Lead Application Engineer

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

• Responsible for supporting automotive surface treatment systems and Henkel Adhesive products as a subject matter expert.
• Perform technical visits (meetings, audits, demonstrations, troubleshooting, etc.) for customers with documentation in the CRM tool and the SharePoint file.
• Perform comprehensive training of surface treatment and adhesive technologies for internal and external customers.
• Technical reporting and issue diagnosis of automotive pretreatment and adhesives for Henkel applications at customer sites.
• When not traveling to customer sites support Henkel surface treatment and adhesives lab on current project load, will be located at Madison Heights facility.
• Meet monthly with OEM corporate engineering to review current account quality and issues.
• Lead all trials and launches of new lines and products by managing all support personnel and prelaunch activities

What makes you a good fit

• Minimum an associate's degree in chemistry or business, with some background in metal pre-treatment or adhesive preferred. 
• Minimum 2 years of manufacturing experience with significant experience in a sales/service function, preferably at a customer site location. 
• Must have a strong work ethic and excellent customer relationship skills.
• Strong communication skills both internally and externally.
• Must have strong problem resolution and technical leadership skills.
• Ability to travel up to 50% and meet with customers around the US, travel is domestic.
• Role will be required to work in the office when not traveling. 

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 $70000.00 - $90000.00. 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.