Head of Chemistry R&D
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SASHCO INC
Thornton, CO, US
Summary
Lead the R&D team to drive innovation, product improvements, and cost savings for caulks, sealants, and wood stains. Participate in the company leadership team to contribute to strategic long-term and short-term planning.
Job Description
Job Details: Job Location: Sashco - THORNTON, CO, Salary Range: $180000.00 - $200000.00Salary/year, Job Shift: Day, Don’t come to work for Sashco. Come to Create Excellence. We manufacture caulks, sealants, and wood stains. Are you deep in polymer chemistry? Do you like formulation? As the Head of R&D and a Leadership Team member, we need your energy, creativity, and wisdom. Generate successful pathways to team growth and raise the bar on innovation and product performance. Adopt new technologies and system improvements which enhance efficiency and staff satisfaction. Create a highly productive R&D function that knows how to focus efforts on innovation, product improvements, and cost savings. Understand Marketing, Production, Sales, and Finance. Broaden our vision. If this fits your passion and experience, please apply.
Sashco is a 90-years-young family owned, fast paced, manufacturer of caulking, stains, and sealants for the housing industry. We recently moved to a brand new 2.5X larger facility with a state-of-the-art laboratory and manufacturing plant in Thornton (Denver) Colorado. We are skilled at marketing and driven by innovation. Consider joining Sashco and become part of our vision to dominate high performance in every segment we enter.
Key Functions:
Participate on the Leadership Team making company-wide decisions and contributing to long and short ranges plans.
Develop the strategic plan for the R&D team.
Lead, inspire, and manage the R&D team.
Identify new opportunities for growth in technology and channels
Measure performance and productivity.
Provide technical direction and oversight.
Get on the bench and in the goop yourself!
Support Sales, Marketing, Production, and Customer Service
Increase analytical tools (DOE, AI, etc)
Leverage the operational budget as an investment aligned with the company plan.
Qualifications: We want to hear from you if you have/are:
Bachelor of Science degree (or higher) in Chemistry or related field
Ability to provide technical help to R&D staff
10+ years of progressive career growth including management of teams.
Experience functioning on top leadership teams.
Creativity and valuable networking contacts.
At Sashco, we’re driven by a passion to make products that work right the first time. Like you, we get frustrated by the toy that breaks, screwdriver that bends, and tires that wear out too soon. Thatʼs why we only make high-performance products designed to work best for their applications. You wonʼt find a good-better-best mindset at Sashco. Why? To help prevent needless frustration and that fourth trip to the hardware store for the same project. We like to call it “delighting the customer with a better way.”
Founded
1936
Company size
51-200 employees
Industry
Wholesale Building Materials
Org type
Privately Held
Headquarters
Thornton, CO
At Sashco, we’re driven by a passion to make products that work right the first time. Like you, we get frustrated by the toy that breaks, screwdriver that bends, and tires that wear out too soon. Thatʼs why we only make high-performance products designed to work best for their applications. You wonʼt find a good-better-best mindset at Sashco. Why? To help prevent needless frustration and that fourth trip to the hardware store for the same project. We like to call it “delighting the customer with a better way.”
Founded
1936
Company size
51-200 employees
Industry
Wholesale Building Materials
Org type
Privately Held
Headquarters
Thornton, CO
