Technical Application Engineer

Adhesive Technologies Sales United States, Elk Grove, IL Full Time Regular
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About this Position

At Henkel, you can build on a strong legacy and leading positions in both industrial and consumer businesses to reimagine and improve life every day. If you love challenging the status quo, join our community of over 47.000 pioneers around the globe. Our teams at Henkel Adhesive Technologies help to transform entire industries and provide our customers with a competitive advantage through adhesives, sealants and functional coatings. With our trusted brands, our cutting-edge technologies and our disruptive solutions, you will have countless opportunities to explore new paths and develop What makes you a good fit. Grow within our future-led businesses, all to leave your mark for more sustainable growth.

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

  • Responsible for product recommendations, customized products applications, new product demonstrations and troubleshooting for customers
  • Consult customers on solutions generating value for their use cases
  • Perform technical visits (meetings, audits, demonstrations, troubleshooting, etc.) for customers with documentation in the CRM tool and the LIM system
  • Work with application equipment to provide solutions to enhance customer adhesive related processes
  • Leverage customer feedback to drive optimization in customer service and identify new business opportunities for sales colleagues
  • Reports quality issues / customers' claims to relevant parts of the organization (incl. CCMS/CAPRIS)
  • Drive customer experience by optimizing automated customer interactions and enhancing remote customer interactions
  • Identify opportunities to create customer value in remote settings by leveraging remote interaction tools (e.g. AR, VR)
  • May supervise the laboratory work (incl. prioritization) for samples coming from customers, and report technical results to customers
  • Responsible for products application / technical training and coaching of field sales forces and customers
  • Responsible for directly communicating with sales, marketing, PD, Innovation, members of TCS field team or project team members Promote internally SBU innovations and best learnings cross accounts

What makes you a good fit

  • Comfort with driving company vehicles NON CDL Class C license
  • Clean driver record
  • Over the phone troubleshooting
  • On call availability, sometimes holidays
  • ADP, albert
  • Digital tools
  • Lean management
  • Operations
  • Process excellence
  • Project management
  • Quality management
  • Risk assessment
  • Training preparation
  • Finance
  • Marketing and sales

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 range for this role is $65,000.00 and $75,000.00. This range represents the good‑faith minimum and maximum wages the Company reasonably expects to offer for this role at the time of posting. In addition to base salary, this position may be eligible for incentive pay or other forms of compensation, as applicable.  The Company also offers a comprehensive benefits package as described above. Actual compensation will be based on factors such as the candidate’s skills, experience, education, training, and work location. This posting is intended to comply with all applicable state and local pay transparency laws.

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.

At Henkel, we come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe the uniqueness of all our employees is the power in us. 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.

JOB ID: 26095687

Job Locations: United States, IL, Elk Grove

Contact information for application-related questions: talent.acquisition@henkel.com

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How is work at Henkel

Sobre a Henkel

Com base num forte legado de cerca de 150 anos, estamos a liderar o caminho para reimaginar e melhorar a vida todos os dias. Hoje e para as próximas gerações. Através das nossas marcas e tecnologias inovadoras e sustentáveis, e das nossas equipas em todo o mundo. A Henkel ocupa posições de liderança em negócios industriais e de consumo: o nosso portfólio inclui reconhecidos produtos de cuidado capilar, detergentes e amaciadores para roupa, bem como adesivos, selantes e revestimentos funcionais. 

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