Position Title
Manager
Function
R&D;
Location
Head Office
Reporting To
HOD
Employment Type
Permanent
Why This Role Matters
The R&D; Manager leads product development, formulation innovation, quality improvement, and technical support for the company's dry-mix mortar range (tile adhesives, grouts, plasters and renders, wall putty and skim coats, self-leveling underlayment, waterproofing slurries, repair mortars, and block-jointing mortars). The role connects raw material science, plant production, and customer application performance to deliver cost-effective, standards-compliant, differentiated products.
What You'll Do
Product Development and Formulation
• Develop new drymix products and improve existing formulations to meet market, performance, and cost targets.
• Design formulations around binders (OPC, white cement, CAC, gypsum, lime), graded sands and fillers, and additives (cellulose ethers, redispersible polymer powders, starch ethers, superplasticizers, retarders, accelerators, defoamers, hydrophobic agents, fibers, pigments).
• Optimize open time, slip resistance,



workability, water retention, adhesion, flexibility, shrinkage, strength development, and durability.
• Run the stage-gate process: concept, lab trials, pilot batch, plant trial, field trial, commercial launch.
• Create technical data sheets (TDS), safety data sheets (SDS) inputs, and application guidelines

Cost Optimization and Value Engineering
• Reduce formulation cost without compromising performance, through raw material substitution, additive dosage optimization, and sand and filler gradation optimization.
• Evaluate alternative and local raw materials (fly ash, GGBS, limestone filler, manufactured sand).
• Maintain cost-performance benchmarking against competitor products.

Raw Material Qualification and Supplier Management
• Qualify and approve recent raw materials and suppliers: incoming specifications, sample testing, batch-to-batch consistency checks.
• Work with procurement and suppliers (a

📌 Research And Development Manager (Navi Mumbai)
🏢 Drychem India
📍 Navi Mumbai