Job description

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 your skills. Grow within our future-led businesses, our diverse and vibrant culture and find a place where you simply belong. All to leave your mark for more sustainable growth.

Dare to make an impact?

What You´ll Do

The Sales Engineer is a remote based sales position, responsible for servicing existing Metal Coil and industrial customer accounts primarily in the Missouri and Kentucky area. Additionally, the Sales Engineer is responsible for growth within the assigned geography to effectively capture new business. What we offer.
Successfully manage accounts resulting in year-on-year growth in sales and profitability commensurate with focus on providing technical sales support and saturating business potential within accounts.
Formulation and execution of regularly updated written account strategies and forecasts. To achieve this, the incumbent must continuously assess the state of the market, including the need for new technologies, changes in market direction, competitive intelligence, Henkel's strengths and weaknesses, including growth projections, account needs, and our share of the respective market
Responsible for timely and accurate tasks supporting the account strategy including qualification and implementation of products to meet customer requirements, forecast updates, maintenance of the ACE project management system, coordination of account reviews, preparation of laboratory work requests, customer line audits and service visit reports, and troubleshooting.
Continuously update professional selling and leadership skills to keep pace with the practical daily business use of business software and communication equipment and to acquire and maintain an in-depth knowledge of Henkel products and their application in customer processes.
Coordinates with technical service/applications engineering to conduct line trials / (re)solve customer requests and complaints.
Executes local sales plans (short, mid, long term) in line with SBU strategy to maintain and develop existing / acquire new customers.
Executes customer roadmap and manages / closes respective CRM tool (ACE) growth opportunities.
Executes pricing actions as necessary.

What makes you a good fit

BS/BA in Business, Chemistry, Engineering or related area or equivalent combination of education and experience.
5 + years of relevant technical sales, laboratory or manufacturing experience and a progressive record of self-starting results. Working knowledge of metal pretreatment, coil wet section, or paint finishing operations a plus.
Knowledge of automated control equipment and high-speed manufacturing operations strongly preferred.
Ability to travel regionally, up to 70%, depending on location of home-based office.
Territory to include St. Louis, MO, Evansville IN, and into Louisville, KY.
Excellent communication, collaboration and relationship building skills

Some perks of joining Henkel

Flexible work scheme with flexible hours, hybrid and work from anywhere policies
Diverse national and international growth opportunities
Globally wellbeing standards with health and preventive care programs
Gender-neutral parental leave for a minimum of 8 weeks
Employee Share Plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares
Annual performance bonus
Comprehensive healthcare including mental health support and 401(k) plan matched by employer
Family benefits including fertility support, fully paid parental leave, caregiver services
1 day off, sickness leave, holidays, volunteer time off, summer Fridays & more

The salary for this role is $85,000.00 - $130,000.00. 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.

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. Become part of the team and bring your uniqueness to us! All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and other legally protected characteristics. We welcome all applications.

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