Job Title: Technical Support Manager, Polymers (Plastics & Rubber) and Packaging
Work Arrangement: Hybrid
About the Role
As a Technical Support Manager, you will drive technical value creation, material specification and commercial growth across the polymers (plastics and rubber) and packaging sectors in the Philippines. Serving plastic and rubber converters, packaging converters, brand owners and industrial end-users, this role is a predominantly customer-facing technical sales and consultative advisory position, working closely with key suppliers and principals.
Working closely as well with local commercial teams and regional technical specialists and commercial leadership team, you will troubleshoot customer processing bottlenecks, recommend tailored specialty chemical and polymer solutions and translate complex technical test data into actionable commercial value for our clients.
Key Responsibilities
- Gather market, converter and brand-owner intelligence in close partnership with local commercial and marketing teams, tracking trends in lightweighting, sustainability,
circular economy and processing efficiency.
- Identify customer technical challenges and recommend appropriate specialty polymer resins, rubber compounds, masterbatches and functional additive solutions tailored to converter line capabilities and end‑use specifications.
- Coordinate customer sampling, formulation support and prototype requests through the regional/central Caldic application lab or authorized partner facility, ensuring project briefs, target specifications and timelines are clearly communicated.
- Interpret, communicate and apply physical, mechanical and optical property test data (such as tensile strength, elongation, melt flow index, dart impact, hardness, seal strength, barrier properties, haze and gloss) prepared by regional or partner laboratories, helping customers evaluate material performance and processing feasibility.
- Collaborate cross‑functionally with local sales
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