Material Scientist in Life Sciences and Animal Feed applications - Toulouse, France - Imerys

Description

Job Summary

RESPONSIBILITIES

• SAFETY : Contribute directly and in a proactive way vis à vis colleagues and her/himself to S&T Laboratory safety
• Responsible for the S&T projects execution and the development of the necessary technologies and products related to the market (NBO, new applications, new services and technical support using laboratory resourcing) :
  - Is accountable from a Technology standpoint for an efficient use of resources to deliver at the expected performance & cost timely technology solutions
  - Coordinate with her/his Peers to allocate technical team pool resources matching deadline on her/his projects and in coherence with overall priorities of the segment
  - Responsible for nurturing IMERYS relationships and growing our intimacy with customers
  - Ensures tight coordination with relevant Operations, Product Management, Process, Commercial and Business teams as well as Technical Services
  - Look for and lead the relationship with external R&D resources when capabilities is not available internally
• Report in a timely manner progress to peers and management (monthly activity, research activity progress, Accolade...)
• Contribute to lab/pilot assets acquisition, implementation, technical acceptance and maintenance
• Propose and draft documents (invention report, patent...) to protect our intellectual property
• Contribute to the specification datasheet content definition and to product launch kit elaboration (under the lead of product management/marketing teams)
• Draft scientific / technical articles to grow our visibility through communication in professional magazines
• Keep his/her awareness on technologies/products evolution (OEM's technologies, new , competitors' product...) that can have an impact / interaction with Imerys solutions for FLS segment... and disseminate across our community

COMPETENCIES AND EXPERIENCE

• Demonstrated capability to deliver results in a challenging environment
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Provide clear instructions to technical team and make sure those instructions are understood
• Strong interpersonal skills and a proven ability to work in a transversal environment
  Ability to perform in a convincing way presentation to an internal audience and at exhibitions/conferences
  Transparency, Reliable results, Sharp & Clear written and spoken communication
  Ability to propose solutions and Material deliver in a timely manner

• Product development process from idea to technical support during customer implementation (commercialization)
• Good Laboratory Practice acumen and intimate with key project management rules
• Knowledge of Animal Feed industry and Minerals would be a plus

• PhD or Master in Animal Feed or Life Sciences applications
  3+ years of work experience in R&D
• Work in an international environment is a plus
• Fluent English written, spoken... second EU language appreciated (German, Italian, French)

Other requirements:

• Availability for business trips in Europe (20-30%).

• Material Scientist/ Researcher with a natural customer oriented mindset

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