Product Development Specialist

Adhesive Technologies Research & Development India, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra Full Time Regular
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About this position

About this Position:

Results-driven professional with experience in developing and scaling adhesive and coating formulations for packaging applications. Skilled in localization, customer engagement, and cross-functional collaboration, with a strong focus on performance optimization, cost efficiency, and SHEQ compliance.

What you´ll do: 

  • Product Development: Formulate and develop water-based adhesives and coatings (water- and solvent-based) tailored for packaging applications, aligned with regional requirements and customer needs.
  • Localization & Customization: Localize global formulations to adapt to regional raw materials and market requirements, ensuring cost-effectiveness and performance.
  • Scale-Up & Commercialization: Manage the transition from lab to pilot to full production scale, including batch processing, mixing studies, and documentation.
  • Customer Engagement: Conduct customer trials, provide technical support, and gather feedback for continuous improvement of the formulations.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with global teams, sales, marketing, supply chain, and application engineers to ensure on-time project execution and value creation.
  • Safety, Quality & 5S Compliance: Ensure compliance with Henkel SHEQ standards and 5S principles. Actively promote and maintain a safe and clean laboratory environment.
  • CAPEX Projects: Support the planning, execution, and commissioning of lab equipment and pilot plant upgrades, including CAPEX project support.
  • Technical knowhow & Troubleshooting: Provide on-site customer support, resolve application issues for new development, and drive root cause analysis for performance deviations.

What makes you a good fit:

  • 5-8 years of experience in adhesive & Coating formulation development, performance validation, and structure-property analysis.
  • M. Tech / master’s degree in chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Polymer Science, or Materials Science.
  • Strong oral and written communication skills; ability to create technical reports and presentations.
  • Experience with design experiments and performance testing of adhesives or coatings.
  • Strong analytical thinking, attention to detail, and scientific rigor.
  • Self-motivated, with a high level of initiative and ownership.
  • Proven team player with excellent interpersonal skills, adaptability, and a collaborative mindset. • Agile and flexible to work in a fast-paced, evolving technical environment.  

Some perks of joining Henkel:

  • Flexible work scheme with flexible hours, hybrid work model, and work from anywhere policy for up to 30 days per year
  • Diverse national and international growth opportunities
  • Global wellbeing standards with health and preventive care programs
  • Gender-neutral parental leave for a minimum of 8 weeks
  • Employee Share Plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares
  • Best-in-class Group Medical Insurance policy covering employee, spouse and up to 2 children
  • Competitive accident and term life policies for up to 3 times annual gross salary
  • Progressive OPD policy of INR 30,000 for employee, spouse and up to 2 children

At Henkel, we come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe the uniqueness of all our employees is the power in us. Become part of the team and bring your uniqueness to us! We look for a diverse team of individuals who possess different backgrounds, experiences, personalities and mindsets.

JOB ID: 26093300

Job Locations: India, Maharashtra, Navi Mumbai

Contact information for application-related questions: talent.acquisition@henkel.com

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