Head of Technical (Paint Industry) at a Leading Paints and Decorative Company – Robert Walters Contract NEW

Job Title: Head of Technical (Paint Industry)

Job Reference: M6QZZN-2D7F2020
Location: Nigeria
Contract Type: Permanent
Specialism: Mining, Engineering & Operations
Focus: Engineering – Chemical
Industry: Manufacturing and Production

Job Summary

• The ideal candidate must have industry experience ( paint industry)

Responsibilities
Quality Control:

• Develops and implements the Quality Management Strategy of the Company in line with the company’s profit objectives, business strategy and long-term plans.
• Drives continuous improvement efforts in product quality / performance and process optimization.
• Coordinates the Quality System Management (QMS) and Environmental Management System (EMS) Management Representative duties which involve the responsibility for ensuring that the quality system is established, implemented, and maintained to the requirements of ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015 standards.
• Ensures successful conduct of the annual SON surveillance audit and Internal Quality audit.
• Maintains standards, specifications, and documentation for all required quality tests.
• Ensures that problem analysis and corrective actions receive visibility at all management levels.

Research Development:

• Coordinates the development of new products using market data and requirements from the research phase and designs the quality test parameters for the developed products in line with regulatory and other requirements.
• Interacts with the Sales and Marketing Team, to assess customers and consumers’ needs and translates such through technical interpretations, into timely solutions, products, and services to meet those needs.
• Coordinates the continuous improvement of existing products and manufacturing processes so that the company achieves its customer satisfaction goals, profit objectives and remains competitive in the industry.
• Analyses trends in industry and monitors competitors’ products, co-ordinates periodic competitive evaluation of the company’s products against those of competition (local and international).
• Provides technical input for product launch, re-launch, roll-out and the continuous improvement of products and processes through the development of specifications, translation of these specifications and supporting continuous product improvement.
• Liaises with Supply Chain in sourcing of raw material substitutes.

Requirements

• 15 years experience.
• Background working in the paint industry.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.