RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Bring external startup innovation to solve customers’ toughest problems and complement world class innovation capabilities.
- Collaborate closely with Strategic Business Units (SBU) to define search fields and specific problem areas for scouting according to business & innovation strategy.
- Screen deal flow from wide variety of sources to identify relevant startup longlists for prioritized search fields; identify new sources of deal flow.
- Evaluate startups according to pre-defined criteria (contribute to enhancement of criteria through thought leadership).
- Discuss startups with the relevant business stakeholders and initiate next steps with an entrepreneurial mindset and can-do attitude.
- Represent Company and Startup Scouting activities at various external events and shape presence and collaboration options creatively as an entrepreneur.
- Contribute to the strategic development of Startup Scouting team, activities and capabilities.
BACKGROUND PROFILE:
- Senior academic degree (Master or PhD) in science (preferably polymer chemistry or material science) and 10+ years work experience.
- Strong technical know-how in adhesive technologies and relevant applications and industries.
- Strong strategic skills and excellent business acumen.
- Pro-active working mode and entrepreneurial spirit.
- Superb communication skills (written and oral) and excellent stakeholder management.
- Strong track record and savviness in disruptive innovation/business building with startups.
- Ideally, previous experience with startups, startup scouting (incl. relevant tools, processes and methodologies).