Industrial Application Development Lead Packaging Ferrara

Industrial Application Development Lead Packaging
Ferrara
Emilia Romagna, Ferrara

Location: Ferrara, FE, IT, 44122- Req ID: 84605- Facility: Ferrara-535- Department: ADTS PP Rigid Packaging- Division: Olefins and Polyolefins and Global Procu**Basic Function**:

**Roles & Responsibilities**:

**General

- The Lead is recognized as a technical expert in the targeted markets, providing direction to various stakeholders, including R&D groups, the Industry Marketing Managers and Sales.

- The Lead supports long-term development projects with priority customers in cooperation with the Industry Marketing Managers.

**Area of Expertise, Requirements

- Understands the long-term strategic vision for the Company, and leads efforts to work with key stakeholders to translate and integrate these into objectives and action plans, while also driving resource/equipment selection and allocation to align with strategic vision

- Understands broad customer, market and industry needs / trends, and facilitates the group's interaction with other cross-functional organizations to frame these into value added opportunities.

- Leads efforts to embrace and drive change, while also challenging the status quo and influencing management as necessary.

- Ensures, promotes and implements highest safety policies and standards.

- This position will require approximately 30% travel mostly within the region.

**Min. Qualifications**:

**Education

- University technical degree.

- Preference for degree in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, PolymerEngineering or Chemistry.

**Work Experience

- A general knowledge of High and Low Density polyethylene, Polypropylene and Catalloy resin technologies with a business/market focus is desired.

- Exposure to LYB Polymers business preferred.

**Languages**: English, additional European language preferred

**Preferred Qualifications**:

Strong leadership, technological orientation, communication, situational management, managerial agility, business acumen, customer focus, systemic thinking and planning skills are essential for this position.

Strong influencing skills, managerial courage and a broad perspective are also required.

The position is expected to develop strong relationships with internal stakeholders, industry experts and key industry associations in target markets.

An understanding of LYB's long term strategy, plans and objectives as well as the key profitability drivers in each market segment is necessary for success.

**Competencies**:

- Builds effective teams

Collaborates

Cultivates innovation

Customer focus

Demonstrates courage

Drives results

Ensures accountability

Instills trust and exemplifies integrity