Senior Development Specialist

The Senior Development Specialist comprises great knowledge in core materials and technologies. The function is responsible for successfull completion of complex development projects and incoporates the role of a technical expert. With this it strongly contributes to state of the art knowledge in the development team. As advanced technical specialist the Senior Development Specialist works on novel ideas & innovations and consults project teams, peers and customers.The Senior Development Specialist comprises great knowledge in core materials and technologies. The function is responsible for successfull completion of complex development projects and incoporates the role of a technical expert. With this it strongly contributes to state of the art knowledge in the development team. As advanced technical specialist the Senior Development Specialist works on novel ideas & innovations and consults project teams, peers and customers.

1. Strategy

▪ Contribution to the product strategy within the development team
▪ Maintains the product portfolio for the respective area
▪ Defines global standard constructions for customers with global decsion power in the region and prepares proper transfer to other regions / TechCentres
▪ Ensure fit-for-purpose and time to market, propose agile processes 
▪ Performs product benchmarking
▪ Identify strategic technology partners (suppliers / customers / ...) supporting the TechCentre and R&D strategies▪ Contribution to the product strategy within the developpment team
▪ Maintains the product portfolio for the respective area
▪ Defines global standard constructions for customers with global decsion power in the region and prepares proper transfer to other regions / TechCentres
▪ Ensure fit-for-purpose and time to market, propose agile processes 
▪ Performs product benchmarking
▪ Identify strategic technology partners (suppliers / customers / ...) supporting the TechCentre and R&D strategies

2. Leadership

▪ Leads complex technical development projects 
▪ Acts as technical expert in project teams (major projects)
▪ Consults Sales, Customers, and Management in technology related topics ▪ Leads complex technical development projects 
▪ Acts as technical expert in project teams (major projects)
▪ Consults Sales, Customers, and Management in technology related topics 

3.Entrepreneurship

▪ Realise product pipelines, develop product portfolio according to targets of the group 
▪ Contribute to entrepreneural budget planning for development▪ Realise product pipelines, develop product portfolio according to targets of the group 
▪ Contribute to entrepreneural budget planning for development

4. Quality

▪Works compliant to quality guidelines as well as legal and safety regulations 
▪Safeguard that development results fit to technical customer and product expectations
▪Ensure proper documentation of results and approvals▪Works compliant to quality guidelines as well as legal and safety regulations 
▪Safeguard that development results fit to technical customer and product expectations
▪Ensure proper documentation of results and approvals

5. Innovations

▪ Contribute to innovations by cross-thinking and active utilization of acc. tools
▪ Support and cooperate as polymer and material expert for internal and external interfaces▪ Contribute to innovations by cross-thinking and active utilization of acc. tools
▪ Support and cooperate as polymer and material expert for internal and external interfaces

6. Product realization

▪ Ownership for product constructions and formulations
▪ Complete product developments (constructions) in the set time, quality and cost framework
▪ Safeguard product robustness, standardization demands and smooth product (construction) launches
▪ Continously propose optimization for the regional process in PLC in accordance to the global process demands▪ Ownership for product constructions and formulations
▪ Complete product developments (constructions) in the set time, quality and cost framework
▪ Safeguard product robustness, standardization demands and smooth product (construction) launches
▪ Continously propose optimization for the regional process in PLC in accordance to the global process demands

1. Master degree or above, major in materials or chemical engineering

2. More than 5 years of technical experience in polymer industry, good knowledge in Auto interior product, material and process is preferred

3. Proven project management experience in major projects and successfully completed projects with high complexity

4. Communicating effectively

5. Good ability to work under pressure and research spirit

6. Good English in written and read, fluent oral English is preferred

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Continental develops pioneering technologies and services for sustainable and connected mobility of people and their goods. Founded in 1871, the technology company offers safe, efficient, intelligent and affordable solutions for vehicles, machines, traffic and transportation. In 2022, Continental generated sales of €39.4 billion and currently employs around 200,000 people in 57 countries and markets.