Senior Chemist

SUMMARY OF THE ROLE

The Senior Chemist is responsible to develop, sustain process and customer friendly products under Jotun R&D process guidelines. You will be preparing, testing and evaluating raw materials to ensure product performance & specification as per Jotun's product requirements to meet the customer expectations.
This position will be reporting to the Manager - Lab & Process and will be based in Nilai, Negeri Sembilan.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct and ensure all testing as per Jotun & international Standards like ISO, ASTM, AAMA and Qualicoat etc.

• Drive for formulation (process and cost) optimization by revising existing recipes to ensure quality improvement delivery to market.

• Ensure good communication between the Lab team, QC team, sales team and Technical Services & Support (TSS) to enhance internal customer satisfaction and efficiency of operation.

• Ensure the incoming Raw Material (RM) quality as per Group R&D process guidelines.

• Follow Jotun standards and ISO procedures to improve consistency and traceability within the factory.

• Give technical support and cooperate closely with maintenance.

• Implement and supervise calibration procedures for laboratory instruments per ISO & Jotun HSEQ element requirements & guidelines.

• Improve the competence of chemists by reducing number of colour matching cycles per sample to drive the efficiency of routine operation as per lead time targets.

• Make formulations available for production with defined QC/process specification as per customer requirements and with optimized process parameters.

• Optimize recipes to maintain competitiveness in the local market within the framework set by regional and global R&D.

• Organize and ensure efficient optimized planning together with laboratory chemists & Lab operators.

• Preparing monthly lab reports as per the Lab KPI's.

• Review RMs with Purchasing, cooperate on old RMs use up, and new, cost-efficient RMs implementation.

• Update and change formulations as required by Group R&D

• When needed, analyze quality control of product and raw material to ensure achieving consistency of finished product delivery to customers.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR AND WHAT WE OFFER

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree of Chemistry or Chemical Engineering related with minimum 4 years of relevant experience in Powder Coatings.

• Must be proficient in verbal and written English with a clear, precise and structured manner of communication.

• Positive mindset and passionate about the work.

Personal qualities:

• Analysis & Judgment: quickly understands and analyzes complex issues and problems; comes up with sound and rational judgments.

• Initiative & Responsibility: acts on own initiative, makes things happen and accepts responsibility for the results.

• Innovation: produces fresh and imaginative ideas and solutions; breaks away from tradition; promotes change and novelty

• People Management: provides the team with a clear sense of direction, inspires and coordinates others and keeps them focused on objectives

• Professional Expertise: demonstrates specialist knowledge and expertise in own area; participates in continuous professional development.

• Systematic Approach: uses a methodical and systematic approach; plans ahead, defines clear priorities and allocates resources effectively.

What we offer

• We are a fast-growing paint and coatings company with proven financial success.

• Extensive opportunities for professional and personal development, through both on-the-job training and Jotun Academy.

• A professional and supportive work environment, focusing on continuous improvement and innovation.

• We are a value-driven organization where Loyalty, Care, Respect and Boldness are core to the culture and success of our organization.

POSITION INFORMATION

Company:

Jotun Paints (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.

Contract Type:

Regular

Time Type:

Full time

CLOSING DATE ):

WHO WE ARE

Seeing a prominent market in South East Asia (SEAP), Jotun opened its first factory in Thailand in 1968. Rapid economic development in the region led to new companies and factories in countries such as Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines, Myanmar, Cambodia and Australia. Jotun SEAP has been awarded a Korn Ferry Engaged Performance Award for year 2019, in recognition of achieving a best-in-class level of "Enablement". We are proud to have an incredibly diversified region with more than 2,000 employees that come from different nationality and background, working together in delivering profitable growth. Throughout our history, we have focused in providing our employees with meaningful and challenging work, rewarding them through continued learning and development, underpinned by our values of Loyalty, Care, Respect and Boldness.Jotun Malaysia and Singapore were established in 1983 and 1971, respectively. With the consolidation of Jotun Malaysia & Singapore in 2016, the organisation has consistently delivered strong growth and profitability to become today one of the main contributors to our business in the South East Asia and Pacific region. The company operates three factories in Shah Alam and Nilai and has a wide network of offices and warehouses across Malaysia and Singapore, providing efficient and timely response to our customers. Our aim is to develop employees through a culture of continuous feedback, learning and growth.

Visit our Career Page to know more about life at Jotun.

Jotun's company culture welcomes and values differences in people. Our more than 10,200 employees on all continents represent 90 nationalities, four generations and diversity of professions, gender, abilities, ethnicities, beliefs, cultures etc. We are committed to represent the societies we operate in, promoting equality, equity and zero-tolerance for discrimination.

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