About this Position
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
- As a Technical Sales Engineer at Henkel’s Automotive Components Business Unit, you will be responsible for successfully driving technical sales projects, owning business results and expanding the strategic partnership with a leading pure-play EV OEM in North America.
- Your core responsibilities include:
Demonstrate your technical expertise as subject matter expert in the adhesive and thermals space. Prepare and execute technical customer meetings and project reviews.
- Deliver material candidate’s properties and test results towards customer engineers, and translate the technical customer feedback into projects‘ next steps and follow up actions.
- Initiate and lead sales projects under demonstration of your technical expertise, project management and communication skills.
- Orchestrate input by supporting workstreams delivered by our strong cross-functional resources (i.e., Application Engineering, Product Development, Product Line Management, …).
- Define work packages (material tests, application trials, reports, …) for technical support teams.
- Successfully manage sales projects through all project phases starting from requirements collection, material candidate selection, material and application trials, and set the scene for serial supply upon successful business nomination.
- Demonstrate strong sense of urgency and deliver support to critical issues as they emerge.
- Listen to your customer’s needs and drive the translation of requirements into future product development and account strategies, in alignment with the Global Key Account Manager and BDMs.
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Hunt for new leads and additional business opportunities through proactive and self-driven promotion of Henkel Adhesive Technologies solutions portfolio.
- Become integral part of a dynamic key account team and take ownership for driving the strategic partnership between Henkel and the OEM to next levels.
