Job Description

As a Technical Services Team Lead, you will lead a group of Technical Services Representatives and is responsible for leading product benchmarking, applications testing & development, competitive intelligence and submissions to 3rd party certifiers.

Are you ready to work with an exciting team with excellent opportunities for growth? Read more below!

Key Responsibilities

* Supervise and mentor a team of 2-5 members in the US. Provide direction towards goals and track progress.
* Plan and conduct benchmarking and applications testing of internal (PPGAC-USCA and global products), as well as competitive products to drive complexity and formula cost reduction and support sales growth initiatives. Hands on role that will require in lab testing and application of products.
* Lead efforts to identify competitive product strategies and offerings and provide competitive intelligence.
* Lead submissions and relationships with 3rd party certifiers including MPI, GreenGuard and others.
* Support product development by creating new and/or improved test methods and driving standardization of testing and reporting.
* Conduct applications lab testing to support and advise technical communications and application instructions.

Qualifications:

* A Bachelors degree in Chemistry or a related area is required.
* Five years of related industry experience
* Must be self-motivated and able to work independently. He/ She must also possess a very strong work ethic, a strong sense of self-accomplishment, and have outstanding problem-solving skills. The ability to effectively deal with conflict, both internal and external, is critical to the success of the position.
* Must be proficient with the Microsoft Office Suite, and must operate with minimal guidance and supervision.
* Excellent oral and written communication skills
* Effective social skills are crucial in helping the Technical Service Supervisor interact with different levels of the business as well as different departments within PPG.
* Up to 25% business /overnight travel may be required.

ABOUT US:

Here at PPG we make it happen, and we seek candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our values, with the commitment and drive to strive today to do better than yesterday everyday.

PPG: WE PROTECT AND BEAUTIFY THE WORLD

Through leadership in innovation, sustainability and color, PPG helps customers in industrial, transportation, consumer products, and construction markets and aftermarkets to enhance more surfaces in more ways than does any other company. To learn more, visit www.ppg.com and follow @ PPG on Twitter.

The PPG Way

Every single day at PPG:

We partner with customers to create mutual value.

We are insightful, dedicated and proactive. We have intimate knowledge of the market and our customers. We focus on practical solutions that make a difference.

We are One PPG to the world.

We are better and stronger together. We leverage our scale to reach new markets and introduce innovative technologies as we differentiate and disrupt our markets.

We trust our people every day, in every way.

We enable and empower our people to make the right decisions. We are inclusive, transparent and respectful. Our feedback is clear and actionable.

We make it happen.

We have a passion for winning. We achieve. We deliver with discipline and integrity. We bring our best energy to our work. We decide and act intelligently and quickly.

We run it like we own it.

We respect one another by being responsible and accountable. We always act in the best interest of our company, customers, shareholders and our communities.

We do better today than yesterday everyday.

We continuously learn. We develop our people to grow our businesses.

PPG Way: (Click here to learn more about the PPG Way)

PPG vision: http://corporate.ppg.com/Our-Company/PPG-Vision.aspx

We are One PPG: http://one.ppg.com/

PPG provides equal opportunity to all candidates and employees. We offer an opportunity to grow and develop your career in an environment that provides a fulfilling workplace for employees, creates an environment for continuous learning, and embraces the ideas and diversity of others. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, pregnancy, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, disability status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression. If you need assistance to complete your application due to a disability, please email recruiting@ppg.com.

PPG values your feedback on our recruiting process. We encourage you to visit Glassdoor.com and provide feedback on the process, so that we can do better today than yesterday.

Benefits will be discussed with you by your recruiter during the hiring process.

To read more about Equal Employment Opportunity please see attached links:

http://www1.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/eeoc_self_print_poster.pdf
https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/pdf/EO13665_PrescribedNondiscriminationPostingLanguage_JRFQA508c.pdf
https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/OFCCP_EEO_Supplement_Final_JRF_QA_508c.pdf