Senior Technical Expert - Decorative Coatings Americas

What we offer Explore a world of opportunities with us. Look ahead with us and help shape innovative solutions to make our world more sustainable and life healthier, more vibrant and more comfortable. At Evonik, you have the chance to explore, thrive, and grow alongside 33,000 colleagues. Among attractive career paths and high-quality development programs, we not only offer performance-based remuneration and occupational health benefits but also hybrid and flexible working environments with #SmartWork. Bring your fresh perspective, develop your strengths, break out your mold, and find a career that fits your dreams with us. Click on the link below to learn what our employees have to say about Evonik: https://careers.evonik.com/en/about/meet-the-team/ Provides technical representation of the Decorative Coatings market segment for all application areas (Architectural, Floor, and Wood Coatings, Pigment Concentrates, as well as DECO-Other) in the Americas, acting as the primary interface with the market and to customers RESPONSIBILITIES Serve as a primary senior technical expert and customer contact for Decorative Coatings applications in North America , with emphasis on Pigment Concentrates, Wood Coatings, and Flooring. Provide high-level technical service and application support through customer visits, virtual engagements, conferences, trade shows, webinars, and technical presentations. Identify customer needs, technical service opportunities, and application challenges, translating them into effective technical solutions and development initiatives and projects . Lead application testing, product benchmarking, and technical evaluations to demonstrate product performance, value, and competitive differentiation. Drive new product process development projects in collaboration with RD&I, regional ART teams, Market Segments, Product Lines, scientists, and laboratory personnel. Define and supervise experimental work supporting product development, validate results, contribute to intellectual property activities, and pursue patent applications when appropriate. Monitor market trends, competitive activity, customer requirements, and emerging technologies to identify innovation opportunities and develop Decorative Coatings market strategies for region North America Partner with Marketing and commercial teams to translate technical findings into customer-facing materials, including technical publications, fact sheets, product launch presentations, and training content. Serve as Global ART Lead for designated Global Key Accounts, partnering with Key Account Management, Marketing, and global technical teams to coordinate technical projects and growth opportunities. Build and share Decorative Coatings expertise by participating in or leading internal expert committees, Centers of Excellence, technical training, and knowledge transfer related to additives and formulation technology. Demonstrate leadership in EHSQ by complying with site and…