SENIOR CHEMICAL ENGINEER 
Vietnam

WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH

As a Senior Chemical Engineer in the Nike Footwear Manufacturing Engineering team, you are part of a global team committed to delivering excellence to our product teams and to consumers every day. You will report to the Manager, Chemical Engineering  based in Vietnam. You will work closely with teams across the enterprise and around the world - Product Creation, Nike Explore Team (NXT), Materials Supply Chain, Sourcing, Sustainability, Manufacturing Engineering, our Footwear and Chemical vendors.
You will join a team that designs and develops new technologies, materials, and manufacturing processes to create the world's best athletic footwear. You will work closely with global cross-functional teams in the Nike organization as well as manufacturing partners and material suppliers.
In this capacity, you will engage with Nike leadership and factory teams to ensure best practices are implemented in our factories, utilize chemical and process engineering knowledge to apply research towards the design, development, and scale up of new products and processes with the highest quality.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

Nike is always on the offense and constantly innovating. We are looking for a Senior Chemical Engineer to join the Nike Chemical Engineering Team in Vietnam to help revolutionize the world’s best athletic footwear for the world’s best athletes. You will build knowledge of the company, product, materials, processes and customers, solve a range of product creation and engineering problems and analyze possible solutions using standard procedures while receiving a minimum level of guidance and direction.

• Minimum 5 years of experiences in product creation or manufacturing, footwear experiences preferably.

• Bachelor’s, Master’s or Ph.D. degree in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Polymers, or other related sub-specialty field 

• Experience in other related industries like tires, polyurethane, plastics manufacturing, etc. may also be considered.

• Fluent in written and verbal English.

• Ability to think strategically and drive business initiatives in a technical environment and work in diverse teams in a development or manufacturing setting and thrive.

• Ability to lead projects and project teams through openness and honesty and have the courage to make tough calls when needed. Able to prioritize works according to potential impact with agility to switch priorities as circumstances require.

• Proficient problem solver with a highly developed ability to deal with ambiguity.

• Must have a customer focused, collaborative approach to working and be able to give clear direction to team members and factory partners.

• Ensures accountability of oneself and others.

• Passion for sustainability and continues improvement.

• Experience with data analysis tools such as JMP, Minitab, Statistics, or Excel and familiarity with design of experiments.

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON

• In this role you will elevate product quality and drive strategic chemical and sustainable project from concept to manufacturing space. You are going to apply the methodology of design of experiment with solid data analysis capability to draw conclusions and provide correspond resolution to solve development and manufacture issues.  

• You will act as functional expert in bottom component technology within the product creation teams during the development phase to identify and alleviate potential manufacturing issue, driving validation of cutting-edge technology to confirm manufacturing readiness.

• You are comfortable working independently and in ambiguous situations, coaching and mentoring junior engineers and leading the elevation of factory partner’s capabilities, including new chemical facility ramp up while ensuring consistent quality.