MAIN TASKS:

• Leads and motivates a research team and is responsible for overall team performance.
• Support R&D projects with respect to route scouting, optimization & volume supply with primary focus on scale-up from gm to kg-scale.
• Following-up on project progress and ensuring that projects are delivered on-time and in quality.
• Ensuring right process safety techniques are employed before scale-up decisions.
• Fostering innovation and coming up with new ideas; keeping up to date with synthetic and process technology developments.
• Liaising with stake holders from research, safety, analytics, procurement, maintenance & management
• Implementing & ensuring compliance with respect to labor, safety, and environmental protection regulations in his/her area of ​​responsibility.               

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & EXPERIENCE:

• PhD with post-doctorate experience in organic chemistry
• Shall possess sound theoretical and practical knowledge in organic synthesis with scaling up of reactions on kg scale
• Should be fluent in communication
• Proactive, result driven and entrepreneurial approach towards tasks
• Intercultural understanding and interpersonal skills for managing internal & external project communication with stakeholders across globe.

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Drive innovation
• Customer Focus
• Collaborate for achievement