Lead Application Engineer

$90,000 - $108,000/Yr

The Henkel Group - Rocky Hill, CT

Full-time - Mid Level

Rocky Hill, CT

10,001+ employees

About the position

The position at Henkel involves direct interaction with external customers to promote and sell Henkel's adhesives. The role focuses on strategic planning, business development, and supporting research and development projects. It requires generating test plans, delivering presentations, and identifying new product development opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Directly interact and communicate with external customers to value sell Henkel's adhesives.
• Contribute to strategic and tactical planning.
• Identify and drive new business development activities.
• Support R&D projects critical to the business.
• Generate 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).

Benefits

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