Product Development manager - Packaging Steel Applications

ArcelorMittal is the world’s largest steel producer. We use the most innovative technologies to create the steels tomorrow’s world will be made of. Every day over 125,000 of our talented people, located in over 60 countries, push the boundaries of digitalization, and use advanced technologies to create a stronger, faster, and smarter world. To help make this possible, they know they can depend on the support and training that a company of our scope and scale can provide.

Comprising 1,650 researchers spread across 14 Research Centres around the world, our Global R&D team aims to continuously improve the quality of steel and its manufacturing processes. This involves investigating and developing disruptive technologies, reducing the carbon footprint of steel, and optimizing costs while maintaining uncompromising quality. The team's strong multicultural diversity, with over 30 nationalities, offers international experience and makes it possible to meet global needs.

Your role

ArcelorMittal, a leading global steel and mining company, offers a wide range of advanced steel products and solutions for Packaging market. These products are engineered to provide exceptional properties to match can manufacturers requirements and ambition for safer, lighter and more sustainable packaging.

When you join our team, you’ll become a key contributor to Global R&D Product Development group, helping to shape the future of steel for Packaging market. As part of this dynamic team, you'll have the opportunity to pilot projects and application developments, explore new ideas and opportunities, understand market needs, and turn advanced research into real, high-performing solutions matching customers’ needs.

As Product Development manager - Packaging Steel Applications, you will:

• Lead application development projects for the Packaging market, working in close collaboration with R&D laboratories, customers, production sites, commercial teams, and external partners.
• Drive and coordinate strategic partnerships and joint developments with external stakeholders to strengthen the market position and competitiveness of steel packaging solutions.
• Ensure the timely and cost-effective delivery of projects, including the development of promotional tools supporting market implementation.
• Contribute to the technical and economic evaluation of projects, including business case preparation.
• Support the deployment, commercialization, and promotion of products and solutions in close coordination with commercial teams.
• Monitor market, technology, and competitive trends to identify emerging opportunities and risks for the steel packaging business.
• Define, together with R&D laboratories, steel specifications for packaging applications and anticipate future technical and market requirements.
• Develop a deep understanding of customer and market needs, identifying new application opportunities for steel packaging in collaboration with marketing teams.
• Translate business and market insights into innovation and development strategies, proposing and leading R&D projects aligned with stakeholder expectations and business objectives.
• Act as a key interface between technical, commercial, and industrial stakeholders to ensure successful project execution and value realization.

Your profile

• You hold a Master’s degree or PhD in Materials Science, or in a related field, with a minimum of five years’ experience as a Materials Engineer or in a comparable role within an industrial or R&D environment.
• You possess strong expertise in steel properties, processing technologies, and forming applications.
• Experience in the metal packaging or can-making industry is considered a strong asset.
• You are capable of managing a diverse portfolio of projects effectively, balancing priorities while maintaining a strong focus on results.
• You are fluent in both English and French, with excellent written and verbal communication skills; proficiency in additional European languages, particularly Spanish, would be an advantage.
• You demonstrate excellent interpersonal and communication skills, enabling close collaboration with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
• You have the ability to influence and engage customers, partners, and key decision-makers, driving the adoption of innovative steel packaging solutions.
• You are open to regular travel within Europe.

According to ArcelorMittal Global R&D values:

• You agree to comply with health and safety rules.
• You are respectful, transparent, honest, and empathetic in your relationships. You honor your word and your commitments to others.
• You agree to behave consistently with the highest level of integrity.
• You strive to question your practices. with high expectations of yourself and others, you strive for a high level of quality and reliability in everything you do.
• You recognize that diversity, varied skills, and fresh ideas make a group exponentially better in the pursuit of a common goal.
• You know that learning changes minds and lives, so you are committed to learning throughout your professional career and continually achieving the skills required and essential to your success.
• You are open to ideas that challenge conventions and stimulate innovation.

Join us and you will see that your work will help create renewable energy, impact major industries and boost economies. At ArcelorMittal, we'll help you create your world.

Attractive remuneration with stimulating career prospects in which eminent scientists and engineers evolve in a multicultural environment.