Manager, Research & Development

Job Description

Title: Manager, Research & Development

Company Name: Apex Footwear Limited

Vacancy: 1

Age: At least 30 years

Job Location: Gazipur (Kaliakair)

Salary: Negotiable

Experience:

• 6 to 8 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): Manufacturing (FMCG), Wholesale, Retail Store, Leather goods/ Footwear/ Tannery

• Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Chemistry
• Master of Science (MSc) in Chemistry

• The incumbent requires to have Bachelors or Master’s Degree in Polymer Science /Technology

• Minimum 8 years’ experience industrial product development / management or technical service experience in the field of Polymer, Rubber & Synthetic Product lines with minimum of 4 years exclusive experience in (R & D) developing, formulating the synthetic footwear products

• 6 to 8 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): Manufacturing (FMCG), Wholesale, Retail Store, Leather goods/ Footwear/ Tannery

• Age At least 30 years

• Hands-on skill in building Technical Specification Sheet including Bill of Materials

• Technical expertise in trouble shooting the production processes of various types & categories of Synthetic footwear issues related to chemical composition, conditionings, statistical process controls, mould quality checks, etc., in sample & bulk production

• Knowledge on development, R & D, Commercialization, QA & Lab Testing

• Must be capable of designing, training, implementing and sustaining very rigorous processes and procedures related to the chemical formulation, recipe & compounding of various footwear synthetic products

• Multitasking Ability

• Application knowledge on Lean-Six Sigma, QMS & Automation is advantageous.

• Action Oriented & Results Driven

• Collaborates

• Communicates Effectively

• Customer Focus

• Being Resilient

• Instills Trust

• Developing new products development plan with item-wise objective, customer forecast, estimated cost & time-line to ensure cost-effective formulation, shorter possible cycle time

• Improve competitiveness of Apex product portfolio with technical value proposition

• Create RM supplier database based on MSDS, RMIF and other inputs provided by supplier for the possible benefits in the formulations

• Evaluate new RM for existing products, new products & cost saving projects for updating the database

• Evaluate the performance of new RM / existing RM from new supplier from initial production batches so as to ensure the stability of product quality

• Co-ordinate with Production in First Time Production (FTP) formulations to ensure the precision as per development recipe to achieve product quality and consumption

• Collaborate actively with Production & Quality in resolving issues and problems with solutions for internal/external customers

• To customize existing formulations as per trending PM/market requirements and to ensure product deliverables meet those expectations/insights and zero incremental cost

• Provide the new innovative, creative inputs to achieve the budgeted material cost.

• Setting-up and managing the Chemical Testing Lab to serve the basic needs of Synthetic PD, R&D and Production including product & lab safety

• Designing, developing and implementing analytical methods, operational procedures and reliability programs to assure the consistency, accuracy & quality of the production recipe.

• Demonstrate the key-value of the developed products to PM & front-end operations team (Retail, Distribution & Franchise) so as to differentiate from competitor products.

• Compensation for the role is industry standard and negotiable

• Gratuity Facility

• Contributory Provident fund

• Lunch Facilities: Partially Subsidize

• Yearly Salary Review

• Yearly 02 Festival Bonuses

• Life Insurance (Accidental and Hospitalization)

• Discounts in hospitals & diagnostic centers

• Daycare service

• Apex Family Discount on Apex products