Mativ Careers

POSITION: Senior Manager, Optical Applications Development

LOCATION: Greenfield, MA

Mativ is a global leader in specialty materials headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia. The Company offers a wide range of critical components and engineered solutions to solve our customers’ most complex challenges.  

Mativ is searching for a Senior Manager, of Optical Applications Development.  This role will have global responsibility for leading customer facing end use product applications that deliver value- added solutions and innovation in the Glass Lamination Market including Smart Glass.  This role will lead and develop the applications team and execute strategy in collaboration with Business Leaders, Sales, Business Development, Marketing, R&D and others.  

responsibilities:

•          Global Responsibility for leading customer-facing end use product applications that deliver valued-added solutions and innovation in the Glass Lamination Market including Smart Glass.

•          Lead and develop applications team.

•          Influence and execute the applications strategy in collaboration with Business leader, Sales, Business Development, Marketing, R&D and other functions.

•          Provide technical service and support to existing Optical. Evaluate issues, perform root cause analysis at customers and within our applications lab, identify potential solutions, implement corrective actions, and identify and recommend product enhancements and improvements.

•          Support customer quality claim investigation as needed.

•          Team leader for autoclave use

•          Perform competitive benchmarking in applications lab.

•          Lead proactive efforts for best in class in customer end use application training (guidelines, product data sheets, videos, customer visits).

•          Lead major business segment application initiatives and projects, including applications leader with outside JDA partners.

•          Main technical liaison at top Key Accounts, Industry Trade Associations, and Standards Organizations.

•          Provide regular written and oral presentations.

•          A high level of customer intimacy

•          Ability to work effectively under pressure.

•          Demonstrated ability to build and retain solid internal and external relationships.

•          Travel up to 40%.

qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant engineering/scientific discipline is required. 15+ Experience in Glass and Glazing Industry, including Lamination, Smart Glass, interlayer films or relevant industry is required. 
• Previous experience in applications, technical service, or similar is a plus

What we offer

Mativ benefits say a lot about how we care for each other. Our employees and their families have many different needs. As a result, our benefits offer choices on many levels and are high in quality, competitive in the marketplace, and affordable. These are a few of the benefits we offer to support you and your family’s well-being:

•          Medical, dental and vision insurance

•          Consumer-Driven Health Plan (CDHP)

•          Preferred Provider Organization (PPO)

•          Exclusive Provider Organization (EPO)

•          Company-paid basic life insurance and Additional voluntary life coverage

•          Paid vacation and competitive personal time off

•          401(k) savings plan with company match

•          Employee assistance programs – available 24/7 to you and your family

•          Wellness and Work Life Support - career development and educational assistance

About Mativ

Mativ Holdings, Inc. is a global leader in specialty materials headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia. The company makes material impacts on the world every day through a wide range of critical components and engineered solutions that solve our customers’ most complex challenges. We manufacture on three continents and generate sales in nearly 100 countries through our family of business-to-business and consumer product brands. The company’s two operating segments, Advanced Technical Materials and Fiber-Based Solutions, target premium applications across diversified and growing end markets, from filtration to healthcare to sustainable packaging and more. Our broad portfolio of technologies combines polymers, fibers, and resins to optimize the performance of our customers’ products across multiple stages of the value chain. Our leading positions are a testament to our best-in-class global manufacturing, supply chain, and materials science capabilities. We drive innovation and enhance performance, finding potential in the impossible.

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