Oorspronkelijke vacature omschrijving:

Senior Specialist, Technology Ventures EUR

JOB PURPOSE:

The purpose of the role is twofold: (a) ‘Bottom-up’: To create deal flow within the strategic areas of interest to SABIC; and (b) ‘Top-down’: To lead and manage the regional interface with internal need owners (i.e. SBU’s and Corporate Programs) and external (technology) innovation solution providers.

Main Responsibilities:

• Responsible for creating deal flow in the strategic areas of interest for SABIC within Europe
• Responsible for screening of joint development, investment, licensing-in and acquisition opportunities starting from hunting grounds of SABIC’s Corporate Platforms and SBU’s.
• Conducts preliminary evaluation of the technology, its use, its uniqueness as well as applicability to SABIC’s existing and future strategic businesses (strategic fit) and the level of commercial feasibility.
• Responsible for taking prompt decisions to kill obvious non-feasible opportunities at early stage before they go to sponsors; thus helping to provide focus on feasible opportunities. This also implies that the role is responsible to have upfront understanding of SBUs or Corporate Platforms technology needs and constraints.
• Responsible for following the deal flow process and required documentation.
• Responsible for developing a strategy for interfacing and interacting with potential solution providers, developing preliminary assessments vs. strategy and providing shortlists of potential solutions to the need owner.
• Responsible for building and maintaining internal relationships with functions required for deal flow process, such as domain technology experts within T&I, Legal Counsels and with SBU’s. Follow up on strategic value delivery

Additional Responsibilities:

• Ability to influence SABIC Europe and Global Partner(s)
• Ability to balance supportive/steering activities at Site and European level including go to for Advice by local manager(s)
• Ability to work and influence in multi-cultural, diverse Global Community whilst aligning with local and global policy and legal directives
• Ability to promote local and global corporate values
• Strong Entrepreneurial and Business Acumen working cross business and function(s)

MINIMUM EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

• Minimum Technical Degree, Bachelor and/or Master’s Degree or PhD in chemistry, chemical engineering or Petchem related stream.
• Training in business development, corporate finance and legal agreements.
• Minimum 10-15 years of industrial experience in (petro)chemical industries
• Minimum 5-10 years of experience in a technology development-related job.
• Preferably experience with new business development/starting technology ventures.
• Technical know-how: chemicals & materials technology, biotechnology and energy technology.
• Professional know-how: broad understanding of strategy development, innovation, corporate finance and Legal (venturing).
• Good understanding of SABIC strategy, businesses/SBUs and needs (e.g. technology roadmaps).
• Strategic decision making: able to take decisions on what is relevant for SABIC 5-10 y from now.
• Innovative and lateral thinker, can think out of the box and dares to challenge status quo.
• Builds strategic working relationships: Strong networker, both inside and outside SABIC.
• Builds partnerships: Explores options for both parties in a creative and constructive manner. Represents the company in a professional manner.
• Organize for success: Ability to drive initiatives across the entire SABIC organization to induce/strengthen the innovation focus and capabilities.
• Fluency in English (both written and verbal) additional European language(s) a bonus
• Excellent communication and presentation skills

Location: STC-Geleen, The Netherlands

Travel: 25% - 50% (regionally and globally)

FURTHER INFORMATION

Interested in this position?

Please apply online by sending us your CV and motivation letter in English. Due to data privacy reasons we do not handle any applications sent by email. For additional questions you can contact: Karl Davies, Corporate Recruiter via email –karl.davies@sabic.com

The application closing-date is 30th April 2023

Please be informed that a reference check, an employment verification and E-assessment are part of our recruitment process. A Certificate of Good Conduct can be requested depending on the level of the role in our organization and/or function, allowing us to request depending on local regulations.

Responses from employment agencies will not be considered.

ABOUT SABIC

SABIC is a global diversified chemicals company, headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. We manufacture on a global scale in the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Asia Pacific, making distinctly different kinds of products: chemicals, commodity and high performance plastics, agri-nutrients and metals. We support our customers by identifying and developing opportunities in key end-use applications such as construction, medical devices, packaging, agri-nutrients, electrical and electronics, transportation and clean energy. Our production in 2020 was 60.8 million metric tons.

We have more than 33,000 employees worldwide and operates in around 50 countries. Fostering innovation and a spirit of ingenuity, we have 9,000+ global patent filings, and significant research resources with innovation hubs in five key geographies – USA, Europe, Middle East, South Asia and North Asia.

In Europe, we have over 6,000 professionals running multiple world-scale production sites and 4 technology and innovation centers. We are present in almost every European country. Major locations within our broad network of innovation, production and marketing are: Teesside (UK), Cartagena (Spain), Gelsenkirchen (Germany), Geleen (the Netherlands), Bergen op Zoom (the Netherlands) and Genk (Belgium).

SABIC is committed to creating a diverse work environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and as such will not discriminate in its employment practices, including recruiting and hiring practices, based on a person’s race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation and pregnancy), age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.