Principal Application Scientist

Principal Application Scientist

Come join our team at our technical center in Akron, OH.

is growing and our innovation and entrepreneurial spirit in a global company make this as a perfect opportunity to use your experience to make an impact.

Reporting to the Technical Manager, the Principal Application Scientist position will have responsibility for applications research and development supporting existing and developing businesses within the Formulated Adhesive segment related to polymers, adhesives and tackifier resins.

This involves direct customer engagement in the development of new opportunities and working closely with sales and account managers to create and deliver business strategies. The selected individual for this position will also be responsible to translate market needs into product concepts and subsequently develop the concepts into commercial products. Candidates should be able to communicate effectively and function in an innovative, fast-paced, multidisciplinary team environment.

The ideal candidate will have broad experience in hotmelt adhesive applications such as hygiene, and assembly markets. The knowledge of structure / property relationships and their impact to final application performance is desired.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead application development with focus on hotmelt applications and associated markets such as hygiene, automotive, assembly, and other durable assembly markets.
• Have an understanding of the functional attributes of a wide range of polymers, adhesives and tackifier resins materials.
• Translate fundamental knowledge to the development of new applications and the identification of new market platforms
• Understand customer and end-user requirements and testing procedures to determine how Synthomer product offerings can enhance adhesive applications and performance
• Provide customers with product recommendations and support providing samples, technical and product details facilitating a customer’s evaluation of Synthomer products.
• Provide customers with understanding of the Adhesive Solutions product portfolio via in depth training, conferences, tradeshows, and customer site visits
• Work closely with the marketing and sales team on prospect mining and identification of new accounts including traveling with sales / marketing for joint customer visits requiring planning, preparation for calls and presentations to customers
• Maintain contact with existing and prospective customers, either independently or together with the sales team, using all communication channels.
• Manage innovation project opportunity pipeline through SalesForce (SFDC).
• Collaborate with manufacturing and quality control department to ensure product performance and reliability as well as drive new product development
• Stay current on industry developments and advancements in technology related to the product line
• Prepare technical presentations, brochures and supporting literature to enable customer engagement
• Represent the company at industry events and other forums

Requirements

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