Application Engineer Market Development (Data Com)

Henkel; Rocky Hill (CT); On-site; USD 98,000 - 136,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Work-Life Balance

401k matching

Parental Leave

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

Henkel in Rocky Hill, CT is seeking a technically skilled professional to serve as the technical expert for assigned market segments within Adhesive Technologies. You will collaborate across Sales, Marketing, Product Development and Application Engineering to translate market needs into innovative solutions.

The role emphasizes deep understanding of customer manufacturing processes, leading evaluations, supporting new product introductions, and sharing market intelligence with global teams.

Qualifications

• Strong customer engagement and consultative problem-solving skills with the ability to uncover unmet needs and translate them into technical and commercial opportunities.
• Ability to influence and collaborate across multiple functions, effectively connecting market insights, technology, and business objectives.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to engage technical experts, commercial teams, and customers at multiple organizational levels.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical expert for assigned market segments, identifying emerging trends, customer challenges, and opportunities for growth.
• Collaborate with customers, Sales, Marketing, Product Development, and Application Engineering teams to translate market needs into innovative solutions and business opportunities.
• Develop deep understanding of customer manufacturing processes, applications, and performance requirements to guide technology and product strategies.
• Lead technical evaluations, application assessments, demonstrations, and proof-of-concept activities that showcase the value of ACM solutions.
• Generate actionable market insights through customer visits, industry engagement, competitive analysis, and collaboration with commercial teams.
• Support new product introductions and commercialization efforts by validating application performance and ensuring alignment with customer needs.
• Build and share application expertise, market intelligence, and best practices across regional and global teams to accelerate capability development.
• Represent Henkel at customer events, industry conferences, and technical forums to strengthen market presence and identify future growth opportunities.

Skills

Customer engagement

Consultative problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Excellent communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science, or a related technical discipline

Job description

About this Position

AtHenkel, 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.

Thisposition is with our Adhesive Technologies business unit – where we empower ourpeople to transform industries and provide our customers with a competitiveadvantage through adhesives, sealants and functional coatings.

Dare to learn new skills, advance in your career andmake an impact at Henkel.

What you´ll do

• Serve as the technical expert for assigned market segments, identifying emerging trends, customer challenges, and opportunities for growth.
• Collaborate with customers, Sales, Marketing, Product Development, and Application Engineering teams to translate market needs into innovative solutions and business opportunities.
• Develop deep understanding of customer manufacturing processes, applications, and performance requirements to guide technology and product strategies.
• Lead technical evaluations, application assessments, demonstrations, and proof-of-concept activities that showcase the value of (ACM) solutions.
• Generate actionable market insights through customer visits, industry engagement, competitive analysis, and collaboration with commercial teams.
• Support new product introductions and commercialization efforts by validating application performance and ensuring alignment with customer needs.
• Build and share application expertise, market intelligence, and best practices across regional and global teams to accelerate capability development.
• Represent Henkel at customer events, industry conferences, and technical forums to strengthen market presence and identify future growth opportunities.

What makes you a good fit

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science, or a related technical discipline required.
• 5+ years of experience in application engineering, technical service, product development, manufacturing, or customer-facing technical roles within industrial, specialty chemical, adhesives, coatings, or related markets.
• Strong customer engagement and consultative problem-solving skills with the ability to uncover unmet needs and translate them into technical and commercial opportunities.
• Ability to influence and collaborate across multiple functions, effectively connecting market insights, technology, and business objectives.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to engage technical experts, commercial teams, and customers at multiple organizational levels.

Some benefits of joining Henkel

• Health Insurance: affordableplans 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 / sellprogram
• Financial: 401kmatching, employee share plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matchingshares, annual performance bonus, service awards and student loanreimbursement
• Family Support:12-week gender neutral parental leave (up to 20 weeks for parents givingbirth), fertility support, adoption & surrogacy reimbursement, discountedchild and elderly care, and scholarships
• Career Growth: diversenational and international growth opportunities, access to thousands of skillsdevelopment courses, and tuition reimbursement

Thesalary range for this role is $97,500.00 and $135,500.00. This range represents thegood‑faith minimum and maximum wages the Company reasonably expects to offerfor this role at the time of posting.In addition to base salary, thisposition may be eligible for incentive pay or other forms of compensation, asapplicable. The Company also offers a comprehensive benefits package asdescribed above. Actual compensation will be based on factors such as thecandidate’s skills, experience, education, training, and work location. Thisposting is intended to comply with all applicable state and local paytransparency laws.

Henkeldoes 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 anunsolicited referral.

AtHenkel, we come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and lifeexperiences. We believe the uniqueness of all our employees is the power in us. Henkel is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicantswithout regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability,veteran status, genetic information, and other legally protected categories.