experience working with external customers, ideally with track record of success.
- Must have excellent communication skills, including presentation skills to deal with internal and external customers.
- Must have the ability to work independently and with others.
- Must be computer literate in order to write scientific reports and be proficient in the use of MS Power Point, Excel, and Word etc.
- ONLY CANDIDATES MEETING THE ABOVE REQUIREMENTS WILL BE CONSIDERED
- FOR SERIOUS CONSIDERATION, PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR SALARY REQUIREMENTS
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It is the policy of Evonik Degussa Corporation to recruit, hire, assign, train, transfer, promote, lay off and compensate employees at all levels and in all areas on the basis of merit and ability and without discrimination because of race, color, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or because he/she is disabled veteran or a Vietnam era veteran or any other legally protected status.
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