Industry Specialist at Novonesis

In this role you’ll make an impact by:

We are looking for an experienced Industry Technical Specialist to join our Household Care team covering Middle east. You will be the responsible person for:

• Market specific technical & formulation knowledge in terms of ingredient usage, formulation practices, technical innovation trends & industry movement
• Sparring partner & input-provider to the sales force represented across the region. Act as a regional technical specialist and ensure best-practice & insight sharing
• High impact meetings & key customer interactions together with sales, marketing & business development colleagues, when a specialized technical dialogue is needed to inspire & convince customer’s R&D teams
• Work in close collaboration with the HHC labs to develop proof of concepts which meet customer and project expectations

To succeed you must hold:

• Relevant advanced degree (M.Sc.) within chemistry, bio-technology or science or bachelors degree engineering
• 8-10 years of experience within the Household Care industry
• Strong track record of building detergent formulations & technical concepts incl. in-depth knowledge of surfactants, builders & specialty ingredients
• Ability to drive inspirational & convincing dialogues with customers
• Great network skills to build business & partnerships externally with customers, academia and industrial associations
• Willingness to travel up to 50% of working time
• Knowledge of French would be a plus
• Location: Shall be based in Turkey or Dubai