Product Development Manager

$110,000 - $165,300/Yr

The Henkel Group - Bridgewater Township, NJ

Full-time - Senior

Bridgewater Township, NJ

10,001+ employees

About the position

At Henkel, you can build on a strong legacy and leading positions in both industrial and consumer businesses to reimagine and improve life every day. If you love challenging the status quo, join our community of over 50,000 pioneers around the globe. Our teams at Henkel Adhesive Technologies help to transform entire industries and provide our customers with a competitive advantage through adhesives, sealants, and functional coatings. With our trusted brands, our cutting-edge technologies, and our disruptive solutions, you will have countless opportunities to explore new paths and develop your skills. Grow within our future-led businesses, our diverse and vibrant culture, and find a place where you simply belong. All to leave your mark for more sustainable growth. Dare to make an impact? In this role, you will manage the Product Development (PD) team supporting adhesives and coatings for packaging materials with a focus on sustainability. You will drive the development of high-quality and innovative products to meet strategic and financial goals of the Strategic Business Unit (SBU). Identifying new trends in packaging, adhesives, and coatings technology will be crucial, as you will need to invest resources appropriately to maintain leadership in the industry. You will also develop and implement processes to ensure consistent product development, managing opportunities and risks appropriately. Additionally, you will support and execute the Intellectual Property (IP) Strategy, capturing and defending Henkel's intellectual property through patents. Prioritizing global and regional projects, you will assign and leverage resources regionally, ensuring timely development, scale-up, and launch of products. Providing technical support to Manufacturing and Quality will enable faster scale-ups, and you will support and build upon the laboratory safety culture and best practices.

Responsibilities

• Manage the Product Development team supporting adhesives and coatings for packaging materials with a focus on sustainability.
• Drive the development of high-quality and innovative products to meet SBU strategic and financial goals.
• Identify new trends in packaging, adhesives, and coatings technology and invest resources appropriately to maintain industry leadership.
• Develop and implement processes to ensure consistent product development, managing opportunities and risks appropriately.
• Support and execute the IP Strategy, capturing and defending Henkel's intellectual property through patents.
• Prioritize global/regional projects, assigning and leveraging resources regionally.
• Ensure timely development, scale-up, and launch of products.
• Provide technical support to Manufacturing and Quality to enable faster scale-ups.
• Support and build upon laboratory safety culture and best practices.

Requirements

• Ph.D. in a relevant technology or market.
• 5 years of experience in a relevant technology or market.
• People management and leadership experience preferred.
• Innovation management and a track record of commercial success.
• Chemistry knowledge of polyurethanes is preferred.
• Technology scouting experience preferred.