Job Description

We are a leading chemical company, with the best teams developing intelligent solutions for our customers, and for a sustainable future.

We connect and develop people with diverse talents all over the world. For you, this means a variety of ways to progress.

Not only your performance but also your personality matter to us, regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, orientation, and background. At BASF, careers develop from opportunities.

Main responsibilities

• Provide lab support to Care Chemicals business in ASEAN to promote BASF raw materials (Surfactants, Chelates, Polymers etc.) in Agrochemical markets.
• Executing various types of lab activities such as new technologies evaluations, promoting existing Agrochemical portfolio of ingredients in relevant markets, development of new experimental methods. It requires working on customer problems and broader market requirements.
• Support business development from a technical point of view: developing lab solutions based on customers feedback and communicate to customers under guidance of supervisor.
• Develop new applications based on existing portfolio under guidance of supervisor.
• Promotion of new R&D products and preparation of promotion materials thereof.
• Analyze, conclude and initiate lab work under guidance of supervisor.
• Maintain the workplace and working environment that support work safety and efficient production activities according to plant safety regulations as well as Company EHS guideline, RC Requirements, Quality system ISO 9001, EFfCI GMP, Halal, RSPO and Energy management.
• Key interfaces: sub-regional sales, regional technical teams, customers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in chemistry/industrial & applied chemistry/physical chemistry or related fields.
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in laboratory or relevant working experience.
• Ability to quickly understand customers and translate into lab work, team working, effective communication and collaboration skills under the multicultural environments.
• Know- how of Agrochemical formulations, hands on experience on various test methods and lab equipment used in preparation of emulsions/ solutions/ dispersions for Agrochemical applications is a PLUS.
• Good communication skills for English.

Work location

• Bangpakong, Chonburi

BASF has been present in Thailand for more than 50 years. The company offers a wide range of products and solutions to support almost all the key industries in the country, including Agricultural Solutions, Intermediates and Process Catalysts, Monomers, Petrochemicals, Coatings, Dispersions and Resins, Performance Chemicals, Care Chemicals, Nutrition and Health, and Performance Materials. BASF in Thailand was established in 1966 and maintains its head office in Bangkok. It operates three production sites in Samutprakarn, Chonburi and Rayong, an Automotive Coatings Technical Competence Center, and a Performance Materials Technical Development Center in Samutprakarn. In 2023, BASF posted sales of €570 million to customers in Thailand and had 625 employees as of the end of the year. Further information is available on   www.basf.com/th