What are the responsibilities and job description for the R&D Technical Director - Powder Coatings position at The Sherwin-Williams Company?
Sherwin-Williams is seeking a strategic and influential R&D Technical Director to lead product and platform development activities for powder coating systems and sales support for the General Industrial Division. As a member of the R&D leadership team, the Technical Director plays a crucial role in cultivating a customer centric, high-performance culture built on mutual trust and integrity. Through partnership and collaboration with Sales, Marketing, Global Supply Chain, and other groups to support and secure new and existing business. The ideal candidate thrives with building cross-functional partnerships in a matrix environment while driving strategic initiatives supporting growth, efficiency, cost savings, and innovation. The Technical Director should have strong knowledge and experience with the development and formulation of powder-based coatings, regional markets, product stewardship, and regulatory requirements.
Job duties include contact with other employees and access confidential and proprietary information and / or other items of value, and such access may be supervised or unsupervised. The Company therefore has determined that a review of criminal history is necessary to protect the business and its operations and reputation and is necessary to protect the safety of the Company's staff, employees, and business relationships.
The Powder Technical Director is a member of the Global General Industrial R&D technology leadership team and is responsible for leading all sales support and product and platform development activities for powder based coating systems for Sherwin-Williams's General Industrial Business in the NA region and collaborates with other members of the Global Leadership Team on projects applicable to multiple regions and for global customers.
- Works collaboratively with Sales and Marketing to support and secure new business as well as maintain current customer base.
- Shepherds key programs that drive significant strategic regional growth.
- Drives and capture intellectual property developments.
- Partners with Regional Purchasing, GI Product Management and PCG Raw Materials Manager to support raw material selection and cost saving projects for the region.
- Is a member of the global Technical Leadership team; coordinates global technical activities in conjunction with technical leaders in other regions to ensure development and translation of technology from and into region, alignment with global strategic plans and best practices sharing.
- Identifies, institutes and manages external technology and innovation partnerships with regional companies and institutes for regional and global advantage in support of overall PCG strategy.
- Builds organization capability and drives efficiency of resource utilization, e.g., champions and drives best practices, institutes project management and portfolio management with business leaders and R&D teams, reviews infrastructure requirements, hires, trains, and guides people development.
- Develops key customer and supplier relationships that support business maintenance and growth.
- Promotes a safe work environment by driving safety practices, safe equipment utilization and maintenance in the laboratories.
- Manages internal / external relationships within a matrix environment.
- Enables and influences internal / external connectivity to drive strategic initiatives and projects.
- Coordinates regional powder technical activities in conjunction with global technical leaders to ensure product development and technical transfer to and from the regions in alignment with the global strategic product plans.
- Manages and deploys resources across region and / or cross business or functional teams to efficiently and effectively deliver all product and technology goals and services.
- Acts as the subject matter expert on regional or cross-functional project teams or technology committees.
Talent Management
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
20 staff at multiple sites for >
3 years
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Travel Requirements : 40% Domestic and International Travel
