As Group Polyolefin Product Development Manager, you will lead polyolefin-related research and development activities across MOL Group Downstream, ensuring alignment with short-, mid-, and long-term business and technology strategies. You will drive innovation, build a balanced development portfolio, and coordinate the development of new products and emerging technologies in collaboration with internal stakeholders and leading external R&D partners

Main responsibilities:

Lead and develop the Polyolefin Product Development organization, ensuring sustainable operations, customer focus, talent development and succession planning.
Ensure the timely and efficient delivery of polyolefin-related product developments, technical consulting activities, laboratory services, technology assessments and cooperation projects across MOL Group.
Drive alignment with internal stakeholders and business partners to maintain a value-driven product and technology portfolio supporting short-, medium- and long-term strategic objectives.
Manage and continuously develop the project pipeline by identifying new innovation opportunities, evaluating commercial and technical conditions, and steering stage-gate decisions.
Contribute to Downstream business and R&D strategy development, ensuring product and technology priorities are effectively represented.
Ensure the availability of high-quality laboratory services and technical support to enable efficient development activities and business cooperation.
Drive competence development across all sites, strengthen collaboration with production units, business stakeholders and key customers, and build a highly capable expert organization.
Establish and maintain partnerships with universities, research institutes and industry players while monitoring market trends, innovation directions and emerging R&D opportunities.
Lead by example in HSE, compliance and corporate culture matters, ensuring safe and responsible operations.

Requirements:

MSc degree in Chemical Engineering or a related technical field.
Minimum 10 years of relevant industrial or R&D experience, ideally within the polyolefin industry.
At least 5 years of leadership experience in managing technical, innovation or product development teams.
Strong understanding of polyolefin products, production technologies, R&D and innovation processes.
Experience in project and change management.
Excellent leadership, communication, presentation and stakeholder management skills, combined with a strategic and customer-oriented mindset.
Advanced English language skills; Hungarian or Slovak language knowledge is an advantage.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications; Microsoft Project knowledge is an advantage.
Category B driving licence
International experience is an advantage

Top reasons to work with us:

Have an impact: contribute to shaping MOL Group’s future and get to know the industry via working with diverse, cross-functional teams
Work for one of the largest companies in Central Europe with stable background and multicultural environment
Competitive compensation package including cafeteria, bonus and private health insurance
Be part of a competent, diverse and highly motivated team

Location: Tiszaújváros

Employment type: Full-time, permanent position

Reporting line: Head of Downstream R&D

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