Job Opportunity Update - Global Product Manager (Flexible Packaging Coatings)

The Mayson Group has been exclusively engaged to seek a Product Manager for a major coatings supplier to the packaging market. Reporting to the global director of marketing, the Product Manager will globally lead market focused technical projects for packaging inks, coatings, and adhesives utilized in the flexible packaging markets.

Key Focuses:

• Develop the product portfolio strategy including market analysis to determine opportunities, identify market needs, future trends, portfolio gaps, performance measurement tools, and competitive positioning. 
• Leadership of new and improved product development and launches via stage-gate methodology with stakeholder organizations including technical, sales, marketing, and operations. 
• Support commercial activities including technical support to the sales process, pricing/marketing analysis, creation of sales tools, and training. 
• Manage the product / portfolio life cycle, in its entirety. 
• Manage product related communication activities.

Key Requirements:

• BS chemistry, chemical engineering, or related. MBA considered a plus. 
• Project leadership experience, stage gate or similar skill set. 
• Technical sales or marketing experience in food contact packaging materials. 
• Market analysis skills including segmentation, competitive analysis, product life cycle, market trend, and business case development. 
• Strong communication skills to facilitate co-work between internal stakeholders in other organizations. 
• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time, on an international basis.

Please contact us right away if you are interested in hearing more or if you know someone that would be ideal for this high visibility position. 

As always, referrals are appreciated and handled confidentially! 

For consideration, send your resume as an MS Word attachment or call. 

Job Opportunity Update -Technical & QC Manager, Polyester Coatings

The Mayson Group has been engaged to seek a Technical Manager for the R & D group of a major industrial multinational Coatings developer and manufacturer. The manager will also assume responsibility for a small QA organization that supports and confirms quality of finished product. Already a major supplier to this market, our client is seeking a leader that has the skills to both manage the two organizations, and also lead initiatives and identify opportunities to improve the bottom line through approach like six sigma and value engineering. Since the role is located at the coatings plant, the Technical and QC manager will also have a key plant leadership role.

Technical & QC Manager Polyester Coatings

Key Focuses:

• Leadership of technical group focused on product development, product maintenance, and value engineering activities. 
• Leadership of the quality assurance organization that is responsible for assuring manufactured product quality. 
• Key administrative tasks will include mentoring, training, hiring, and budgetary activities. 
• Member of plant leadership team. 
• Co-work with sales / marketing organization to address market related opportunities and issues. 
• Oversight of technical support to manufacturing plant. 
• Opportunity identification, project leadership, or support (if in other functional groups) of value addition / value engineering activities driving results to the bottom line. 

Key Requirements:

• BS technical degree with minimum 8 years experience coatings industry experience, with direct manufacturing plant exposure. 
• Experience leading a small professional team in a participative and collaborative manner to achieve results while developing the organization. 
• QC/QA supervisory experience is a plus. 
• Strong continuous improvement skills like six sigma or other methodology certification. 
• Strong communication skills to facilitate co-work between internal stakeholders in other organizations. 
• Ability to travel up to 30%, mainly over night if required. 

Please contact us right away if you are interested in hearing more or if you know someone that would be ideal for this high visibility position. 

As always, referrals are appreciated and handled confidentially! 

For consideration, send your resume as an MS Word attachment or call. 

Job Opportunity Update (Technical Project Manager R & D, Industrial Coatings)

The Mayson Group has been engaged to seek a Technical Project Manager for the R & D group of a major multinational industrial coatings developer and manufacturer. Already a major supplier to these markets, our client is seeking a leader that has the skills to lead projects focused on growth, product management initiatives, and programs targeted to provide customer support. This role will be located at the headquarters for the corporate technical organization, offering advancement opportunities within the technical and commercial organizations.

Key Focuses:

• Leadership of technical / project team focused on organic segment growth, product platform management, new product innovation, and key customer support programs.
• Key administrative tasks will include mentoring, training, hiring, and budgetary activities. 
• Project management leadership of continuous improvement programs and product launch initiatives to assure activities are completed on plan, targets are realized, and customer satisfaction is maintained.

Key Requirements:

• BS technical degree with minimum 8 years experience.
• Experience leading a small professional team in a participative and collaborative manner to achieve results while developing the organization. 
• Strong project management skills like stage gate or PM certification / training. 
• Strong communication skills to facilitate co-work between internal stakeholders in other organizations. 
• Ability to travel up to 50% of the time. 

Please contact us right away if you are interested in hearing more or if you know someone that would be ideal for this high visibility position. 

As always, referrals are appreciated and handled confidentially! 

For consideration, send your resume as an MS Word attachment or call.

Job Opportunity Update - Technical Group Leader (R&D), Coatings for Farm & Construction Markets

The Mayson Group has been engaged to seek a Technical Group Leader - Farm / Agricultural & Construction for an established major coatings supplier.  Already a major supplier to these markets, our client is seeking a leader that has the skills to lead customer focused initiatives with strong project leadership skills focused product development / improvement, customer approvals, & customer support.  This role will provide exposure to the broader North American technical organization, offering advancement opportunities at the hiring site and the corporate technical headquarters.

Key Focuses:

• Leadership of technical staff focused on customer support and product improvement / development.  Key administrative task will include mentoring, training, hiring, and budgetary activities.
• Project management to assure programs are completed per plan and customer satisfaction is assured.
• Co-work with sales / marketing organization to address customer related opportunities and issues.
• Oversight of technical support to manufacturing plant.
• Technical leadership of communication and new products being introduced to the market.

Key Requirements:

• BS technical degree with minimum 8 years experience.  
• Experience leading a small professional team in a participative and collaborative manner to achieve results while developing the organization.
• Strong project management skills.  
• Strong communication skills including customer contact, technical presentations, and communications to internal stakeholders.
• Ability to travel up to 30%, mainly overnight if required.

Please contact us right away if you are interested in hearing more or if you know someone that would be ideal for this position.

As always, referrals are much appreciated and kept confidential!

For consideration, send your resume as an MS Word attachment or call.

Job Opportunity Update - Micro-encapsulation Chemist (Adhesives & Sealants)

The Mayson Group has been engaged exclusively to seek a Senior Micro-encapsulation Chemist for a major  high value adhesives, sealants, and coatings producer.  The Senior Research Chemist will provide technical leadership to the group's on-going focus on control release adhesives in severe / high performance environments. Key Focuses: Leadership of new product adhesive development utilizing micro-encapsulation technology in polyurethane, acrylic, epoxy, and silane chemistries. Establish center of technical excellence for control release technology. Support new product transfer to production and customer interactions in conjunction with sales in gaining approvals and problem solving. Longer term, expand focus to provide resin synthesis guidance in addition to product formulation.    Key Requirements: PhD in chemistry or related field.  + 5 years experience in micro-encapsulation and two-phase immiscible reactions. Working knowledge of adhesives / sealants. Strong communication skills. Initiative to technical lead development programs focused on high performance adhesive projects. Please contact us right away if you are interested in hearing more or if you know someone that would be ideal for this position.   As always, referrals are much appreciated and kept confidential!  For consideration, send your resume as an MS Word attachment or call.

Job Opportunity Update - Materials Scientist (Glass Substrates)

The VP of R&D for a major glass products producer is leading an innovation initiative, focused on delivering value to the market with new products that focus on weight reduction, increased strength, functional properties, and increased value. A charismatic leader and serial successful change agent at previous companies, the VP has engaged the Mayson Group to a recruit an innovative, entrepreneurial, team oriented, and a creative materials scientist with good communication skills for the team. 

Key Focuses: 

• In conjunction with coatings scientists and other members of a multi-disciplinary team, facilitate development of stronger, lighter weight, and higher value (i.e. anti-counterfeiting and UV protection) glass products based their material sciences background and strong understanding of the glass surface's characteristics. 
• For assigned projects, lead new product development programs with appropriate tools (i.e. stage gate). 
• Within domain of expertise using DOE, conduct experiments, analyze / interpret data, report, and provide conclusions and recommendations to support multi-disciplinary teams focused on new product development. 
• Support process of new product launches through sample preparation, conducting internal trials/external trials, overseeing scale-up, and confirming that desired attributes have been achieved. 
• Lead technical activities to benchmark competitive offerings including patent searches, competitive analysis, and literature reports to confirm state of the art in enhanced glass end products. 
• Interact with outside parties like suppliers, technology sources, etc. in support of adding value to glass end products. 

Key Requirements: 

• BS technical degree, engineering or material sciences with 10 years experience or MS with 5 years experience. 
• Creative, innovative, and entrepreneurial nature. Background of being part of a team that launches new products. 
• Materials science background including glass, plastics, inorganic / organic treatment of surfaces, nanotechnology and organic / inorganic composites. 
• Strong communication skills. 
• Ability to travel up to 25%. 

Please contact us right away if you are interested in hearing more or if you know someone that would be ideal for this position. 

As always, referrals are much appreciated and kept confidential! 

For consideration, send your resume as an MS Word attachment or call.

Job Opportunity Update - Coatings Chemist (Glass Substrates)

The VP of R&D for a major glass products producer is leading an innovation initiative, focused on delivering value to the market with new products that focus on weight reduction, increased strength, functional properties, and increased value. A charismatic leader and serial successful change agent at previous companies, the VP has engaged the Mayson group to a recruit an innovative, entrepreneurial, team oriented, and a creative coatings scientist with good communication skills for the team.

Key Focuses:

• In conjunction with internal senior scientists' guidance (subject matter experts), provide leadership of product development processes with external technology partners: both suppliers and partners.
• Lead above projects to deliver improved value products with appropriate project management tools. 
• Lead technical activities to benchmark competitive offerings including patent searches, competitive analysis, and literature reports to confirm state of the art in enhanced glass properties via organic / inorganic coatings. 
• Experimentation, sample preparation, specification testing, and trial support for developed products / concepts that add value to glass. 

Key Requirements: 

• MS technical degree. 
• Creative, innovative, and entrepreneurial nature.
• Organic coatings background, focused on rapid cure / thin film systems and 5 - 10 years experience with applications to glass or plastic. 
• Experience / exposure to glass / plastics manufacturing processes preferred. 
• Strong communication skills including partner contact, technical presentations, and communications to internal stakeholders. 
• Technical project / product management skills including the ability to manage work by outside partners. 
• Ability to travel up to 30%. 

Please contact us right away if you are interested in hearing more or if you know someone that would be ideal for this position. 

As always, referrals are much appreciated and kept confidential! 

For consideration, send your resume as an MS Word attachment or call.