Lead Application Engineer

$90,000 - $108,000/Yr

Henkel - Rocky Hill, CT

Full-time - Mid Level

Rocky Hill, CT

10,001+ employees

Chemical Manufacturing

About the position

The Lead Application Engineer at Henkel is responsible for directly interacting with external customers to promote and sell Henkel's adhesives. This role involves strategic planning, business development, and supporting research and development projects critical to the business. The engineer will generate test plans, deliver presentations, and identify new product development opportunities, working closely with development project teams to bring these opportunities to market.

Responsibilities

• Directly interact and communicate with external customers to value sell Henkel's adhesives.
• Contributes to strategic and tactical planning.
• Identifies and drives new business development activities.
• Supports R&D projects critical to business.
• Generates test plans and/or experiments.
• Prepare and deliver presentations on projects/technologies for external customers, internal teams, and management.
• Identify new opportunities for product development and work with development project teams to bring these opportunities to market.

Requirements

• B.S. Degree in Mechanical or Chemical Engineering or Material Science.
• 6 to 10 years of demonstrated related experience, preferably with adhesives.
• Strong customer relations and interpersonal skills.
• Proven leadership, sense of urgency, self-starter - takes the initiative.
• Customer support experience (providing product application training).
• Potential for up to 30% overnight travel per year.

Benefits

• Competitive salary range of $90,000.00 - $108,000.00.