Global Innovation Portfolio Manager (10197)

Career Opportunities: Global Innovation Portfolio Manager (10197)

Requisition ID 10197 - Posted - Cologne - Research and Development - Full-time - Regular - Germany - Professional

INEOS Styrolution is the world’s leading styrenics supplier, with a high-performing portfolio of styrene monomer, polystyrene, ABS and advanced styrenic products. With more than 90 years of innovation in materials science, INEOS Styrolution is focused on customer satisfaction with differentiated solutions that provide a competitive edge as well as investments in technology that enable closed loop recyclability for styrenics while reducing our carbon emissions. INEOS Styrolution applications can be found in many everyday products across multiple industries: including automotive, electronics, household, construction, healthcare, packaging, and toys/sports. Operating 17 production sites in nine countries, the company is a wholly owned subsidiary of INEOS Group Limited and employs approximately 3,000 people. Sales were 4.5 billion euros in 2023. More information: www.ineos-styrolution.com

Job Title: Global Innovation Portfolio Manager (m/f/d)

Location: Antwerp, Cologne or Frankfurt

The Position:

As the Global Innovation Portfolio Manager at INEOS Styrolution, you take the lead in shaping a strategically balanced R&D portfolio that drives innovation and aligns with our company’s vision. You define the R&D roadmap for the years ahead, ensuring the delivery of impactful results. Owning the end-to-end innovation process, you actively monitor performance metrics to ensure measurable success. Working closely with business, operational, and innovation stakeholders worldwide, you foster alignment across regions and facilitate the seamless transfer of R&D insights into tangible implementations.

What You Will Do:

• Lead Product Innovation: Provide a balanced long and short-term innovation portfolio synchronized with the company and innovation strategy targets.
• Global Innovation Process Monitoring: Keep systems and project lifecycle portals up-to-date, track progress, commercial metrics, and strategic alignment.
• Innovation performance: Provide a clear and transparent management reporting that allows insights into the value and performance of the innovation portfolio.
• Coordinate R&D Knowledge Transfer: Ensure effective transfer and implementation of R&D insights, maintaining close collaboration with global manufacturing sites, R&D teams and business teams.
• Evaluate Projects and Ideas: Initiatively monitor, evaluate and enrich innovation projects.
• Lead Strategic R&D Projects: Take ownership of larger, high-impact R&D projects.

Level of education & Knowledge:

• PhD in Engineering, Materials Science or Chemistry is required; an additional MBA is a plus.
• Knowledge of Intellectual Property (IP) management and innovation.
• 5-10 years of R&D experience, ideally in polymer chemistry or general chemistry fields.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in project and/or portfolio management.
• Proven expertise in R&D management and intellectual property.

Technical skills:

• In-depth know-how of polymer chemistry and physics.
• Fluent English; German, Dutch or additional languages are a plus.
• Strong SHE (safety, health environment) awareness.
• Cost-awareness, ability to weigh risks and opportunities against each other and decisiveness in unclear situations and under pressure.
• Pragmatic and solution-oriented, with a proactive and self-motivated mindset.
• Appreciation of diverse cultures and regional practices. Capable of inspiring and empowering team members, with an inclusive approach to team dynamics.
• Constructive challenger focused on continuous improvement.
• Flexibility and agility, with strong communication skills.

The Location:

This role can be conducted from our Antwerp site in Belgium or from our Cologne site or Frankfurt headquarters in Germany. This position also requires occasional travel to meet with various internal and external partners.

We believe diversity is perceiving difference; inclusion is valuing it. Without inclusion, we cannot unlock the value that diversity has to offer. Everyone has a seat at our company table. Our employees bring their unique selves to work daily, have a sense of belonging, and contribute to our core values. We have an inclusive approach, which is open and transparent. We respect and value diversity and believe in equality of opportunity. We do this by valuing and respecting cultural differences and welcoming diversity of thought and perspectives from all our employees.

We are excited to hear from you and share more about our organization.

Application:

Please submit your application and resume to EMEA Recruitment Manager Christian Wieners. E-mail address: christian.wieners@ineos.com.