Technical Manager Lubricants

Cargill; City of Westminster; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading agricultural and food company is seeking a Technical Manager in Industrial Lubricants to provide technical expertise, driving customer support and technology adoption across Europe. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in new product development specifically within Industrial Lubricants and excellent interpersonal skills. This role offers a highly competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and hybrid working options, including potential remote work supported by travel to York and customer locations in the UK and Europe.

Benefits

Company Car or Car allowance

BUPA Healthcare

Contributory pension

Life assurance

Performance related bonus

Employee assistance scheme

Qualifications

• Proven success in new product development with Industrial Lubricants.
• Ability to support various customers with technical needs in Industrial Lubricants.
• Knowledge of Chemistry for structure-performance evaluations preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support to customers in Industrial Lubricants.
• Drive customer-specific projects for technology adoption.
• Act as the expert on Industrial Lubricants market trends.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills in English

Technical support experience in Industrial Lubricants

Business acumen

Job description

About Cargill

Cargill's size and scale allows us to make a positive impact in the world. Our purpose is to nourish the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way. Cargill is a family company providing food, ingredients, agricultural solutions and industrial products that are vital for living. We connect farmers with markets so they can prosper. We connect customers with ingredients so they can make meals people love. And we connect families with daily essentials – from eggs to edible oils, salt to skincare, feed to alternative fuel. Our 160,000 colleagues, operating in 70 countries, make essential products that touch billions of lives each day. Join us and reach your higher purpose at Cargill.

Role Summary

The Technical Manager – Industrial Lubricants role, within our Energy Technologies R&D team, will bring deep technical expertise in the Industrial lubricants field to support customer developments with existing products and new technology developments – working together with our sales organization to deliver our ambitious growth targets. The role holder will have excellent customer-facing skills and be adept at solving customer problems, particularly in the following application areas: Hydraulics, Gear, and Environmentally Acceptable Lubricants, with a strong knowledge of industrial lubricant formulations. In addition, the role holder will have an in-depth knowledge of market trends and will be able to support the strategic direction of innovation in the Industrial Lubricants space, through close interaction with commercial colleagues.

Key Accountabilities

• Provide deep technical support to a wide customer base across Europe, and occasionally in other regions, to drive business generation and retention.
• Drive the generation of value-adding customer specific projects to support technology adoption and define technical solutions which will deliver on customer needs.
• Be the 'Go-to' person for technical input on the Industrial Lubricants market across Cargill's Energy Technologies business, with an ability to articulate existing technical needs and anticipate likely future directions.
• Be the key technical expert who oversees new product, data or formulation development projects within the Industrial Lubricants area.
• Available to travel 25% to 35%.

Qualifications

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills in English.
• Demonstrated success in new product development and data generation specifically with Industrial Lubricants – essential – other non-lubricant product categories cannot be considered.
• Strong experience of technically supporting an customers specifically with Industrial Lubricants – essential.
• Ideally a working knowledge of Intellectual Property and patent strategy.
• Ideally a knowledge of Chemistry to support structure-performance evaluations.
• Strong level of business acumen.

Benefits

Highly competitive base salary plus comprehensive benefits package including: Company Car or Car allowance, BUPA Healthcare, contributory pension, life assurance, performance related bonus and employee assistance scheme.

Location

York Biotech Campus (UK) - York YO41 1LZ - Hybrid working is supported. We are also open to candidates working remotely in the UK with frequent travel to York (2-3 times a week) and customer locations (UK/Europe) when required.

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