MAIN TASKS:

1.    New Product Development: 

•  Understand customer’s need and market requirements and convert them into technical specifications of new products
•  Build new products with performance to meet the customers’ need and market requirements to support sales growth
•  Continually search for new technologies or applications in the industry 

2.    Product Improvement:

• Add new values or alternatives to the current products for the sake of performance improvement and/or cost efficiency
• Learn from competitors for chance of improvement in terms of quality/ performance/ solution 

3.     Product Benchmark in Market: Benchmark with competitors’ products in same segment to specify improvement          plan 

4.    Support in Service Requests:  Provide on-site service if there’s requirement from Sales / Customer Service

5.    Evaluation of Raw Materials:

• Evaluate raw materials, either new or alternatives for purpose of cost efficiency, quality improvement and/or formula back-up
• Proactively propose new/alternative raw materials to bring about new solutions and innovative products

6.    Problem Solving:

• Support QC team in troubleshooting problems arising from production such as: product parameters going out of specification, color miss-matching, etc. 
• Find way to rework or transfer into other products, if adjustment is not possible and accepted

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

• Engineer / Bachelor of chemistry or related fields
• At least 1- 3 year experience in working in Paints – Coatings industry
• Working experience in, deco, non-deco sections, such as: water base, solvent base, industrial coatings, wood coatings, Resin, Ink, Rubber,...
• Paints / Coatings industry
• Understand company’s product and competitor’s
• Able to communicate in English, good reading comprehension
• Able to work under pressure and respect the deadline
• Able to self-manage for the completion of handled project
• Able to set up working plan independently
• Good problem-solving skill
• Analytical skill
• Good sense of observation, recognition and evaluation. 
• Ready to travel