Flame Retardants PM

**KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES** * **Provide Regional Technical & Commercial Leadership** by serving as the subject matter expert in flame retardant technologies, formulation development, fire safety standards, regulatory compliance, and application engineering, translating technical capabilities into customer value and business opportunities. * **Drive Solution-Based Business Growth** by partnering with principals, customers, and country sales teams to develop and commercialize flame retardant solutions, expand into new applications and markets, and accelerate portfolio growth across Asia Pacific. * **Lead Portfolio Strategy & Profitability** for the regional flame retardants portfolio, including ATO, ATH, Synthetic MDH, Brucite, Zinc Borate, phosphorus-based and brominated flame retardants, delivering sustainable growth, margin expansion, and market share gains. * **Drive Key Customer Development & Innovation Projects** by working closely with customers, principals, and sales teams to accelerate project qualification, solution adoption, and commercialization across strategic accounts. * **Lead Principal Management & Strategic Partnerships** through business planning, supplier engagement, product commercialization, contract management, and long-term growth initiatives **JOB REQUIREMENTS** **Education** * Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering, Polymer Science, Chemistry, Materials Science, or related discipline. **Experience** * Minimum 8-15 years of experience in flame retardants, polymer, compounds, plastic, or related industries. * Experience working with principals, compounders, OEMs, distributors, and converters in the flame retardants value chain. **Knowledge and skills** * Strong technical knowledge of flame retardant formulation and application development across various polymer systems, including Polyolefins (PE, PP), EVA, XLPE, PVC, Engineering Plastics (PA, PBT, PET, PC/ABS), TPE, Rubber, and Coatings, with the ability to optimize fire performance, mechanical properties, processability, cost, and regulatory compliance. **Other requirements** * Strong techno-commercial capability to develop and commercialize application-specific flame-retardant solutions, leveraging market insights, customer requirements, and product management expertise to drive innovation, business development, portfolio growth, and profitable market expansion across Asia Pacific. **Performance Measures** * Flame Retardants Portfolio Development & Commercialization * Flame Retardants Portfolio Growth & Market Expansion * CM2 Growth of the Flame Retardants Portfolio * CM2 Coverage Optimization Inventory Write-Off Reduction