.About Us Elementis is a global specialty chemical company, with 1,300 employees operating 17 manufacturing sites across the globe. At Elementis, we bring a distinctive combination of expertise, innovation, and teamwork to every formulation challenge. We create high-value specialty additives that enhance the performance of our customers' products and make a positive change in the world. Combining our leading positions in the science of materials flow, surface modification, and formulation with access to unique natural materials, Elementis delivers unique chemistry, sustainable solutions to customers in a wide range of markets, including cosmetics, anti-perspirants, decorative and industrial coatings, automotive and ceramics. Job Description Summary The Personal Care Innovation Manager leads and drives product innovations for our Personal Care business. It is a pivotal role in defining the business' global product strategy, ensuring a competitive edge in the market, and ultimately driving revenue growth through the creation of cutting-edge personal care ingredients and technologies that meet both customer and industry demands. Job Description Position in Organization Reports to: Global Director of Innovation - Personal Care Direct Reports: x2 direct reports Department: Global Innovation Research and Development Responsibilities You lead and work with a team of synthetic chemists to generate novel compositions at bench scale and assist in scale up of technology ('make, test, modify'), foster a culture of teamwork and innovation, and provide direction to achieve research objectives. You provide guidance and technical direction on project briefs, ingredient composition, and lab trials, ensuring the development of cutting-edge personal care products that meet quality and performance standards. You identify, coordinate, and work with internal and external research, academic and new venture partners to discover and present new technology and innovation platforms to the leadership team. You translate voice of the customer into actionable strategies, ensuring that research and development efforts align with market demands and consumer preferences and requirements. You lead multiple projects simultaneously, oversee project timelines, resources, and budgets to deliver successful outcomes. You communicate the Research & Innovation product vision, new technologies, product ideas, and new ingredients to higher management and to cross-functional teams in order to bring a proactive thinking regarding product development. You perform an active role in new product brainstorming sessions with Marketing and R&D. Develop new concepts and present ideas to Marketing. Decision making The preferred candidate would have the authority to make decisions related to technical direction, experimental methodologies, formulation approaches and product development processes
