Expert Lab Services - Material Science Polymers

**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.