APAC Personal Care Application Manager

The Personal Care Application Manager is responsible for the development of hair care and Bath & shower technologies aligning with regional marketing strategy and ensure to achieve technical delivery. Strengthen in-depth technologies know-how in responsible area. Coordinate and allocate resources to Shanghai lab daily operation to ensure sufficient support. RESPONSIBILITIES: Technology Development and Implementation * Explore the unmet needs or technical gap and work closely with regional marketing, technical and commercial team to develop regional innovation projects pipeline, lead in developing the new applications / technologies for APAC. Manage the assigned projects by systematically design the experiments, qualifying in performing the tests, developing the trustable/accurate data, drawing the right conclusion, and reporting the results at a timely manner to support business growth. * Work closely with global technical and marketing team to leverage global expertise, extend regional capabilities and lead to implement into regional projects. * Strengthen personal care technical capabilities for APAC team by developing new methodologies, new practices, and new insights. * Work closely with plant pilot-line and manufacturing team to ensure the progress and delivery of technical transfer and local internal development projects. * Support regional open innovation, initiative and progress external collaborative projects. * Improve Lubrizol impact in industrial associations, universities, and market by presenting in key tradeshow and exhibition, publishing papers, webinar or filing patents etc. Sales Support * Support the regional sales and marketing teams for key customer engagement with technical service support and customer project development, mainly focus on personal care (hair care and Bath & Shower) global and regional key accounts. * Ensure timely and appropriate technical training of sales, marketing teams, and distributor partners. Laboratory Management * Manage, lead and develop the application team towards high effectiveness and operation excellence. * Ensure that safe working practices are adhered to and maintained at all times. * Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of products, formulations, process and other know-how. REQUIREMENTS (education, experience, competencies and specific job requirements): * Master or above degree majoring in polymer, material science, chemistry, chemical engineering or related field with 8 years of experience. * Experience in the personal care industry highly preferred. * Experience in polymer, formulation, process and product development highly preferred. * Good understanding of customer base, formulation habits, technical development status or trend of different countries in Asia Pacific will be a good plus. * Strong project management capability. * Strong leadership and interpersonal skills in order to drive results through cross functional environments. * Excellent verbal and written communication skills. * Expected travel approximately 30%.