Serves as the key interface between technology program leads and the business planning and marketing groups to establish economic bases and valuations of major programs. This role supports technology development projects by linking Corporate O/L and market insights to economic models and providing input to Gate Packages and other management reviews. The Advisor is expected to help establish and adhere to standards for planning quality at each stage. The role also supports broader strategy evaluations, capability studies, etc.
The role can also include these elements:
Advise and guide on program funding and investment decisions through techno economic evaluations (TEA)
Identify opportunities, threats and drive focus on advantaged technology,
Understand key business drivers to inform decision makers
Guide technology optimization to focus on critical economic metrics
What you will do
Collaborates with technology program leaders, business planners and marketing function to establish economic bases and valuation of major programs
Uses technical and economic expertise to build models connecting technical variables (process or product performance) to economic performance. Provides or obtains necessary analyses (margin uplift, volume potential, next best alternatives etc.) needed to support these models which often includes extensive use of information.
Helps technology program leaders to focus their efforts and resources on critical value-added questions and to understand the internal / external interfaces that impact their program s value.
These economic assessments also provide guidance to the overall prioritization of programs within the overall portfolio to enable effective decisions on allocations of resources.
Provides early-stage economic guidance to initiatives identifying potential new technology development opportunities; examples are white papers on specific technology/business areas, opportunity identification (OI) initiatives, Technology scouting and competitive intelligence studies.
As recognized expert in decision analysis, provides framing for key decisions facing technical programs along with analysis of cost / benefit for different options.
Supports Technology and global business unit management through special projects. (e.g. Step Out Study, Strategy updates, capability studies, new product market assessment, etc.)
Communicates and documents results of technical and economic analysis effectively and appropriately for use in decision making settings (e.g. gate reviews, management updates, portfolio reviews etc.)
Note that the chemicals facilities planning - Develop, Evaluate and Select Chemicals project alternatives skill is included for the facilities planning experience and capability, not just for chemicals focused projects.
Advise and guide on program funding and investment decisions through techno economic evaluations (TEA)
Demonstrated technology scouting, driven focus on advantaged technology
Understands key business drivers to inform decision makers, understand product development practices
Guide technology optimization to focus on critical economic metrics
About You
Skills and Qualifications
Masters / Bachelor of Chemical engineering with minimum 6.5 CGPA and above.