Continental develops pioneering technologies and services for sustainable and connected mobility of people and their goods. Founded in 1871, the technology company offers safe, efficient, intelligent and affordable solutions for vehicles, machines, traffic and transportation. In 2022, Continental generated sales of €39.4 billion and currently employs around 200,000 people in 57 countries and markets.

With its premium portfolio in the car, truck, bus, two-wheel and speciality tire segment, the Tires group sector stands for innovative solutions in tire technology. Intelligent products and services related to tires and the promotion of sustainability complete the product portfolio. For specialist dealers and fleet management, Tires offers digital tire monitoring and tire management systems, in addition to other services, with the aim of keeping fleets mobile and increasing their efficiency. With its tires, Continental makes a significant contribution to safe, efficient and environmentally friendly mobility.

As Group Leader in our Material & Process Industrialization (MatPI) team in RnD you supervise the industrialization activities for dedicated serial compounds and hot processes.

You mentor, coach and develop our new team in Lousado and support their personal and professional growth.

You establish and continuously improve required business procedures for a successful industrialization of our innovative compounds and hot process technologies and by this you contribute to an efficient and stable serial production.

By having a close cooperation with our development stakeholder, you understand the requirements and the impact of future technologies on the industrialization and production. You identify existing gaps and you drive the implementation of improvement measures.

You drive the application of analytical methods, further strengthen our early risk assessments within the development and ensure the required risk mitigation activities to maximize the number of efficient right first-time industrializations. By the continuous digitalization of our workflows and procedures you improve our efficiency and ensure an attractive work environment.

You ensure the interface connection between the dedicated plants within your teams’ responsibility and the RnD functions for material and hot process related topics. You support our Quality functions for Compound Excellence and in the handling of non-conformities of our serial compound production.

• Academic degree in Chemistry or Physics Engineering, or natural science related fields

• Minimum 5 years of experience in the area of material development

• Project leading experience

• Leadership Experience (preferable)

• Intercultural competency along with clear and open communication abilities that support the growth of diversity

• Strong problem-solving ability as well as strength to bring topics forward

• High customer focus and excellent interface management competence

• Capability to lead cross functional teams

• Solid computer skills and Office tools;

• English language skills (written and spoken);

• Availability for travelling internationally.

We want our employees to do well with us. That's why we offer them not only an exciting job in an international technology group, but also numerous additional offers such as flexible and hybrid working, sabbaticals and other benefits. Click here (https://www.continental.com/en/career/working-at-continental/what-we-offer/) to find out more.

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