Senior Chemist R&D

Freudenberg Medical, LLC; Mysuru; On-site; INR 1,400,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Klüber Lubrication India Pvt. Ltd. in Mysuru, India seeks a senior chemistry R&D professional to drive segment expertise, lead product development, and ensure lab safety and documentation across projects.

With 6–10 years of postgraduate chemistry experience (PhD desirable), you will coordinate with global teams, mentor staff, and help optimize costs by material sourcing and process improvements.

Qualifications

• 6–10 years of experience with postgraduate chemistry and strong RD background in lubricant chemistry.
• PhD is desirable for advanced research roles.
• Coordinate with Product Portfolio Manager, Sales, Marketing, Production and Quality Control with global teams (Germany).
• Manage and develop personnel and working processes within the department.
• Ensure site meets HSE standards and directives.

Responsibilities

• Drive chosen segment technically to become the expert for addressed segments.
• Lead product development projects for the addressed segments.
• Perform day-to-day experiments, reporting and documentation.
• Manage RD lab records and prepare lab reports.
• Present project results to the leadership team.
• Coordinate with production to scale up RD batches.
• Coordinate with QA to finalize product specifications.
• Support Sales and Marketing to create value for new and existing products.
• Conduct literature searches and document findings for future use.
• Explore local raw material sources and evaluate suitable materials for cost reduction.

Skills

Lubricant chemistry RD

Laboratory management

HSE standards

Leadership

Cross-functional coordination

Education

Postgraduate in Chemistry

PhD desirable

Job description

Working at Freudenberg: We will wow your world!

Responsibilities:

• Drive chosen segment technically - to become the expert for the addressed segments

• Drive product development projects for the addressed segments

• Perform day to day experiments, reporting and documentation

• Manage RD lab records and prepare lab reports

• Present the project results to the leadership team

• Co-ordinate with production team to scale up RD batches

• Co-ordinate with Quality Assurance team to finalize the product specification

• Provide necessary support to Marketing Applications and Sales team to enhance the sale of new products

• Perform tests relative to the product development projects

• Overview the benchmarking tests for the dedicated segments

• Maintain and improve the established laboratory safety practices

• Maintain RD test equipment and its assets

• Support to Sales and Marketing to create value argumentation on existing and new products

• Ensure compliance to Freudenberg HSE policies, objectives, standards, directives guidelines

• - Co-ordinate with all concerned on effective handling of customer complaints

• Support to Production/Process Engineering team to improve first time yield

• Conduct relevant literature search and documentation of the same for future use

• Explore local raw material sources and evaluate potentially suitable raw material in existing product formulations to effect cost

• reduction and import substitute

• Drive technically and coordinate with Product Portfolio Manager, Sales, Marketing Application, Production, Quality Control,

• Purchase and global teams in Germany.

Qualifications:

• 6 to 10 years of experience with Postgraduate in Chemistry with strong RD background in lubricant chemistry
• PhD is desirable
• Coordinate with Product Portfolio Manager, Sales, Marketing Application, Production, Quality Control, Purchase and global
• teams in Germany
• Manage and develop the personnel and working processes within the department.
• Ensure that site meets HSE Standards and Directives.

The Freudenberg Group is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion. Employment opportunities are available to all applicants and associates without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, protected military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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