Avery Dennison (NYSE: AVY) is a global materials science company specializing in the design and manufacture of a wide variety of labeling and functional materials. The company’s products, which are used in nearly every major industry, include pressure-sensitive materials for labels and graphic applications; tapes and other bonding solutions for industrial, medical, and retail applications; tags, labels and embellishments for apparel; and radio frequency identification (RFID) solutions serving retail apparel and other markets. Headquartered in Glendale, California, the company employs more than 30,000 employees in over 50 countries. Reported sales in 2019 were $7.1 billion. Learn more at www.averydennison.com.

Avery Dennison is an equal opportunity employer.

• Complete understanding and wide application of technical principle, theories, and concepts in the field. General knowledge of other related disciplines.
• Provide technical solutions to a wide range of difficult problems. Solutions are imaginative, thorough, practicable, and consistent with organization objectives.
• Work under only general direction. Independently determine and develop approach to solutions. Work is reviewed upon completion for adequacy in meeting objectives.
• Contribute to the completion of specific programs and projects. Failure to obtain results or erroneous decisions or recommendations would typically
• result in serious program delays and considerable expenditure of resources.
• contribute the wider innovation roadmap
• Frequent inter-organizational and outside customer contacts.

Activities may include, but are not limited to:

• Demonstrate applied knowledge of a given discipline through a thesis or body of documented work, research or commercial product.
• Present information and effectively communicate with divisions and cross-functionally. Orally present findings to team and management.
• Manage knowledge/technology transfer and new product development. Generate new ideas for products.
• Write project plans. Determine timeline and resources for projects. Work with outside parties (i.e.: universities, development partners, other companies) to aid in successful project completion.
• Drive growth, cost reduction, yield and product quality improvements, capacity increases and EHS improvements.
• Maintain awareness of the fields advances in technology and competitive intellectual property (patents).
• Write technical reports and document research. Summarize critical results and observations. Verify reliability of data.
• Propose, design, prioritize, conduct and oversee multiple projects and lab experiments. Develop new test methods. Design statistical sets of experiments
• Lead and conduct problem solving efforts and propose resolutions. Act as R&D representative on strategic business teams.
• Provide recommendations for capital purchases- equipment.
• Leverage internal and external experts in the network to accomplish goals.
• Safe and timely execution of experiments. Follow all lab safety procedures.
• Instruct lab and production personnel.
• Conduct library and topical research pertinent to projects, conduct experiments and studies and assess outcome, adapt continued studies based on theorization of findings, write and prepare final papers to support findings and submit evidence for publication.

• University Degree in Chemical Engineering
• excellent IT skills. (mandatory)
• English fluent (mandatory)
• Italian Fluent (mandatory)
• Experience with polyurethane and spreadable materials plus than 2 years (preferred)
• Experience in Manufacturing environment plus than 2 years (preferred)
• high accuracy
• good communication skill

fixed-term contract with excellent opportunities for permanent transformation.

Who we are! - Our Story:

Each of us, Every day! Eight Values. One Team!

We understand diversity and equal opportunities as enrichment for our future-oriented work at Avery Dennison. With us, teams are balanced and diverse. Because each of us is unique, and we appreciate bringing together different personalities and talents.  

Avery Dennison is an equal opportunity employer. You are interested in knowing more about our Diversity & Inclusion approach? Please go to averydennison.com/en/home/about-us/diversity-and-inclusion.html 

At Avery Dennison we do what we love, and we love what we do - Just click here, and get us to know even better: Life @ Avery Dennison (linkedin.com/company/avery-dennison/life/emea)