Process Chemist

**Process Chemist**: **POSITION SNAPSHOT**: - JobReq ID: 49050- Type of work: On site- Type of contract: Open-ended/permanent- Full/Part Time: Full time- Location: Brits, ZA**OUR COMPANY**: Bridgestone in Europe, CIS, Middle East, India and Africa (BSEMIA), headquartered in Zaventem (Belgium), is a subsidiary of Bridgestone Corporation, a global leader providing sustainable mobility and advanced solutions. In addition to our premium tire products, we offer a growing portfolio of tire-centric and mobility solutions. Together with our partners and guided by "Serving Society with Superior Quality”, that has been our mission since Shojiro Ishibashi founded Bridgestone in 1931, we are working to accelerate sustainable mobility innovations and solutions. Through innovative technology, we are committed to easier, safer, smoother and seamless mobility for our society and customers improving how people move, live, work and play. Bridgestone also benefits from a significant retail network throughout the region - in fact our retail presence in the EMIA region is the largest in the tire industry. Through 17 distinct retail partners, we have around 3,500 outlets across Europe, the Middle East and Africa as well as around 2,500 outlets through our partner network in India. This network offers a selection of services, concepts and mobility solutions. At Bridgestone we pride ourselves on the strong relationships we maintain with everyday drivers and this extensive retail network is one of the core reasons why. In line with the “Bridgestone Essence”, our work environment is based on integrity and teamwork, where everyone can learn from each other and contribute with their own ideas in achieving the coming goals. We want to hear from people who can take the challenge, unleash their creative potential and contribute to the company success demonstrating ownership, courage and agility. We want you to develop your skills, expand your knowledge and be proud of your work. : **Job Purpose**: **We are looking for a Process Chemist, reporting directly to the Senior Process Technologist.**: **This is a Local role, based in Brits and will be **responsible for control of all plant compound **formulas, ensuring in time and accurate formula information as well as the sign off and distribution on the formulas to the relevant stake holders. Ensure accurate, up to date and in time release of compound lab specifications and new compound development, new supplier qualification and new raw material introduction as per the year on year activity and improvement plan. The incumbent will also process optimization through cycle time and stage mixing improvement as well as smooth operation and ensure that oss ratio, waste and off spec compound improvement. As well as compound quality improvement as well as quality checks of mixer and compounding systems to ensure all related specifications an standards are adhere to, as well as daily compound mixing charts verification. Issuing of standards, procedures to ensure best practice and smooth operation and communication with down stream processes to ensure compound is running at optimum level.**: **Responsibilities**: - TMA, waste and SSTD - Loss ratio reduction. Target to be below budget: - Ensure Loss ratio targets are met by implementing specification, standards and procedures for best practice, smooth operation and optimum processing of compound. Checking and controlling off spec batches, disposition and investigation to solve root cause for out of standard items. Proper data analysis required, gemba and mixing chart investigation. - Development of new product and processes, new supplier as well as new raw material, to be within target timeline: - Develop conspicuous standards. - Implementations of One Point Lessons Development of controls to improve production, quality and efficiency and reduce downtime in processes. - Development and upgrading of equipment in conjunction with Engineering to improve processing efficiency, cost effectiveness involving total line production. - New product development. - Develop running cards for the different machines, new formula and spec control, ensure on time and accurate information as well as lab specifications. - Ensure that all above are done and controlled within the timespan of each project or development. Create the needed platform to be able to follow above. - Assistance and participation to CFT Activities to ensure target are met. - Investigation and analysis of problems. - Implementation of Kaizens. - Set up of IIP and ensure that it is followed and countermeasures are implemented. - Do Kokai watches, gemba. - Presentation of CFT activities/DDAC - 5S walkthrough. - Quality improvement activities. - Ensure that the following are met, controlled and documented: Capability studies of components’ on problematic issues to improve process. - Develop process FMEA, Control Plan(assist QS) and Process flow for stock preparation machines. - Conduct