Job Description
Position Title: R&D Product Manager - Ink
Employment Type: Full Time
Salary: up to 25K AED all-inclusive depending on experience and qualifications
Benefits: Company laptop and mobile phone
Job Location: Sharjah, UAE
About the Client:
A UAE-based company and one of the largest paint manufacturers in the Middle East, offering a wide range of decorative, industrial, marine, powder, and eco-friendly coatings.
Job Description:
- Lead the formulation, innovation, and optimization of ink products, ensuring performance targets like adhesion, viscosity, drying time, color strength, printability, and environmental compliance are met.
- Manage the full product development lifecycle from lab-scale prototypes to pilot production and full-scale manufacturing, aligning formulations with manufacturing capabilities.
- Collaborate with production, regulatory, sales, and technical teams to troubleshoot issues, ensure compliance with standards, support customer needs, and maintain detailed documentation.
- Drive cost reduction and sustainability initiatives by optimizing raw materials, improving existing products, and incorporating new technologies such as low-VOC and bio-based ink solutions
Skills
Qualifications:
- Male, 30 years old and above
- Open to Indian, European and Arabic nationals.
- At least 7 years experience in packaging or plant engineering, with strong knowledge of packaging materials, sustainability, regulations, and innovative design
- Skilled in packaging testing, quality assurance, data-driven design, and project management.
