Team Leader Analytical Identification

About the role

AkzoNobel is hiring a Team Leader Analytical Identification to oversee the planning, coordination, and execution of analytical identification and quick-response requests. This role plays a key part in ensuring high-quality output from a team of specialists while promoting safety, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Key responsibilities

• Lead a team of approximately 4 researchers, technicians, and specialists, ensuring the timely execution and delivery of activities.
• Plan and prioritize analytical activities, managing workload and staffing levels within set budgets and timelines.
• Collaborate with R&D and QC departments to align outputs with customer needs and provide timely updates on delays or issues.
• Coordinate urgent analytical requests, including complaints and quality control cases, across the broader analytical function.
• Ensure results from the team are accurate, using correct test methods, procedures, and quality standards.
• Communicate regularly with stakeholders, including project leads and R&D management, on activity status and take corrective actions when necessary.
• Continuously improve analytical capabilities, team knowledge, and work efficiency.
• Drive employee development, talent management, and succession planning within the team.
• Set objectives, review performance, and provide clear, constructive feedback and development plans.
• Ensure adherence to safety procedures and protocols (e.g. 5S, BBS), and that team members are equipped with the right tools and resources.
• Actively engage in hands-on problem-solving and practical work in the laboratory, supporting the team in troubleshooting and resolving technical challenges.

Job requirements

• Technical education in a relevant field such as analytical chemistry.
• Experience or affinity with analytical identification techniques.
• Strong communication skills in English (spoken and written); Dutch is a plus.
• Excellent coordination and organizational skills.
• Proactive, pragmatic, and positive mindset with strong ownership and accountability.
• Comfortable working in dynamic environments with shifting priorities and deadlines.
• Strong computer skills, including MS Office and analytical instrument software.

What we offer

• Competitive salary, plus travel and work-from-home expenses.
• 13th month salary.
• 46 holidays.
• 8% vacation allowance.
• Hybrid work option (3 days office, 2 days home office, per week).
• Training opportunities that will help you grow beyond this position.