Laboratory Manager (Plastics Manufacturing Industry)

Who we are:

We are a well-established global company which is presented around the world, one of the top players for the Plastic Industry. We are looking for our new Laboratory and Quality Control Manager for our Germany site located near Frankfurt am Main.

Responsibilities:

• Managing a professional team of ~20 Lab Chemicals, quality control personnel and laboratory operators, responsible for their targets and tasks.
• Managing their training and pushing them to improve processes and performance.
• Building and maintaining a flexible and motivated team.
• Generating formulations recipes based on customer specifications and application-specific properties, responsible for providing an ongoing response and support to production, sales team and customers.
• Developing and improving formulations
• Improving and streamlining the laboratory work, including work methods and procedures characterization.
• Meeting product delivery times to customers while maintaining high quality.
• Compliance with regulations and the plastic industry standards.
• Managing interfaces with production, development, planning, purchasing and customer service departments.
• Cooperation with other laboratories at a global level as well as the headquarters

Requirements:

• Ability and proven experience in leading a team in a spirit of partnership and assertiveness.
• Practical experience in plastics processing, preferably in extrusion and injection molding
• Experience in the functioning and application of additives
• Experience in handling colorants, color measurement and color recipes - an advantage
• Ability to read, understand and interpret specifications and technical documentation.
• Personal skills such as self-motivating, team player, committed, loyal, analytical, open to changes, resilience and reliable.