Application Engineer

Henkel (thailand) Ltd. (Bangkok, Bangkok City, Thailand)

Bangkok, Thailand

Henkel operates worldwide with leading innovations, brands and technologies in two business areas: Adhesive Technologies and Consumer Brands. Founded in 1876, Henkel looks back on more than 145 years of success. The company holds leading positions with its two business units in both industrial and consumer businesses thanks to strong brands, innovations and technologies such as Persil, Schwarzkopf and Loctite. Henkel, headquartered in Düsseldorf / Germany, counts among the most internationally aligned German-based companies in the global marketplace. Our company purpose expresses what unites us all at Henkel: Pioneers at heart for the good of generations. We are a diverse team of around 48,000 colleagues worldwide, striving to enrich and improve life every day through our products, services, and solutions. Our Purpose is built from our roots and carries a long-standing legacy of innovation, responsibility, and sustainability into the future. Our shared values and Leadership Commitments guide our decisions and actions every day.

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.

Responsibilities

• Field visits to end-users (majority of time) to understand habits, application specifics, analyze competitor landscape
• Product recommendations, product applications demonstrations, technical visits
• Support and/or develop technical videos
• Work with application equipment to provide solutions to enhance customer adhesive related processes
• Support standardization process of technical documents & ensure same data in all platforms
• Supervise the laboratory work (incl. prioritization) for samples coming from customers and report technical results to customers
• Reports quality issues / customers' claims to relevant parts of the organization
• Leverage customer feedback to optimize current offers and identify new business opportunities for sales and marketing colleagues
• Communicate with sales, marketing, Product Development, Innovation, members of technical field team or project team members
• Stay up to trend on latest local regulations on construction, decoration and building industry

Requirements

• 3-5 years' experience working hands-on with Craftsmen
• Chemical/engineering/technical education, relevant for construction industry
• Hands on experience with sealants, adhesives and functional coatings preferred
• Candidates with experience from Multi-National Companies within the Building Material Industry will be held in high regard
• Written and verbal English language skills are essential
• Must have driver license, own car preferred
• Willing to travel (50%-60% of the time)
• Good trouble-shooting and analytical skill
• A successful team player with strong people skills
• Self-motivated and willing to learn