Creativity is the answer to everything
I joined Kemira in 2011 as an application specialist and it was like I had a blank canvas to just explore and dive into chemistry. I was working on adding value to dewatering, odor control, and chemical enhanced treatments, and I really appreciated the opportunity to be creative. Within Kemira our focus has been to grow, change, and provide solutions. This is how we ended up getting into smart process management, enabled by data. I like the fact that we’re never satisfied with status quo because I think I’m at my best when I’m creative. I’m always wondering, ‘How can we best improve?’
If we embrace innovation, experimentation, and exploration, we’ll go far.
Tafadzwa “Tee” Mariga
Always thinking of a solution
Another thing that I really like is that people at Kemira are genuinely interested in helping their customers. It’s one of the things I value myself – if I’m going to give a customer an answer, I’ve got to give them a solution, too. At Kemira, we’re always developing ways to do this better. We’ve married chemistry and instrumentation. And we’ve developed the sensors we need, too. Kemira KemConnect™ and digitalization are really exciting developments for us because now we can provide a total solution in a package.
Motivated by environmental awareness
I always knew I’d work in an environmental field. I was born and raised in Zimbabwe, and like many third world countries, there is a dire need for clean water supply and water conservation. Whenever I fly back home, I make an effort to meet with our local Kemira distributors and representative city managers to discuss cost-effective solutions for improving the water systems in Southern Africa. What’s on my horizon during my next visit is the exploration of opportunities for enhanced moisture retention chemistries for improved crop yield/water conservation; a solution pioneered by our heritage Industrial group. There are a lot of challenges but I’m willing to take the time to see how we can improve the situation.
Meeting each customer’s needs
Right now, we’re working on building up our digitalized offering that brings together our chemistry expertise and the smart utilization of data. We’re developing it so that we can offer complete solutions that bring tangible benefits to customers.
Curiosity drives new approaches to business
Digitization is the big thing now and the IoT is really brewing in the industry. Customers want to know about it. They want to have real-time information but they’re looking for both guidance and ready-to-go solutions they can implement. This is where Kemira can help them. Innovation, experimentation, and exploration are in our culture – when we embrace them, we’ll go far.
