Senior Chemical Engineer

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Converse is a place to explore potential, break barriers and push out the edges of what can be. The company looks for people who can grow, think, dream and create. Its culture thrives by embracing diversity and rewarding imagination. The brand seeks achievers, leaders and visionaries. At Converse, it’s about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving world to make things better as a team.

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We’ve got the goods. We just need the people who believe in the goods. That’s you. You see the product in the space. And you get how to make it leave the space. In someone’s bag, on someone’s feet. You’re a trendwatcher. A callmaker. Maybe even a visionary. You throw Product and Retail into a blender and make it come out as smooth delicious Success.

ABOUT CONVERSE

Are you interested in working for the most iconic and well-loved sneaker brand in the world? Born in sports and made for the street, Converse is a place to explore your potential, obliterate boundaries and push out the edges of what can be. We seek people who can lead, grow, think, dream, and create. Our culture thrives by embracing diversity and rewarding imagination. Converse seeks achievers, leaders, and visionaries. At Converse, it’s about each person bringing their authentic self, skills, and passion to serve the daring spirit of youth.

ABOUT OUR TEAM

The mission of the Converse Global Sourcing & Manufacturing team is to Deliver Product Excellence, bringing to life and to market products that blow away consumer expectations. We believe this is possible by partnering with best-in-class manufacturers and investing in the right talent to:

- Build capabilities to create innovative products that push the boundaries of our brand
- Deploy responsive supply chain solutions that improve speed and deliver meaningful commercial impact
- Advance the resilience and sustainability of our supply chain through partner, performance and risk management approaches
- Constantly improve our operational model to improve service, efficiency, cost, and quality
- Live our values and put people first to drive organizational effectiveness

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We’re looking for a Senior Chemical Engineer to be based in Jakarta Nike PMO office, Indonesia. The incumbent will manage chemical components development and manufacturing at shoe factories and supervise the chemical operations in Indonesia.

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

If this is you, you’ll be working with both company’s counterparts, our external factory partners, suppliers, and act as a bridge within the team. You will communicate chemical components creation, process setup and ensure chemical components were well created during development stage and mass produced with good built-in quality at great efficiency. This role is responsible for managing the end-to-end operations required in the manufacturing of chemical components.

What a typical workday/week will look like:

- Review model level chemical component requests and deploy the commercialization projects among factories & suppliers through effective communication channels.
- Provide chemical expertise and ensure chemical components were well created during development stage
- Lead chemical trials, review and confirm all related reports
- Work with line manager to support assigned department goals and projects.
- Supporting role in elevating factory partner’s chemical team performance
- Working on local supplier management under the guidance of Converse Technical Service team.

WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH

As a Senior Chemical Engineer, you will work directly with factory partner’s chemical team, chemical suppliers for all model level chemical projects, collaborate with other Chemical Engineers to conduct related trials at production. You will work directly with factory partners & other functional team members (Manufacturing Engineer) for model trials and lead the chemical components creation process. You will also collaborate with other functions in Asia such as Planning, Costing, Tooling & Product Engineering teams for model level chemical issues.

WHAT YOU BRING
- A bachelor’s degree in Polymer or Chemistry
- Minimum 8 years of chemical engineering experience. Working experience in a shoe factory will be a plus
- Good understanding and relevant experiences of Adhesive (Rubber based and PU based)
- Data driven decision making capability and skills
- Project Management experience
- Great communication skills in both spoken and written English

Converse is more than a company; it’s a worldwide advocate for self-expression. This belief motivates our employees, permeates our working environment and inspires our products. No two of us look or think exactly alike. We are each one-of-a-kind. Individually and as a culture, we have the freedom to create and grow professionally. Generous benefits packages only sweeten the experience. From Boston to Sh