Head of Appl Eng & OnSite Representative

Henkel Corporation; Madison Heights (MI); Presencial; USD 140 000 - 190 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Henkel Corporation is seeking a Regional Automotive OEM Account Executive lead to direct the regional team, shaping strategy and enabling growth across all technologies in the Automotive sector. You will coach managers, mentor engineers and drive value through strong customer relationships and strategic oversight.

This role focuses on setting the direction for technical guidance, coordinating across development teams, and leveraging AI-driven insights to improve efficiency and outcomes for key

Responsabilidades

• Lead the regional AE team for Automotive OEMs and set strategic direction across technologies and plants.
• Mentor and develop senior managers and engineers, identifying future leaders.
• Provide strategic technical guidance to key accounts at multiple levels, driving continuous improvement.
• Oversee framework for value-added visits, audits, troubleshooting, and demonstrations with delegation to leadership team.
• Foster regional customer relationships and address escalated strategic issues.
• Collaborate with application equipment and product development teams to ensure alignment with business goals.
• Drive adoption of AI tools to enhance analysis, benchmarking and root-cause investigations.

Conhecimentos

Leadership

Coaching

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder management

Customer relationships

AI tools

Laboratory operations

KPI driven

Descrição da oferta de emprego

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 regional AE team for Automotive OEMs, setting strategic direction and empowering Application Engineers & OnSite Representatives and their Managers to drive performance across all technologies and plants of key accountsFocus on coaching and mentoring senior managers and engineers as well as identifying and developing future leaders in the overall organization
• Foster the development and personal growth of all team members, while providing a framework for continuous business and technical related trainings for all OnSite Representatives across all technologies relevant to the Automotive OEM business
• Provide strategic oversight for technical guidance to key accounts at all customer levels, while focusing on continuous improvement and leveraging best practices globally/regionally
• Drive technical strategy rather than day-to-day troubleshooting
• Lead efforts in setting the framework for value-added visits, such as audits, troubleshooting, and demonstrations, but delegate the execution to your leadership team
• Focus your own engagement on regional customer relationships and escalated strategic issues
• Lead the collaboration with application equipment and product & technology development teams at a strategic level, ensuring innovation aligns with business goals
• Champion customer feedback and KPI results at an executive level and ensure your managers execute process improvements
• Oversee laboratory workflow and prioritization to ensure seamless collaboration with development teams to ensure technical customer satisfaction
• Leverage the use of AI tools for the purpose of increasing organizational efficiency to enable deeper analysis, benchmarking and root cause analysis to enable predictive interventions