Lead Application Engineer

Henkel

At Henkel, you’ll be part of an organization that’s shaping the future through innovation, sustainability and collaboration. With our trusted brands like Persil®, ‘all®, Loctite®, Snuggle®, and Schwarzkopf® and our cutting-edge technologies, you’ll have countless opportunities to explore new paths and grow.

This position is with our Adhesive Technologies business unit – where we empower our people to transform industries and provide our customers with a competitive advantage through adhesives, sealants and functional coatings.

Dare to learn new skills, advance in your career and make an impact at Henkel.

What you´ll do

  • Conduct and supervise the laboratory work (incl. prioritization) for new product introductions and samples coming from customers, and report technical results internally and to customers.
  • Responsible for directly communicating with sales, marketing, PD, Innovation, members of Application Engineering field team or project team members.
  • Work with application equipment to provide solutions to enhance customer adhesive related processes.
  • Responsible for product recommendations, customized products applications, new product demonstrations and troubleshooting for customers.
  • Responsible for products application / technical training and coaching of field sales forces and customers.
  • Perform technical visits (meetings, audits, demonstrations, troubleshooting, etc.) for customers with documentation in the CRM tool.
  • Responsible for directly communicating with sales, marketing, PD, Innovation, members of Application Engineering field team or project team members

What makes you a good fit

  • B.S. Degree in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering or Material Science or related.
  • 5 or more years of demonstrated related experience, preferably with adhesives.
  • Strong customer relations and interpersonal skills.
  • Proven leadership, and self-starter – takes the initiative.
  • Customer support experience (providing product application training and troubleshooting).
  • Travel up to 20%

Some benefits of joining Henkel

  • Health Insurance: affordable plans for medical, dental, vision and wellbeing starting on day 1
  • Work-Life Balance: Paid time off including sick, vacation, holiday and volunteer time, flexible & hybrid work policies (depending on role), and vacation buy / sell program
  • Financial: 401k matching, employee share plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares, annual performance bonus, service awards and student loan reimbursement
  • Family Support: 12-week gender neutral parental leave (up to 20 weeks for parents giving birth), fertility support, adoption & surrogacy reimbursement, discounted child and elderly care, and scholarships
  • Career Growth: diverse national and international growth opportunities, access to thousands of skills development courses, and tuition reimbursement

The salary for this role is $95,000.00 - $105,000.00. This is the range that we in good faith anticipate relying on when setting wages for this position. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range. This salary range may also be modified in the future.

Henkel does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies. Unsolicited referrals and resumes are considered Henkel property and therefore, Henkel will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited referral.

Henkel is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, and other legally protected categories.

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