Adhesives Solutions APAC Team Leader

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Date: May 28, 2025

Location: Biên Hòa, VN

Company: AkzoNobel

About AkzoNobel

Since 1792, we’ve been supplying the innovative paints and coatings that help to color people’s lives and protect what matters most. Our world class portfolio of brands – including Dulux, International, Sikkens and Interpon – is trusted by customers around the globe. We’re active in more than 150 countries and use our expertise to sustain and enhance the fabric of everyday life. Because we believe every surface is an opportunity. It’s what you’d expect from a pioneering and long-established paints company that’s dedicated to providing sustainable solutions and preserving the best of what we have today – while creating an even better tomorrow. Let’s paint the future together.

For more information please visit www.akzonobel.com

Key Responsibilities

To lead the team and ensuring execution and delivery of agreed plans, using multiple areas of expertise available.
To ensuring preparation, testing, developing, analyzing and researching elements (e.g. Problems, questions, ideas) within the lab capability
To attract, lead, coach, appraise and develop team members
To demonstrate and drive safety leadership
To work closely with PSRA regional and global team to ensure that products are within corporate guidelines and policies
To provide input relating to products information, performance and applications to sales and application team.
Capable of recommending full process routing for customers in trial situations in areas of technical expertise
To co-ordinate incremental product development issues approved by Sales Manager, and prioritize the task in agreement with Sales Manager and line manager.
To support projects from R&D global and supply chain by providing specific scientific input
Detailed understanding of chemistry impact on formulation space and real world performance. Can own material slates and suggest consolidation within them
Is aware of key industrial and regulatory test requirements impacting their segments and actively builds them into project planning. Actively informed about upcoming changes and can design testing and project plans accordingly
Deeper understanding of customer and end customer needs
To ensure on PSM and SAQ elements related to RD&I are available and communicated to the stakeholders

Experience

Degree in Chemistry/ Chemical technology and 5-7 years of experience in product development and running production trials.
Have a deep knowledge of our products, recipes, mfg. processes, raw material and customer processes.
Good communication and presentation skills, in English and preferably able to speak Chinese language
Can prepare presentations and reports for senior management across more than one function at an appropriate level of technical detail.
Can simplify and teach complex technical concepts to junior chemists.
Systematic problem solving and analytical skills

Education

Degree in Chemistry/ Chemical technology and 5-7 years of experience in product development and running production trials.

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At AkzoNobel we are highly committed to ensuring an inclusive and respectful workplace where all employees can be their best self. We strive to embrace diversity in a context of tolerance. Our talent acquisition process plays an integral part in this journey, as setting the foundations for a diverse environment. For this reason we train and educate on the implications of our Unconscious Bias in order for our TA and hiring managers to be mindful of them and take corrective actions when applicable. In our organization, all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or disability.

Requisition ID: 46920

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