About the role
Location: We are rather flexible about your place of work as long as it is at one of our European locations. What matters is that we find the right person for the job.
Hours: Full-Time
Type of Contract: Permanent
We provide solutions for a better tomorrow.
At Borealis, we are committed to work closely with our customers and value chain partners in the industry, to develop innovative and sustainable circular plastics solutions and to contribute actively to a better future! Let us drive the transformation to circular economy together in this strategically growing business segment.
As a member of the Circular Economy Solutions (CES) Product Management team, you will focus on applications made from recyclates. You will collaborate closely with different stakeholders within Borealis, like marketing, sales, labs, production as well as our plastics recycling companies mtm and Ecoplast, plus tollers.
Key responsibilities of your role will be to:
- Translate customer and application needs into product and process specifications
- Manage and optimize your product portfolio including costs, performance, quality, legal compliance, etc.
- Propose and evaluate development ideas and contribute to development- & investment-project pre-studies
- Provide technical expertise and support internally in projects across Borealis e.g. CES related growth projects, including audits and trainings
- Help solving complex customer problems and product claims
- Provide expert technical advice to Borealis CES customers
- Support value creation by seeking new business opportunities for existing products, and position the (technical) added value of these new opportunities both externally and internally
- Support technical innovation and actively contribute to entire innovation process from needs identification to implementation
- Collaboration in cross functional teams together with colleagues in the areas of customer support, production, sales or marketing
About you
You hold a university degree (Master or PhD) or similar in polymer processing, polymer engineering, polymer technology or similar. You already have some years of professional experience in a field that relates to this role and polymers / compounding. This could be in product management, application development, field technical service or similar. Of course, any experience with recyclates or along the Circular Economy value chain in general is a bonus. To be able to communicate effectively with production, German skills are beneficial.
You are a strong team player with a positive and outcome-oriented mind-set. You are able to mobilize people to get things done. Both internal and external stakeholders can rely on your best efforts and your finesse, combined with good communication skills, when dealing with different interests and expectations.
About Borealis and our offer
We are here for you! If you have any questions, please contact Renate Ewinger, renate.ewinger@borealisgroup.com. Please note that applications via e-mail will not be accepted since we are serious about protection of your personal data, so thank you for applying online.
We offer competitive salary, reflecting your experiences, skills and competencies. The total package will depend on the country / location of employment!
In Austria and following Austrian law regulations, we offer competitive compensation based on the collective labour agreement chemical industry starting at EUR 73.112,90 annual gross salary (based on 38 hrs/week) and are willing to pay more based on your experience and background. In addition, we offer a yearly bonus and a voluntary company pension plan.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy for further applications when we have received sufficient applications that meet the advertised requirements and will contact you as soon as screening is closed.
Borealis is one of the world’s leading providers of advanced and sustainable polyolefin solutions and a European front-runner in polyolefins recycling. In Europe, we are a market leader in base chemicals and fertilizers. We leverage our polymer expertise and decades of experience to offer value adding, innovative and circular material solutions for key industries such as consumer products, energy, healthcare, infrastructure and mobility. In re-inventing essentials for sustainable living, we build on our commitment to safety, our people, innovation and technology, and performance excellence. We are accelerating the transformation to a circular economy of polyolefins and expanding our geographical footprint to better serve our customers around the globe.
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