Join Our Team as a Project Leader at Saint Gobain Interior Solutions!
Are you a Scientist (e.g. Chemist, Material Scientist, Chemical Engineer) with a passion for delivering projects? Do you want to leverage and hone your project leadership skills in our team to develop innovative solutions? Saint Gobain Interior Solutions is looking for a dynamic Project Leader to join our Product Development team at East Leake.
You will be part of a team developing and formulating powder products, such as finish plasters, base coats or undercoats, and various types of jointing compounds. The role is based in the UK, but some overseas travel will be required.
What We Offer:
- Project Leadership: Leading projects in the development of new products, processes, and solutions to meet the needs of customers through collaborative working and continuous improvement.
- Innovative Projects: Engage in cutting-edge business projects, developing and testing new solutions. Translate customer requirements into tangible product features.
- Collaborative Environment: Work closely with other teams worldwide to deliver high-performance solutions that meet customer needs. Your role will involve a mix of office-based tasks and hands-on lab work.
- Customer Interaction: We believe a thorough customer understanding is essential in developing the right products that do what customers care about.
- Continuous Improvement: It means challenging the status quo, listening to understand, and imagine possibilities for a better future that does not yet exist.
- Together is better: We realise that great things can only come from collaboration and diverse thinking.
- Sustainability: Is a key focus for us as we aim to deliver the same performance customers expect from our products with a much lower impact on our planet.
What You'll Do:
- Project Leadership/Management: Lead and manage business critical projects, from exploration to launch, putting customer needs at the heart of everything.
- Product Development: Hands-on approach to formulating and testing of innovative products and prototypes as well as data analysis. Furthermore, you will turn data into information and communicate findings across the company.
- Cross-functional Collaboration: Work alongside culturally diverse and international teams contributing to continuous improvement and high standards of performance.
What We're Looking For:
- Educational Background: A degree in a scientific discipline (e.g. Materials Science, Chemistry, or Chemical Engineering)
- Experience: 2-3 years of experience working as a scientist or project leader, with a proven track record of managing and leading projects.
- Skills: Strong project leadership and communication skills. A proactive approach to problem-solving and innovation. Ability to turn data into information and what that data means.
- Curiosity: An inquisitive mind, persistence, tenacity, and an ability to think outside the box.
Why Join Us? At Saint Gobain Interior Solutions, you'll be part of a company that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement. We offer a supportive work environment where your expertise and leadership will help shape the future of building materials and solutions.
Are Saint-Gobain Inclusive employer?
We're working hard to be, and we're keen to hire talented people regardless of their background, abilities, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender, national origin, taste in music, fashion sense or anything else that makes you, you!
We understand that a diverse workplace is not only a more enjoyable place to be, but also facilitates better decision making and innovation. So, whoever you are, and whichever Saint-Gobain business you join, you can be sure of a warm welcome with us.
And what about flexibility?
The world of work is changing, and at Saint-Gobain we are open to new ways of working in order to attract talented people to our business. We understand that everyone has different needs and commitments. Therefore, we are very open to discuss any flexible requirement or need that you may have for this role. We can't guarantee to meet all requests for flexibility when we are recruiting, but we promise to listen.
Ready to Lead and Innovate? If you are excited about driving change and leading product development projects, we want to hear from you! Apply now to become a key leader in our Product Development team.
Join us in creating the future of building solutions at Saint Gobain Interior Solutions!