Expert Lab Services - Material Science Polymers

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📍 OftringenFull time
Full timeOmya International AG

About this role

Responsibilities 

Technical / Lab Services 

  • Delivers technical and lab service support for existing products and solutions across all Horizons, under guidance from senior team members. 

  • Assists in proof-of-concept activities for Horizon 2 and 3 initiatives. 

  • Delivers lab, field, and customer testing, data collection, and interpretation of lab, field, and customer trials. 

  • Ensures technical documentation and reporting for internal and external stakeholders. 

  • Close collaboration within the technical service community, Commercialisation Management, OSM Region Sales, and Key Account teams to support technical conversion of sales opportunities. 

  • Supports Sales and other functions training, as well as new Technical Service team members on applications and testing. 

Stakeholder Management 

  • Participates in initial commercialization activities and go-to-market support. 

  • Assists in technical training sessions for OSM sales teams and channel partners. 

  • Represents Technical / Lab Services in internal meetings and customer interactions as needed. 

Requirements

  • A university degree in engineering / chemistry or a relevant subject area is a must. 

  • Minimum of 0-7 years of relevant technical and/or lab service experience. International work experience is beneficial. 

  • Good understanding and knowledge of Polymer Applications and/or industrials minerals

  • Personality with a strong service mindset, having a feeling for providing the right technical and lab service level to drive customer satisfaction and underline our leadership as an industrial mineral producer. 

  • Ability to own assigned tasks and promote collaboration. 

  • Effective communication skills (oral and writing) and the ability to interact with individuals from a range of backgrounds and at all levels. 

  • Good project management skills, incl. project documentation. 

  • Good analytical skills to interpret data from lab, field, and customer trials. 

  • Ability to give recommendations based on lab, field, and customer trial results. 

  • Excellent command of both oral and written local language and English is required. Additional language skills are beneficial. 

  • Availability for business travel up to 0-30% of the time required 

  • Strong team player with good communication skills.

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