Application Engineer Market Development (Mining)

Henkel Corporation; Rocky Hill (CT); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Henkel Corporation in the United States is seeking a leader for the North America Application Engineering organization. You will set strategic direction, drive profitable growth across the ACM portfolio, and collaborate with Sales, Product Development, Marketing, and Business Development to translate customer needs into differentiated technical solutions.

You will build and inspire a high-performing team, promote technical excellence, support key accounts, manage resources, budgets, and

Responsibilities

• Lead the North America Application Engineering organization, setting strategic direction and execution plan.
• Partner with Sales, Product Development, Marketing, and Business Development to identify market opportunities and translate customer needs into solutions.
• Build and inspire a high-performing team of application engineers with a customer-centric culture.
• Drive customer engagement through technical consultation, validation, troubleshooting, and support of key accounts.
• Align regional priorities with global objectives, technology roadmaps, and commercial strategies.
• Advance transfer of expertise across teams to enable scalable best practices.
• Oversee resources, budgets, labs, equipment and ensure safety, quality, and regulatory compliance.

Job description

About this Position

At Henkel, you’ll be part of an organization that’s shaping thefuture through innovation, sustainability and collaboration. With our trustedbrands like Persil®, ‘all®, Loctite®, Snuggle®, and Schwarzkopf® and ourcutting-edge technologies, you’ll have countless opportunities to explore newpaths and grow.

This position is with our Adhesive Technologies business unit –where we empower our people to transform industries and provide our customerswith a competitive advantage through adhesives, sealants and functionalcoatings.

Dare to learn new skills, advance inyour career and make an impact at Henkel.

What you´ll do

• Lead the North America Application Engineering organization, setting the strategic direction and execution plan to drive profitable growth across the (ACM) portfolio.
• Partner closely with Sales, Product Development, Marketing, and Business Development teams to identify market opportunities and translate customer needs into differentiated technical solutions.
• Build, develop, and inspire a high-performing team of application engineers, fostering technical excellence, innovation, and a strong customer-centric culture.
• Drive customer engagement through technical consultation, application validation, troubleshooting, and support of key strategic accounts and growth initiatives.
• Establish and execute regional Application Engineering priorities that align with global business objectives, technology roadmaps, and commercial strategies.
• Accelerate the development, codification, and transfer of application expertise across teams, enabling scalable deployment of best practices and technical knowledge.
• Lead technical support activities for new product introductions, customer trials, qualification programs, and commercialization efforts to maximize business impact.
• Manage departmental resources, budgets, laboratories, equipment, and project priorities while ensuring compliance with safety, quality, and regulatory requirements.