Material Design Leader - Bounce Dryer Sheets Scientist (Band 1) -

The Fabric Enhancers (FE) business is the growth engine for the Fabric Care BU with over $3B in NOS across Bounce, Downy & Gain brands. Within FE, Sheets are a key NOS & Profit contributor to NA Fabric Care. Sheets is a $500MM business with one of highest profit margins in Fabric Care growing > 110ix NOS & volume behind $20MM iNOS superior Mega Sheet innovation. Sheets, as Fabric Enhancers' consumer point of market entry, offers significant opportunity to unlock relevancy for the nonuser (almost 50% HHs) & drive essentiality & trade-up to premium Sheets chassis on the path to Bounce being Fabric Care's next Billion Dollar Brand. Majority Sheets & Mega Sheet are produced at Tabler Station plant in West Virginia with some volume produced at a Midwest CM. Visit https://www.bouncefresh.com.

As Material Design Leader, the individual in this role will lead material and supplier development and qualification for Dryer sheets to support future business growth. This includes leading material design efforts for our nonwoven (substrate) supply, including defining and executing material DOXs, leading understanding of material transformations at the vendor/supplier and our manufacturing facility, development of control strategies, leading formula demo runs, and designing, developing and qualifying the material specification. Unique to this assignment, this individual will partner with Material Science TPT to develop & qualify a new, state-of-the-art non-woven Platform technology which will enable competitive mid & long-term supply. Beyond innovating for growth, important responsibilities also include studying & designing Dryer sheets made with alternative materials ranging from recycled inlet streams to hydro entangled lyocell, etc. in order to achieve Sustainability goals & growing Regulatory needs across NA & Europe. We are interested in an individual who can marry chemistry, material science, and new process transformations (i.e. solid state) to enable higher performance actives loadings on existing and alternative materials solutions. We are confident that our Material Design Leader will have the opportunity to innovate in partnership with Platform PD, Process, Materials Science TPT, Analytical, etc. to make sustainable, lasting impression on Sheets business.

Qualifications

We are looking for someone with a Bachelors or Master degree in the field of Engineering, Material Science or related field

Technical Mastery/Critical Thinking - Prefer individual has strong experience/ background in material science or specifically in substrates, converting and substrate process design, delivery, and web-handling. Prefer the individual has multiple experiences leading materials supplier qualification from concept to full scale manufacturing to producing shippable product. Prefer experience leading resolution of material-based problems partnering with suppliers.

Be Transparent, Inclusive and Collaborative – The individual will have demonstrated the ability to successfully work cross-functionally with material suppliers, Product Design, Engineering, Purchasing, and Manufacturing resources to deliver initiatives to market. Additionally, this individual will need to be able to successfully lead resolution of manufacturing technical challenges to enable continual shipment of products to the market.

COMMUNICATION – THE INDIVIDUAL MUST HAVE DEMONSTRATED THE

ability to effectively communicate across multiple functions in a fast pace environment. Effective written communication and summary documents are critical, as is the ability to clearly/concisely give updates at cross-functional team meetings.

Lead with Courage/Focus Externally – It is expected that this individual has the ability to lead/manage multiple priorities and demonstrate strong ownership and accountability to drive the material development and qualification process.

Embraces Change – The individual will be expected to on-board rapidly and lead key material design efforts in SIMPL through qualification and launch.

WHATWEOFFER:

Responsibilities as of Day 1 – you will feel the ownership of your project from the beginning, and you will be given specific projects and responsibilities.

Continuous mentorship – you will work with passionate people and receive both formal training as well as day-to-day mentoring from your manager.

Work and be part of a dynamic and encouraging environment - working over a diverse array of interesting problems.

Promote agility and work/life balance for employees, we value every individual and support initiatives.

Experience true support for work/life effectiveness and your long-term well-being.

Get a competitive salary and benefits' package.

ABOUT US

We produce globally recognized brands, and we grow the best business leaders in the industry. With a portfolio of trusted brands as diverse as ours, it is paramount our leaders are able to lead with courage the vast array of brands, categories and functions. We serve consumers around the world with one of the strongest portfolios of trusted, quality, leadership brands, including Always®, Ariel®, Gillette®, Head & Shoulders®, Herbal Essences®, Oral-B®, Pampers®, Pantene®, Tampax® and more. Our community includes operations in approximately 70 countries worldwide.

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Our consumers are diverse and our talents - internally - mirror this diversity to best serve it. That is why we’re committed to building a winning culture based on Inclusion and our ideal candidate is passionate about the same principle: you will join our daily effort of being “in touch” so we craft brands and products to improve the lives of the world’s consumers now and in the future. We want you to inspire us with your unrivaled ideas.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, citizenship, HIV/AIDS status or any other legally protected factor.

Immigration sponsorship is not available for this role. As a general matter, Procter & Gamble does not sponsor candidates for nonimmigrant visas or permanent residency. However, Procter & Gamble may make exceptions on a discretionary basis. Any exceptions would be based on the Company's specific business needs at the time and place of recruitment as well as the particular qualifications of the individual.

Procter & Gamble participates in e-verify as required by law.

Qualified individuals will not be disadvantaged based on being unemployed.