What are the responsibilities and job description for the General Finishes Team Leader position at PPG Careers?
As a Technical Team Leader, General Finishes, you will manage a small technical team in customer-facing development opportunities for the General Finishes market. As a Team Leader, you will plan, direct, and complete projects to support customer, field, or manufacturing needs. The technical team leader provides daily direction and management of other team members in product preparation and application, and the testing of coatings against multiple specifications and requirements related to customer requests. Can you motive others to work together and provide technical support to the business? Then this is the opportunity for You.
Key Responsibilities
• Manage workload of General Finishes Team, including compliance with all EHS Safety needs.
• Through experimental design, manipulates formulation variables within a given coating platform.
• Respond to field support requests with appropriate urgency for customers.
• Collaborate with sales team for product attributes and build strong relationships with new customers to increase the potential business opportunities.
• Interacts with production to investigate for product quality problems, resolve cause, assemble, and analyze data and implement corrective action to reduce or eliminate cause.
• Communicate with team to influence and motivate their work, especially on more challenging projects.
Qualifications
• Bachelor's Degree in a Chemistry, Polymer Science, Coatings Science, or Chemical Engineering with 5 years of proven laboratory experience.
• Prior knowledge of coatings formulation is preferred.
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Medical, Dental, 401K, paid vacation and holidays.
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