Industry Technical Consultant (f/m/d) -Global High-Tech Segment

Nalco Water, An Ecolab Company; Leiden; Remote; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A global water solutions provider is seeking an Industry Technical Consultant for the Global High-Tech segment. You will collaborate with sales teams to enhance water operations in Data Centers and Micro‑Electronics. The ideal candidate has technical expertise in water optimization and is a skilled communicator, ready to travel extensively throughout Europe. Join us and contribute to innovative solutions that make a significant impact in water conservation and efficiency.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable technical expertise in optimizing water operations in the Global High-Tech segment.
• Proven experience in chemistry, automation, and digital solutions.
• Willing and able to travel regularly throughout Europe to customer sites.
• Willingness to travel regularly throughout Europe (≈50%)

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with teams to drive business growth across Global High-Tech.
• Consults customers on best practices in water operations.
• Delivers expertise, optimization, and problem-solving in customer environments.
• Demonstrates Total Value Delivered (TVD) by integrating chemistry, automation, digital, equipment and engineered solutions
• Performs on-site and remote water audits to identify TVD opportunities with sales teams
• Mentors Field stakeholders to raise technical skill and independence of reps and engineers

Skills

Technical expertise in water operations

Problem solving

Excellent communication

Inquisitive mindset

Value mindset

Travel readiness

Job description

In a world with increasing water shortage and contamination challenges, Nalco Water, an Ecolab company, helps customers conserve more than 161 billion gallons of water each year. Nalco Water provides the unique opportunity to work with a broad suite of technologies to deliver automated monitoring systems, data analysis and deep technical expertise to increase efficiency, sustainability and performance for our customers. In our Light division, this includes working with institutional, food & beverage, transportation, high-tech and manufacturing customers using a holistic approach based on customer needs.

Ecolab is seeking for an Industry Technical Consultant (ITC) for our Global High-Tech (GHT) segment.

The position can be based anywhere in Europe.

Ecolab’s commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) reflects our longstanding value of working together to integrate diverse perspectives to challenge ourselves, reach our goals and do what’s right.

How You’ll Make An Impact

• Collaborates with the Corporate Account, Field Sales & Marketing teams to drive industry-specific and technical/application business growth across Global High-Tech business focusing on Data Centers and Micro‑Electronics
• Consults customers and prospects on best practice, holistic water operations across cooling, heating, reuse/recycle, open and closed loop systems
• Deliver best‑in‑class expertise, system optimization and problem solving in the most dynamic and challenging customer environments
• Play a critical role in demonstrating Total Value Delivered (TVD) and selling value of our solutions combining chemistry, automation, digital, equipment and engineered solutions
• Through on‑site and remote execution of water audits and best‑practice gap analysis, identifies TVD projects to feed a pipeline of opportunities together with sales teams
• Delivers demonstrable impact on sales growth and retention (RGG) in the segment
• Create links between customer problems and deployment of our innovations to deliver added value
• Provides expert technical expertise and consultancy to resolve application or best practice questions or problems / jeopardy situations at customer sites
• Be a driving force in the digital transformation of our interaction with customers via Ecolab3D platform
• Provide business insight based on observations of customer needs that may result in identifying new ideas for innovation projects and new technologies
• Feed the ideation process with insights from customer interactions and on‑site experience to feed our innovation process
• Be a mentor to our Field stakeholders, raising the technical skillset and independence of Reps and local Application Engineers alike

Qualifications

• Demonstrable technical expertise and experience in optimizing water operations in the Global High-Tech (GHT) segment
• Proven experience in complex chemistry, automation, digital, equipment and engineered solutions both from Ecolab and the wider industry
• Inquisitive mind, challenging the status quo and embracing disruptive technologies
• Excellent communicator, able to consult, coach and mentor both internal stakeholders and customers alike
• Value mindset with a focus on delivering TVD to our customers
• Solution oriented, problem solving mindset to complex challenges
• Willing and able to travel regularly throughout Europe to customer sites (at least 50%)

About Ecolab

At Ecolab, we prioritize our talent‑first philosophy by creating the most capable and diverse team to excel at our nearly three million customer sites. Building on a century of innovation, our 48,000 associates help deliver comprehensive science‑based solutions, data‑driven insights and world‑class service to advance food safety, maintain clean and safe environments, and optimize water and energy use, and improve operational efficiencies and sustainability for customers in the food, healthcare, life sciences, hospitality and industrial markets in more than 170 countries around the world. Our solutions not only enhance operational efficiency but also contribute to sustainability and public health, making a positive impact on the world. We are committed to eliminating unnecessary complexities and embracing a beginner’s mindset, continuously seeking new perspectives and innovative solutions to stay ahead in a rapidly changing world.

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