Compound Engineer

Overview

We are looking to hire a Compound Engineer to lead the implementation of technical standards and best practices in compounding and injection molding processes, support compound approval and production readiness, and collaborate cross-functionally to drive innovation, ensure quality, and enable smooth production transfers across Crocs’ global supplier chain.

What You'll Do

Technical Leadership:

• Ensure compliance with Crocs’ standards for quality, safety, and process efficiency in compounding and injection molding processes for long term performance.
• Lead the effort to drive the implementation of best practices and procedures in compounding and injection across factories to prevent the issues and maintain the highest product and quality standards.
• Interact directly in manufacturing environment with regular and random audits both in laboratory and compound/injection floor.
• Promptly communicate issues found in current processes and products and help to resolve them
• Communicate and reinforce clear technical standards, expectations, and continuous improvement goals to meet and exceed Crocs expectations.

Production transferring and Technical Advancement

• Raw materials testing and validating in factories
• Facilitate compound approval, color alignment and production readiness in factories
• Provide on-site support to suppliers during project implementation and troubleshoot any arising issues.
• Challenges existing technical standards & costs and strives for continuous improvement
• Continuously explores and drives innovation through revolutionary and evolutionary changes in Crocs compounding, testing and injection processes.
• Build best practices to be applied globally across all factories

Cross functional team Co-ordination:

• Collaborate with QA and factories in investigating process errors or complaints and implementing appropriate corrective actions as needed.
• Work with Innovation and Product Execution to develop, transfer or improve compounds, technologies for new styles and processes
• Support functional departments such as Operation, Costing, Social Compliance, RS Testing for compounding and injections related matters.
• Ensure business relationships between Crocs and our factories and suppliers are maintained at the highest level of trust and integrity.

Key Deliverables and Indicators (KPIs):

• Support partner factories in injection related projects
• Drive compound formulas and processes fine tuning and modification as in crocs compound strategies
• Make compound audit and follow up improvement plan
• Track factory’s performance and drive them achieving Crocs expected KPI

What You'll Bring to the Table

Experience:

• • EVA or Rubber background with preferably 5 years working experience within the footwear or automotive industry in testing/compounding/ injection area
  • Hands-on experience with supplier auditing and process validation.

Knowledge:

• • Understanding plastic injection, preferably footwear and EVA foam related, understanding raw materials, testing and processing.
  • Demonstrate wide knowledge of plastics materials and chemicals, EVA, rubber, TPU, PU manufacturing and compounding process. 
  • Strong analytical skills for problem solving and the creation, planning and execution of project work.
  • Knowledge of Microsoft Office software package
  • Have some knowledge and experience of project management

 Skills:

• • Flexible, strong character, effective team builder, willing to learn and take challenges.
  • Ability to communicate clearly across the Crocs organization and to take responsibility
  • Accurate, reliable, methodic
  • Languages: Fluent English (at least level 4)

Education:

• • University degree with a major in chemistry/polymer or material science or material engineering.

Travel Requirement:

• • Regionally and abroad (for up to 12 weeks per year