
Senior R&D Associate
- 上海市
- 长期
- 全职
- Working as part of the Product Delivery and Maintenance (PDM) Germ Protection and Household team with the corresponding global Category Development Organization (CDO) and global R&D Innovation teams to deliver new revenue protection (NRP), new revenue growth (NRG) and Gross Margin Expansion/Improvement (GME/GMI) projects under Germ protection and Household categories in an efficient, cost effective and timely manner.
- Brands under scope includes but not limited to: Lysol, Vanish, Woolite, Harpic, Aerogard and etc.
- Responsible countries include Great China (GC) including China mainland, Hongkong and Taiwan as well as Korea and Japan which are now clustered with GC as a bigger region called GC+NA (North Asia)
- Be able to handle independently big/complex projects with interaction with multiple cross functions and stakeholders
- Efficiently and effectively communicate/cooperate with cross functionals on the daily work basis to deal with regular requests and support needed from technical side
- Project managing technical workstreams with technical, chemical and executional complexity as well as speed to market challenges.
- Working in the laboratory on formulation and validation testing in a safe and efficient manner to drive performance and claim substantiation.
- Proactively build a good team and assist team members on their personal and career development
- Actively participate in global PDM programs and contribute
- Managing and guiding EMO's on the requirements, formulation, development and testing in line with Success Criteria, COGs targets and manufacturability.
- To have an overview of consumer needs and insights and be passionate on consumers and new trends to inspire new ideas generation
- Must be qualified to degree standard in a relevant scientific discipline, ideally Chemistry or Science
- Sufficient experience in laboratory, familiar with general equipment and know how to operate, professional on lab management, 5S, QMS and etc.
- Technical expertise and curiosity with a passion for problem solving and delivery. A proven track record of results.
- A good understanding of the R&D development process from end to end in FMCG industry, good at RD project management.
- Action focused and results oriented mindset with strong problem solving skills.
- Good communication skills coupled with good analytical and interpersonal skills.
- Have great collaboration skills, be a good team player, a personable person with a creative and open attitude and action focus.
- Sufficient experience of managing teams and proven to be a good team leader.