Job Title:  Product Development Chemist

The Chemist role will be responsible for the development of new ink and coating formulations to support the Flint Group’s aggressive growth of sales through continued innovation. In this role you will provide a high-level expertise in formulation, testing, scale up, and commercialization of new products. This position will lead projects focused on current product improvements, new product development and serve as the primary liaison with manufacturing, sales, the technical services organizations as well as some direct interaction with customers. In the Chemist role, you will be expected to develop an expert knowledge all of Flint product lines, applications, and markets, and have experience formulating with multiple types of resin chemistries.

Requirements:

• Experience- Proven track record of developing and successfully commercializing new products on time.

• Hands on experience with scaling up manufacturing of new products,

• Professional, reliable, ethical, responsive, & customer focused, • Planning- Ability to plan and schedule all technical activities of a project(s) independently,

• Communication- Ability to communicate results with internal and external customers in a clear and concise manner, good record keeping

• Collaborative – Able to work as an individual contributor and or as a team

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Identify new and emerging technologies that could be relevant to developing new products or improving existing processes,

• Conduct a full search and summary of technical literature related to work projects,

• Develop new ink and coating technologies according to the company strategy,

• Lead projects according to agreed upon budget and timetables utilizing Phase Gate methodology and deliver results on time,

• Evaluate key technical information to recommend improvements in concepts, ideas and solutions,

• Ensure that Customer, Sales, and Technical Service have all technical information needed to properly use new formulations,

• Interface with Manufacturing, Sales, Product Management, and Technical Services as required to solve customer problems and support existing business,

• Stay current with patent and chemical literature,

• Maintains two-way dialogue with others on work and results.

• Use first-hand customer information to improve/develop products and services.

• Experience in publishing white paper in trade journals or articles is a plus

Qualifications: The candidate should hold a minimum Bachelors degree in chemistry, polymer science, chemical engineering, or relevant industry experience with proven “hands on” experience in formulating adhesive lamination, extrusion lamination, retort and 2C inks and coatings for the Flexible Packaging market.

The candidate is also expected to understand the flexographic and gravure printing process, which includes current press configurations, coaters and lamination technology. The candidate should have the ability to work in a team environment, have strong written and verbal communications skills as well as project management skills