R&D Chemist - Packaging Coatings & Process Innovation

Sherwin-Williams Asia Pacific; Klang City; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Sherwin-Williams Asia Pacific is seeking a Chemist in Malaysia (Selangor) to contribute in the R&D division. The role focuses on lab process management, formulation development, and collaboration across technical, commercial and production teams to ensure product quality and innovative coatings solutions.

The candidate should have a Diploma or Bachelor in polymer or chemistry with 8-10 years of experience in coating-related industries, and a strong emphasis on EHS, 6S, and confidentiality in R&D

Qualifications

• Diploma or bachelor in polymer or chemistry.
• 8-10 years working experience.
• Required knowledge in coating, adhesive, and painting.
• Preferred experience in coating related industries such as coating for packaging, coil coating, general industrial, protective coating, or metal adhesive.

Responsibilities

• Maintain EHS and 6S responsibility in the lab with strong ownership of the working environment and adherence to R&D confidentiality principles.
• Plan, implement and update formulation and lab process projects on a regular basis with independence and proactiveness.
• Modify existing products or develop new products to meet customers' new requirements with well-organized project reports as output.
• Communicate across technical, commercial and production boundaries to align on timeline and milestones with stakeholders.
• Demonstrate lab process concept with right understanding of the consequence of upscaling to production.
• Apply 6 sigma and problem-solving skills including problem definition, measurement, analysis, improvement and control.
• Coordinate with global and regional analytical teams to identify root cause and support customer visits to understand product application and line parameters.
• Run production introduce process (PI) to introduce changes to production and supervise pilot batches.
• Support defective batch solutions, raw material shelf life extension, and product transfer as needed.
• Share knowledge and experience to strengthen the Asia team's overall technical capability.

Skills

Lab process management

Six Sigma

Problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Diploma or Bachelor in polymer or chemistry

Job description

Sherwin-Williams Asia Pacific is seeking a Chemist in Malaysia (Selangor) to contribute in the R&D division. The role focuses on lab process management, formulation development, and collaboration across technical, commercial and production teams to ensure product quality and innovative coatings solutions.

The candidate should have a Diploma or Bachelor in polymer or chemistry with 8-10 years of experience in coating-related industries, and a strong emphasis on EHS, 6S, and confidentiality in R&D