Axalta
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To accelerate development from Trainee to Scientist in 2-year training in Shanghai Technical Center, and then move back to home country.
Trainee program across APAC region, including China, India and Japan within Mobility technology team.
Build up the talent pipeline and cultivate talents with Axalta DNA.
Trainings including soft skill, general skill, position skill and business knowledge through two-year job rotation in China, group activities, mentoring, etc.
Working as customer support scientist in Technology team, to develop and maintain cost-effective, high-quality products for our customers which can be manufactured efficiently in Operations by understanding our formulating practices, customer specifications and test methods, working with Operations to transfer products smoothly into production and following our quality procedures to ensure continuous improvement.
Develop/Optimize recipes for products following APQP process. This includes preparation of a lab sample and sufficient testing to demonstrate fulfillment of customer specifications, including color.
Recipes are also to be developed to be cost effective, meeting our customers’ requirements while using low-cost materials.
A scientist must understand how recipe cost impacts the profitability of our company.
Work with operation team and other function to ensure new/modified product alignment (scale up) into production.
Work with application team to develop application line simulation parameters to ensure that line trials and product introductions are right first time.
Communicate with account teams to ensure that all project team members are fully up-to-date with technical progress on projects.
When relevant, a scientist is responsible for finding suitable rework routes to support non-productive inventory reduction with product quality control.
Keep test specifications and test methods up to date, develop new specifications and methods as required. Aim to minimize the amount of testing needed to meet our customers’ requirements.
Analyze and document results, prepare technical reports, examinations, and summaries
Ensure all project documentation is completed properly and in full and available for any internal or external quality audits.
Attend line trials of new product launches at customer sites.
Lead or take active role in problem solving of customer issues using appropriate methodology, e.g. 8D.
Understand the process overview.
Understand specific hazards on safety, health, environment related to the process.
Understand the operation procedure.
Safety practices related to work tasks.
Doctor degree or above from top universities, major in Polymer Materials and Engineering, Material Science or other Chemistry related major.
Project management and problem-solving skill.
Good computer skills including office, database, and statistics.
Good verbal and written of English language.
Strong teamwork and collaboration capability.
Axalta has remained at the forefront of the coatings industry by continually investing in innovative solutions. We engineer technologies that protect customers’ products – whether they are battling heat, light, corrosion, abrasion, moisture, or chemicals – and add dimension and beauty with colorful finishes. We have a vast and ever-evolving portfolio of brands primed to play an important part in everything from modernizing infrastructure around the world to enabling the next generation of electric and autonomous vehicles.
Axalta operates its business in two segments: Performance Coatings and Mobility Coatings, which serve four end markets, including Refinish, Industrial, Light Vehicle and Commercial Vehicle, across North America, EMEA, Latin America and Asia-Pacific. Our diverse global footprint allows us to deliver solutions in over 140+ countries and coat 30 million vehicles per year. We’ve recently set an exciting 2040 carbon neutrality goal, in addition to 10 other sustainability initiatives, and we take pride in working with our customers to optimize their businesses and achieve their goals. 2 - Professionals (EEO-1 Job Categories-United States of America)
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