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AkzoNobel

Openings down 5% over the last 7 days
MaterialsSpecialty ChemicalsHQ: Netherlands~$11B mkt cap

Member of AEX. Source: successfactors career site.

Hiring signal · Hiring above peers
36.6 open jobs per $B market cap — vs a Specialty Chemicals median of 19.7 (1.86×).
Hiring insights
443
Open jobs
30
Countries
17
Role types
Browse all 443 open positions at AkzoNobel

Hiring intensity vs peers

AkzoNobel ranks 9th of 23 Specialty Chemicals companies across Europe we track by hiring intensity — open jobs per $B of market value (group median 19.7). A structural read on who hires heavily for their size, not absolute volume.

#CompanyOpen jobsJobs / $Bvs median
1Flügger group28186.79.48×
2Umicore260653.30×
3Arkema31352.22.65×
17 more
8Lanxess11638.71.96×
9AkzoNobel40336.61.86×
10Sika88922.21.13×

Open positions over time

07715423030708-0908-1008-1108-1208-1308-1408-1508-16Open positions · 08-09: 307Open positions · 08-10: 305Open positions · 08-11: 305Open positions · 08-12: 305Open positions · 08-13: 305Open positions · 08-14: 305Open positions · 08-15: 305Open positions · 08-16: 291291
Open roles counted each day over the last seven days.

Roles hired over time

02346689106-2907-0607-1307-2008-0308-10Production & Operations · 06-29: 80Production & Operations · 07-06: 75Production & Operations · 07-13: 82Production & Operations · 07-20: 77Production & Operations · 08-03: 91Production & Operations · 08-10: 64Sales & Business Dev · 06-29: 59Sales & Business Dev · 07-06: 61Sales & Business Dev · 07-13: 61Sales & Business Dev · 07-20: 63Sales & Business Dev · 08-03: 51Sales & Business Dev · 08-10: 60Engineering & R&D · 06-29: 20Engineering & R&D · 07-06: 25Engineering & R&D · 07-13: 25Engineering & R&D · 07-20: 31Engineering & R&D · 08-03: 27Engineering & R&D · 08-10: 27Retail & Store · 06-29: 24Retail & Store · 07-06: 26Retail & Store · 07-13: 23Retail & Store · 07-20: 24Retail & Store · 08-03: 24Retail & Store · 08-10: 27Other Management/Specialist · 06-29: 29Other Management/Specialist · 07-06: 31Other Management/Specialist · 07-13: 33Other Management/Specialist · 07-20: 28Other Management/Specialist · 08-03: 25Other Management/Specialist · 08-10: 23Other · 06-29: 5Other · 07-06: 8Other · 07-13: 9Other · 07-20: 13Other · 08-03: 14Other · 08-10: 17
Production & OperationsSales & Business DevEngineering & R&DRetail & StoreOther Management/SpecialistOther
Open positions in AkzoNobel's top role types, per day — reconstructed from our event log, so it shows how the hiring mix actually shifts. Deepens daily.

Skills in demand over time

0613192506-2907-0607-1307-2008-0308-10Driving licence (B) · 06-29: 13Driving licence (B) · 07-06: 14Driving licence (B) · 07-13: 18Driving licence (B) · 07-20: 20Driving licence (B) · 08-03: 19Driving licence (B) · 08-10: 25English · 06-29: 12English · 07-06: 16English · 07-13: 17English · 07-20: 18English · 08-03: 14English · 08-10: 15Microsoft Office · 06-29: 12Microsoft Office · 07-06: 13Microsoft Office · 07-13: 14Microsoft Office · 07-20: 13Microsoft Office · 08-03: 12Microsoft Office · 08-10: 13SAP · 06-29: 20SAP · 07-06: 18SAP · 07-13: 22SAP · 07-20: 18SAP · 08-03: 19SAP · 08-10: 13Dutch · 06-29: 8Dutch · 07-06: 11Dutch · 07-13: 10Dutch · 07-20: 10Dutch · 08-03: 9Dutch · 08-10: 8Lean · 06-29: 3Lean · 07-06: 3Lean · 07-13: 3Lean · 07-20: 3Lean · 08-03: 5Lean · 08-10: 4Power BI · 06-29: 2Power BI · 07-06: 2Power BI · 07-13: 3Power BI · 07-20: 2Power BI · 08-03: 4Power BI · 08-10: 4Swedish · 06-29: 1Swedish · 07-06: 3Swedish · 07-13: 5Swedish · 07-20: 6Swedish · 08-03: 2Swedish · 08-10: 4
Driving licence (B)EnglishMicrosoft OfficeSAPDutchLeanPower BISwedish
Open positions mentioning each of AkzoNobel's most-demanded skills, per day — reconstructed from the ad bodies we bank. The moat: a real record of which skills a company is buying, over time.

Seniority mix

Openings by level (from the job titles) — whether AkzoNobel is building out the base or hiring leadership.

Intern / Student16
Junior / Entry7
Mid-level302
Senior13
Lead / Manager96
Executive9

Where AkzoNobel hires — top cities

Sassenheim, NL16
Pune, IN15
Changzhou, CN11
Waukegan, US11
Köln, DE9
Reading, US9
High Point, US8
Houston, US8
Jakarta, ID8
Lancaster, US8
Biên Hòa, VN7
Hilden, DE7

What's distinctive about hiring here

Professional skills over-represented in AkzoNobel's postings versus the all-company average — what this Company is really betting on, not the table-stakes everyone asks for.
Lift formula: (share of AkzoNobel's jobs mentioning the skill) ÷ (share of all-company jobs mentioning the skill).

Crane / overhead crane8.1× · 23 postings
SAP2× · 26 postings

Roles by country

Role \ CountryUSCNGBBRFRNLDEIN
Production & Operations402773761
Sales & Business Dev1410319264
Engineering & R&D107221116
Retail & Store169121
Supply Chain & Logistics4432
Customer Service211
Transport & Driving16
Quality & HSE611
Marketing & Comms111
Finance & Accounting132
Internship & Graduate322
Software & IT1112
Admin & Office111
Management & Exec112
HR & People1
Legal & Compliance
Open application1

Open positions

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Executivo de Contas Pleno Tintas Decorativas - Residir em Curitba ou Ponta Grossa / PRSao Paulo, BRView →
Auxiliar de Produção - (São Bernardo do Campo/SP)BRView →
Production Manager - Coatings ManufacturingHuron, OH, US, 44839View →
Production OperatorChangzhou, CNView →
Business Developer • Powder Coatings Japan and KoreaTokyo, JPView →
Production OperatorCNView →
QC Technician 1 - Reading, PAReading, PA, US, 19610View →
Production & Process SupervisorChangzhou, CNView →

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