Kemira is a global leader in sustainable chemistry for water intensive industries. For more than 100 years, our chemistry has advanced human progress and quality of life. We call it chemistry with a purpose, better every day. At Kemira, we foster a collaborative and inclusive work culture that empowers our employees to thrive and make a difference. Learn more about Kemira at www.kemira.com/careers.

Application Research Team Manager - R&I

Location: Atlanta, GA

Category: Research and Innovation

Job type: Full time

Kemira is a global company providing chemicals and expertise to operations around the world. We are committed to being our customers' first choice by bringing sustainable value through improved product quality, better process and resource efficiency. We offer a result-oriented and collaborative culture that empowers you to drive excellence and innovation with a major impact on the future. If you have the right mix of curiosity, a drive for excellence and an innovative mindset, we want to talk to you.

We are now looking for an experienced Research Team Manager, to join the Research & Development Team.

Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• Leadership. Provide strong leadership and management of an Rearch team supporting a variety of areas focus on sustainability.

• Processes. Effectively communicates with stakeholders to fully understand their needs in terms of purpose, quality, and timing. Actively participate on project teams for new product development and segment discovery that leads to new areas for Kemira. Aligns departmental activities and initiatives with the company vision, strategy, and processes. Ensures the continuous improvement of competencies and technologies for technical customer support and new product development.

• Resources. Ensures resources (internal and external) are allocated to most efficiently resolve customers' technical issues. Establish and manage the team budget.

• Performance. Accountable for team performance in terms of effectiveness and measured in terms of the quality of the work delivered and efficiency (time taken and resources used).

• Team Management. Ensure appropriate handling of staff concerns; resolve conflicting demands on staff members; allocate team and other resources to projects and processes; ensure efficient and effective working of team; maintain effective working environment.

• Staff Development. Set appropriate objectives for direct reports, measure their performance against objectives, manage performance gaps. Assess training and development needs; and produce and execute development plans. Act as the primary in regular and annual reviews for direct reports.

• Coordination. Contributes regularly with the global analytical team on competency development, capital planning across the R&D centers. Contributes to Management Team and work with other departmental managers and Key Stakeholders to ensure proper alignment of objectives and smooth running of company processes and procedures on a day to day basis.

What we offer:

• A challenging position in an international environment with the opportunity to make a significant impact on our business

• An opportunity to be part of a cross functional team that allows you to develop and grow

What you need:

• PhD/MSc/BSc Engineering, Chemistry or similar discipline from an accredited college/university and 10+ years of relevant experience (3+ years managerial in an R&D environment)

• Interpersonal skills: customer orientation, cultural interpersonal effectiveness, communicating with impact

• Business management skills: driving execution, business acumen, entrepreneurship, project leadership

• Leadership skills: coaching/teaching, empowerment/delegation, team development, change leadership

• Proven supervisory and teamwork skills in a fast paced and challenging environment

• Knowledge of Pulp and Paper and/or Water treatment markets/testing a plus

Kemira is a global leader in sustainable chemical solutions for water-intensive industries. Our customers include industrial and municipal water treatment operators, and pulp & paper industry among others. We provide the best-suited products and services to improve our customers' product quality, process, and resource efficiency. Our focus is on water treatment, renewable solutions, and digital services. In 2023, Kemira had annual revenue of around EUR 3.4 billion and around 5,000 employees. Kemira shares are listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd. For more information, please visit our web site www.kemira.com/careers and LinkedIn.