Executive - R&D - Wall Segment (Water Based)

Role & responsibilities

1.Develop and optimize water-based interior and exterior wall paints across economy, mid-

premium and premium segments.

2. Develop formulations targeting specific requirements such as coverage, opacity, whiteness,

scrub resistance

3. Optimize formulations for cost, performance and manufacturing feasibility.

4. Establish product specifications, raw material specifications and acceptance criteria.

5. Prepare technical documentation including formulation sheets, test reports, TDS and related

R&D documentation.

6. Evaluate and Develop drop-in / near-drop-in alternatives for critical raw materials and new

raw materials for water-based paint formulations.

7. Investigate product and field complaints using a structured Root Cause Analysis (RCA)

approach.

8. Scale-Up & Manufacturing Support by transferring laboratory formulations successfully to pilot and production scale.

9. Continuously identify opportunities for formulation cost reduction without compromising

quality.

Preferred candidate profile

We are looking for an experienced and technically strong R&D Executive Water based Decorative Paints to join the R&D team from the R&D of a reputed leading paint company in India.

The candidate will be expected to independently drive projects from concept formulation laboratory evaluation competitive benchmarking pilot/plant scale-up field validation commercialization.