PhD material scientist

I'm applying with a PhD in Chemistry & Materials Science and six years in a rigorous R&D and laboratory environment - the explicit alternative background your posting accepts alongside direct raw material management experience.

My doctoral work centred on technically qualifying recovered materials against demanding purity and structural specifications (99.1 wt% purity, 74% defect-density reduction) through systematic root-cause analysis, and I documented outcomes to industrial reporting standards throughout.

I want to be upfront: my partner-network experience has been academic rather than commercial supplier auditing, and I haven't worked hands-on with automotive quality frameworks like FMEA, DOE, IATF 16949, or VDA - though I bring the same structured rigour those formalise. Fluent in English and comfortable representing technical work internationally, I'd welcome the chance to discuss how my qualification and troubleshooting background could transfer to your global raw material team.