Process Development Manager

1 month ago


Shanghai, Shanghai, China synthomer Full time

As a seasoned polymer scientist, you will lead the development of new products and processes, leveraging your expertise in emulsion polymerization to drive business growth. Your responsibilities will include leading product localization, process optimization, and new product scale up, as well as supporting plant troubleshooting and raw material qualification.

Main Responsibilities:

Lead acrylic and SBR products localization, transfer process to local plants via process and recipe adjustment per local plant conditions till full performance acceptance

Engage in process optimization and plant productivity improvement, working closely with R&D and plant process engineers

Lead new product scale up till successful plant scale production

Support local raw material qualification, working closely with commercial and supply team to overcome the shortage of unique raw material

Support plant trouble shooting

Conduct lab synthesis experiments to validate process adjustment of performance improvement

Support application, technical services teams to address customer complaints and quality issue

Actively contributing to new product development, including designing recipes and running synthesis experiments against agreed performance targets

Support for new synthesis lab set up, lab resource management, lab routine maintenance, lead and guide lab technicians where needed

Monitor and collect competitive intelligence in technology development

Minimum Qualifications and Requirements:

  • Master degree, in Chemistry, Material Science, Chemical Engineering, Polymer or relevant majors preferred
  • Minimum 3 years R&D and/or manufacture hands-on experience of emulsion polymerization, preferably in SA and SBR chemistry
  • Preferably previous working experience in a multinational company in a related application area in coatings, adhesives, specialty binders and construction
  • Be patient and resilient, strong willingness and ability to learn new things
  • Strong logic thinking and good problem solving skills
  • Good English communication and written skills

Why Synthomer?

We are ambitious

We have grown significantly – both organically and inorganically. We are a FTSE 250 listed company, 22% of our revenue comes from newly commercialized products, and we're recognized in the top-quartile for chemicals manufacturing safety.

We believe in high challenge, high support

We are keen to let you contribute in real roles from day 1. We expect a lot, but offer a lot, too. This includes onboarding, induction and learning events, networking opportunities, mentoring and personal development planning.

We personalize our approach to development

At Synthomer, you won't find generic career tracks or development programs but rather a one-size-fits-one approach to employee development. We'll partner with you to ensure you have the right experiences that build your capabilities and accelerate your career growth.



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