Date: Nov 28, 2025
Location: Vilafranca del Penedes, ES
Company: AkzoNobel
Vilafranca del Penedès (Spain)
R&D; Chemist
Are you a hands-on chemist with a passion for solving real-world challenges? Join our R&D; team as an R&D; Chemist, where you’ll take ownership of maintaining and optimizing our packaging coatings portfolio. You’ll work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure our products continue to meet customer expectations and market demands.
About the role
- Ensure Safety First: Maintain a safe, clean, and compliant lab environment.
- Support Existing Products: Adjust and fine-tune formulations to meet specific customer requirements or adapt to raw material changes.
- Manage Lab Work: Plan, execute, and document lab activities related to product support and improvement.
- Collaborate Across Teams: Work closely with Sales, Marketing, Technical Service, and Manufacturing to address customer feedback and support product performance in the field.
- Analyze & Recommend: Interpret test results, troubleshoot issues, and propose formulation improvements.
- Stay Informed: Keep up with raw material developments, regulatory changes, and customer trends to ensure product compliance and competitiveness.
About You
- A degree in Chemistry or a related scientific field.
- 3+ years of experience in coatings or a similar industry, with strong formulation and testing skills.
- A detail-oriented mindset and a proactive approach to problem-solving.
- Strong communication skills in English and Spanish.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office and experimental design software or statistical analysis.
- Experience working with commercial or customer-facing teams is highly valued.
- Availability to travel internationally during the training period is required.
- Personal vehicle to access the Site (in an industrial area).
What we offer
- Join a growing multinational company.
- Permanent project.
- Professional and personal development in a dynamic environment.
- On-site modality.
- Dining room benefits.
- Versátil remuneration.
- Access to training platform.
- Free parking.
Please upload your CV in English.