R&D Director

1 month ago

Bolton, Bolton, United Kingdom The Sherwin-Williams Company Full time
Job Title: R&D Director

The Regional R&D Director for EMEAI is a key member of the Global Protective & Marine R&D technology leadership team, responsible for leading the R&D teams in Bolton UK, Vaihingen Germany, Bangalore India, and Thouars France. This position is accountable for driving the development of new product technologies and overseeing key programs that drive significant strategic global growth in Sherwin-Williams's Protective & Marine business.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Coordinate global technical activities with technical leaders in other regions to ensure alignment with global strategic plans and best practices sharing.
  • Build organization capability and drive efficiency of resource utilization, championing and driving best practices, instituting project management and portfolio management with business leaders and R&D teams, reviewing infrastructure requirements, hiring, training, and guiding people development.
  • Work collaboratively with Sales and Marketing to support and secure new business as well as maintain current customer base.
  • Identify, institute, and manage external technology and innovation partnerships with global companies and institutes for regional and global advantage in support of overall P&M strategy.
  • Drive and capture intellectual property developments.
  • Partner with Regional Procurement to support raw material selection and cost-saving projects for the region.
  • Develop key customer and supplier relationships that support business maintenance and growth.
  • Promote a safe work environment by driving safety practices, safe equipment utilization, and maintenance in the laboratories.
  • Manage internal/external relationships within a matrix environment, enabling and influencing internal/external connectivity to drive strategic initiatives and projects.
  • Coordinate technical activities in conjunction with global technical leaders to ensure product development and technical transfer to and from the regions in alignment with the global strategic product plans.
  • Manage and deploy resources across regions and/or cross-business or functional teams to efficiently and effectively deliver all product and technology goals and services.
  • Talent Management: Lead, develop, and shape a market and customer-centric workplace culture for innovative solutions, execution excellence, and continuous improvement. Hold the technical management teams accountable for implementing and achieving technology, product development, and service-related goals and objectives. Lead the integrated talent management activities to attract, develop, provide performance feedback, and retain employees and to ensure optimum levels of workforce engagement. Complete, deliver, and oversee individual performance management reviews, succession planning, and establish employee professional development goals to support future business needs.
Requirements:
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math field.
  • Master's Degree in Chemistry (preferred).
  • Minimum 15 years industry experience or equivalent in the development of coatings, plastics, or related products and/or polymer development/materials science.
  • Direct leadership of teams at multiple sites for > 5 years.
  • Strong strategic perspective and ability to deal with complex requirements and set priorities.
  • Must be able to communicate in a clear, concise professional manner internally and externally to identify and build productive collaborations and partnerships.
  • Knowledge of related Regional markets, product stewardship, and regulatory requirements.
  • Demonstrated intellectual property management, including contracts and patents.
  • Demonstrated ability to work within major cross-functional and global programs/groups.
  • Demonstrated ability to drive open innovation and attract industry and academic experts, ability to set up and lead partnerships and joint developments.
  • Experience in project management tools, including Design for Six Sigma/statistical expertise desired.

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