About Our Client

The hiring organization is a global MNC within the specialty chemical industry. They focus on creating high-quality products for diverse Industrial applications including paper and polymer specialty chemicals.

Job Description
- Leading end-to-end R&D; and product development activities for polymer or paper chemical solutions, including synthesis, formulation, evaluation, optimization, scale-up, plant trials, and commercialization.
- Designing and executing laboratory programs, analyze chemical and performance data using advanced analytical techniques (FTIR, GPC, HPLC, NMR, UV, Rheology).
- Collaborating closely with Production, QC, Application, Sales, and Customer Technical teams to support product validation, scale-up, and customer requirements.
- Driving product benchmarking, cost optimization, and performance improvement versus market alternatives.
- Preparing and reviewing technical reports, SOPs, specifications, for internal and customer use.




- Mentoring junior scientists while ensuring adherence to safety, quality, and R&D; best practices.

The Successful Applicant

We're looking for someone who has:
- 7+ years of relevant industrial R&D; experience with a strong chemistry background (Ph.D./M.Sc.)
- Exposure to the complete product development lifecycle, from concept through laboratory validation, mill trials, and commercialization
- Worked with polymer/specialty chemicals - flocculants, coagulants, sludge-treatment chemicals or polymer applications (OR) worked with paper/pulp chemicals - binders, additives, sizing chemicals or retention aids

What's on Offer
- Competitive salary package within the speciality chemicals space
- Leadership opportunity to work on creative products in a state-of-the-art facility

📌 R&D Manager | Paper/Polymer Specialty Chemicals (Srikakulam)
🏢 Michael Page
📍 Srikakulam