Product Developer Supervisor

Your Job

This position leads the Tissue, Towel and Napkin (TTN) Product Development team supporting both Retail and Away from Home businesses. The Development Team Leader ensures resources are used effectively to support key business projects. Is a key driver of team alignment, effective challenge, and continuous improvement within the product development function.

What You Will Do

• Lead, mentor, and supervise Product Development (PD) Specialists, ensuring resources are effectively deployed to the right projects and priority levels.
• Lead and implement process improvement initiatives to increase team efficiency and effectiveness.
• Coach, mentor, and develop team members through regular feedback, targeted training, and individualized development plans.
• Strengthen the R&D team's ability to deliver on high-priority, strategic growth initiatives.
• Guide team members in advanced strategic thinking and support innovation from concept through development.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in Paper Science, Chemical Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 10+ years of product development experience in paper products, with demonstrated success leading projects and commercial scale-up.
• Demonstrated leadership or supervisory experience, ideally with a track record of coaching and developing others.
• Strong knowledge of engineering methodologies, process improvement, and best practices.
• Experience working in an R&D environment with a track record of influencing product and business strategy.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Advanced Engineering Degree (M.S., Ph.D) in Engineering, Paper Science, or related disciplines.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration and project management skills.
• 15+ years of experience in product development, including leadership roles
• Proven ability to lead process improvement initiatives within R&D.
• Excellent communication, coaching, and mentorship capabilities.

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy

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Who We Are

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aqui, or tu).

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