Competitive Intelligence: Research, understand, and articulate technology trends, standards, customer requirements, and competitive threats
- Provide actionable market back insights and opportunity identification
Technology Development / Deployment: Define and oversee project profiles, deliverables, and timing
- Lead projects from profile definition to commercial launch, including formulation finalization and roll-out support to other functions across the LVC
- Develop test plans, review data, and conduct analysis to define lead technical solutions aligned with product profile / deliverable expectations
- Determine technical readiness for product release
- Incorporate COGS and LVC analysis into developments to achieve the most competitive technical and commercial outcome
- Support technical input into business processes to prioritize execution and launch solutions
Customer Relationship Management: Understand customer needs by working with the business and directly with customers as applicable. Establish, sustain, and enhance trustful technical relationships with OEMs and suppliers
Technical Knowledge Development: Work towards improvement in understanding of formulation fundamentals and lubricant applications
Resource Leveraging: Leverage support resources for efficient solution delivery
Process Compliance: Actively use and comply with internal processes and systems
Stakeholder Communication: Provide regular updates on projects to relevant stakeholders and communicate changes in deliverables / timing
Collaboration and Communication: Interact proactively and facilitate communication and collaboration within the LVC technical community
External Engagement: Participate in industry committees, in alignment with the OEM Technology team
