Head of R&D HCB Nigeria at Henkel

Your Role

• Defines and steers strategy consistent with defined business plan, oversees new product development project.
• Steers product portfolio (together with Marketing)
• Ensures fulfillment of performance, quality and cost product requirements.
• Defines and plans resources to meet planned objectives, reports on R&D activities
• Develops team members regarding leadership and technical and digital competencies.
• Represents R&D in regional innovation committees and ExComs
• Acts as technically responsible person for all approved products; ensures compliance with corporate SHE standards, policies and procedures.
• Provides guidance to team regarding new approaches, solutions, processes, products within an agreed timeframe.
• Steers process development needed to support x-functions teams to achieve completion of new technology products in line with strategic objectives.
• Oversees that all new products meet international chemical health and safety requirements and other regulations.
• Assures technology state of the art through patent protection of all new developments and technologies.
• Steers generation of consumer insights through various platforms
• Represents Henkel at various associations and shapes technical guidance documents; represents BU category in core crisis teams.

YOUR SKILLS

• Bachelors' degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Pharmacy
• minimum 5 years' relevant work experience