Evonik

Manager

• Manage selected cosmetic brands within our Active Ingredient product line.
• Shift business focus toward developing tailor-made offerings for major global brands.
• Lead one major innovation territory— Longevity.
• Define a clear innovation and claim strategy, and develop compelling marketing concepts.
• Analyze the DNA and strategy of major cosmetic brands.
• Develop brand-specific offerings in collaboration with Sales, Business Development, Marketing, and Applied Innovation.
• Act as the brand “owner” throughout its lifecycle.
• Collaborate closely with the Valorization Manager for Longevity.

Global Brand & Claim Manager

Engineer

• Collaborate closely with data scientists and data engineer within the team to provide domain expertise in production and chemical processes. This includes, but not limited to validating prediction models, providing context to the data, linking back to business cases, etc.
• Drive and execute projects within Advanced Process Innovation program. This role is designed as a Product Owner within agile project management method to deliver projects within Advanced Process Innovation.
• Continuously find improvement opportunities in the manufacturing facility to support the project pipelines within three workstreams in Advanced Process Innovation.
• Collaborate with global and local teams in developing solutions, especially leveraging in more advanced technologies in the market that are not yet implemented within the organization.
• Communicate findings and recommendations to cross-functional teams, including operations, quality assurance, and management.
• Stay abreast with industry trends and emerging technology in manufacturing industry with the intent to bring them into the organization.

Process Development Engineer, Simulation Studies

Procurement

• Set overall strategic direction and priorities for the assigned indirect category
• Identify national contract opportunities and address indirect spend with regional, national or global synergies
• Coordinate with global counterparts where necessary
• Audit documentation of competitive bid process to ensure consistency and compliance to Procurement Management Manual
• Manage KPIs defined by Procurement Management
• Manage key supplier relationships including contract/price negotiations for indirect categories
• Negotiate optimization/extension of existing contracts and catalogs and generate new contracts/catalogs (dollar ranges up to $50 MM/year)
• Negotiate purchases assuring quality, safety, time and cost effectiveness
• Minimize Evonik liability regarding quality management, licensing, insurance, taxes, and supplier financial stability
• Evaluate supplier/contractor performance and manage approved bidders/suppliers list
• Manage and maintain electronic catalogs for e-Procurement programs (Ariba, RIsource); provide training and troubleshooting
• Identify and document savings potential, especially regarding sustainability and EBIT relevance
• Identify and communicate regional market trends for assigned categories
• Lead transformational change and projects and support compliance standards and vendor prequalification
• Support corporate procurement initiatives (sustainability, supplier diversity, payment terms, systems integrations, acquisitions/divestitures)

Global Brand & Claim Manager

Process Development Engineer, Simulation Studies

Sourcing Manager