BASF’s Catalysts division is the world’s leading supplier of environmental and process catalysts. Our Refinery Catalysts business delivers advanced catalytic solutions that enable refiners to produce cleaner fuels, optimize operations, and meet evolving environmental and performance standards. Leveraging our industry-leading R&D platforms, deep application expertise, and a passion for innovation, we partner closely with customers to deliver solutions that drive measurable value and long‑term success

• Serving as the primary technical and commercial interface for key refinery customers, developing strong relationships and ensuring successful deployment and performance of BASF refinery catalyst solutions.
• Understanding customer plant operations, process challenges, and performance targets to recommend catalyst products, operating strategies, and optimization opportunities.
• Leading technical discussions with customers, licensors, and engineering partners to support catalyst selection, system design, and performance evaluations.
• Developing and delivering technical proposals, performance analyses, and catalyst loading recommendations using refinery process data, modeling tools, and internal subject matter expertise.
• Managing performance guarantee processes—including data analysis, performance verification, and alignment with Commercial and Marketing teams.
• Providing on site technical support, troubleshooting catalyst-related issues, and supporting turnarounds, startups, and performance reviews.
• Monitoring catalyst health and performance trends, identifying improvement opportunities, and driving continuous value creation for customer accounts.
• Participating in conferences, seminars, and industry forums to represent BASF, track industry developments, and gather competitive insights.
• Driving opportunity management internally, including lead generation, qualification, solution development, and input into innovation projects that align with customer needs.
• Collaborating across BASF business units to deliver integrated solutions where cross divisional expertise enhances customer outcomes.

• A Bachelor’s degree or higher in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, or a related technical field.
• 5+ years of technical experience in refining, petrochemicals, or related catalyst/process technology roles.
• Customer-facing experience (2+ years preferred), such as technical service, sales, or application engineering.
• Experience with refinery process modeling or simulation tools (e.g., Aspen HYSYS, Petro-SIM) and the ability to interpret operational data.
• Strong analytical skills, along with clear and compelling written and verbal communication abilities.
• Experience working in global, cross-functional teams and knowledge of catalysis or adsorption processes (a plus).

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