Position Summary, 职位概述

Cabot has a challenging and interesting position for an R&D Manager to lead the Reinforcement Materials technology team at our Asia Technology Center in Shanghai, China. Reinforcement Materials is Cabot’s largest business segment, based on the manufacture and supply of carbon black for tires and other rubber goods. Carbon[FR1] [GM2] black is an essential material for the performance of rubber compounds, and its production is a complex combustion process with many opportunities for innovative technology development to improve production efficiency, increase sustainability, and develop new products.

In this position, you will have responsibility to manage the team, including planning and assigning work, budgeting, performance management, compensation planning, employee development and coaching, and ensuring safe lab operations. You will collaborate with internal partners (. marketing, manufacturing, and the regional business) to set priorities and establish and track project objectives. You will also be a technical leader, with responsibility for the success of the team’s technical projects and integration with the global team for business impact. You may also personally lead and be responsible for the delivery of projects of high complexity/scope. You will bring technical expertise and help to create new concepts and solve complex product and application development problems. This role will also be responsible for select customer facing activities via interaction with Sales/Marketing or product development teams.

This is a great opportunity to love your work and accelerate your learning and career. We invite you to join our team.

Job Responsibilities, 工作职责

Uses effective Talent Management practices to manage and build a motivated and cohesive team of technology professionals and scientists/researchers. Conducts employees coaching, objectives setting, assessment and development. Recruits people with appropriate skills to build effective team. Defines project goals and deliverables in alignment with business objectives to understand and deliver solutions to problems of high complexity and broad scope in Cabot product and applications. Defines individual roles and aligns goals to meet objectives. Adjusts resources and removes impediments for effective execution of projects. Synthesizes point of view and provides sound counsel to management. Guides team and projects through portfolio management processes like stage gate. Provides input into project selection. Ensure that projects meet their objectives and milestones using sound technical judgment and appropriate project management tools. Understands and defines the problem at hand in context of business needs and sets and aligns objectives with stakeholders (customers and internal). Assesses relevant process, materials and applications science that is needed to solve technical problems. Sets hypotheses and devises stepped technical approach to solution. Ensures that lab has right capabilities to support projects and business needs. Leads overall technical program, including coordination of technical team members and cross-functional support. Serves as mentor to team members and others. Conducts experiments and complements experiments with the use of modeling and theory. Improves, changes, or adapts existing methods and techniques and introduces new methods and techniques as appropriate. Stays current with relevant internal and external technical developments. Leads team to generate data, conduct advanced statistical analysis, and organize and interpret data to establish and support new process, materials, and/or application learning. Leads team in preparation of appropriate reports and presentations documenting work, results, and conclusions. Presents work to senior management, broad technical groups, and/or business partners.  Represents technology team in customer engagements. Proactively shares knowledge and information with others (. customers, Sales/Technical Services, Marketing, R&D) through activities such as technical seminars. May lead market introduction of new products or applications. Initiates and maintains contacts with key technical resources of educational institutions, technical organizations, and other companies to stay current with emerging technology and key talent. Strives for excellence in safety and ensures safe laboratory operations. Creates and maintains safe working culture, and develops technical documentation and tools to address safety topics. Leads and contributes to safety investigations through root cause analysis (RCA).

Requirements, 要求

Ideal candidates will have passion for innovation, scientific discovery and experimentation, and an eagerness to identify technology solutions that will bring value to Cabot and customers. Good judgment in the identification and selection of technical paths for complex technical problems, and an ability to make and recommend adjustments when needed. Candidates will have the ability to identify causes of and potential solutions to complex problems, and the experience and effectiveness in the critical aspects of project management. . in Chemistry, Material Science or Engineering or equivalent with 6+ years of experience in product/applications development related to customer products, OR Master’s Degree with similar background and generally 10+ years of related experience, OR Post-secondary degree (Bachelor’s/University) with similar background and generally 12+ years of related experience. Experience managing customer interactions and relationships in a Technology environment highly desirable. Technical background and experience in rubber science, polymer science, composite materials, and rubber/polymer/plastics processing and application testing is preferred. Experience leading/managing people preferred - generally with 2+ years in a management capacity.
About Cabot

Cabot Corporation (NYSE: CBT) is a leading global specialty chemicals and performance materials company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Our businesses deliver a broad range of products and solutions to customers in every corner of the globe, serving the transportation, infrastructure, environment and consumer industry sectors. We bring the power of innovative chemistry to solve customers' challenges today while preparing them to meet tomorrow’s needs. Our commitment to innovation is driven by a passion to advance our customers' businesses through our deep understanding of their applications and the global trends that impact their operations.

Innovation that drives sustainability

Many of the world’s greatest sustainability challenges are fundamentally chemistry problems. We can convert the mobility sector from internal combustion engines to electric vehicles, but this requires batteries with greater range and lower cost. This is fundamentally a chemistry challenge. We can have a zero-energy building, but this requires high performance insulation, efficient solar panels, and energy storage solutions. Each of these are fundamentally chemistry challenges.

At Cabot, we bring the power of innovative chemistry and a spirit of partnership with our customers to advance solutions that will enable a sustainable future. Our strength in research and development is a major reason why we have been an industry leader for more than 135 years in products such as reinforcing and specialty carbons, battery materials, aerogel, fumed metal oxides, inkjet colorants, masterbatches and conductive compounds.

Our employees around the world are united by our shared purpose: Creating materials that improve daily life and enable a more sustainable future. Through our corporate strategy, “Creating for Tomorrow,” we are focused on our core strengths to lead in performance and sustainability – today and into the future.

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Realizing we function better together than individually, Cabot Corporation is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive culture that embraces our differences and to empower employees to achieve exceptional results, without consideration of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other legally protected categories. This includes providing reasonable accommodation for employees’ and applicants’ disabilities or religious beliefs and practices, in accordance with applicable law.

Cabot is committed to supporting and maintaining a safe and environmentally focused working environment. All employees are expected to uphold this commitment in every position.

Nondiscrimination Policy with Respect to Discussion of Pay

This is to advise that it is the policy of Cabot Corporation not to discharge or in any other manner discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because such employee or applicant has inquired about, discussed, or disclosed the compensation of the employee or applicant or another employee or applicant. This policy, however, shall not

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