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Henkel holds leading positions in both industrial and consumer businesses: Our portfolio includes well-known hair care products, laundry detergents, fabric softeners as well as adhesives, sealants, and functional coatings.
Territory Sales Engineer - Connecticut
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About this Position
At Henkel, 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.
This position is with our Adhesive Technologies business unit – where we empower our people to transform industries and provide our customers with a competitive advantage through adhesives, sealants and functional coatings.
Dare to learn new skills, advance in your career and make an impact at Henkel
What you´ll do
- Provide technical sales support to maximize sales growth of Henkel’s General Industrial Adhesives business in the Western Connecticut territory.
- Work the sales process to identify, develop and quantify the appropriate value proposition for your customers by matching their needs with our adhesive’s solutions.
- Motivate and train authorized industrial distributors to sell LOCTITE brand products and solutions.
- Develop and present formal training sessions to industrial and manufacturing MRO and OEM customers.
- Prospect for new business opportunities while managing existing customer base, by visiting customers to solve manufacturing needs with our technologies and value-added solutions.
- Implement strategies to support the profitable growth of Henkel’s product lines in the territory.
- Prioritize & execute sales/marketing programs for the assigned area in alignment with Henkel’s go-to market strategies.
- Effectively communicate progress and needs to the management team.
- Utilize Henkel’s Customer Relationship Management (CRM) tools to manage the sales engagement activities and project pipeline.
- Visiting customers to solve manufacturing or repair problems with our value-added solutions
- Offering a proactive and consultative approach to exploring needs and finding innovative solutions for customers with the support of our technical team
- You represent the values of the company thinking in a broad and agile way.
- You collaborate as part of strong team: Collaborate internally with customer service, marketing, engineering, and other functions to deliver an excellent customer experience while driving sustainable growth
- You own your results: You will cultivate and grow customers through account management. Including building relationships, product training and demonstrations
What makes you a good fit
- Bachelors in Chemical, Industrial or Mechanical Engineering preferred.
- 3+ years of Technical Sales preferred.
- Technical aptitude, relationship-building skills, and being a self-starter are required.
- Strong value selling skills and interpersonal skills.
- Intermediate Microsoft proficiency is required, with emphasis on Excel being required.
- Time and territory management skills, working remotely.
- Travel requirements within territory for this role (80% on the road in CT day to day. Around 20% allocated for potential overnights)
- Territory will encompass locations in western Connecticut including the greater Hartford area and Litchfield, Hartford, Middlesex, New Haven, and Fairfield Counties
Some benefits of joining Henkel
- Health Insurance: affordable plans 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 / sell program
- Financial: 401k matching, employee share plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares, annual performance bonus, service awards and student loan reimbursement
- Family Support: 12-week gender neutral parental leave (up to 20 weeks for parents giving birth), fertility support, adoption & surrogacy reimbursement, discounted child and elderly care, and scholarships
- Career Growth: diverse national and international growth opportunities, access to thousands of skills development courses, and tuition reimbursemen
The salary range for this role is $85,000.00 and $95,000.00. This range represents the good‑faith minimum and maximum wages the Company reasonably expects to offer for this role at the time of posting. In addition to base salary, this position may be eligible for incentive pay or other forms of compensation, as applicable. The Company also offers a comprehensive benefits package as described above. Actual compensation will be based on factors such as the candidate’s skills, experience, education, training, and work location. This posting is intended to comply with all applicable state and local pay transparency laws.
Henkel does 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 an unsolicited referral.
At Henkel, we come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe the uniqueness of all our employees is the power in us. Henkel is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, and other legally protected categories.
JOB ID: 26101250
Job Locations: United States, CT, Rocky Hill, CT | United States, CT, Stamford, CT
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I am interested in several jobs. Can I apply for multiple positions at the same time?
Yes – simply fill out your profile in our online application system. Once your online profile is complete, you can apply for multiple positions.
The job offer is written in English – should I write my application in English as well?
Yes, please. As Henkel is an international company you will be working with colleagues from all over the world and English is our official company language. Generally, the ‘rule’ is: please write the application in the same language as the job ad.
Do I get feedback during the application process about the state of my application?
Each position that we have open with Henkel is unique, and finding the right candidate is important for both the hired candidate as well as for Henkel. We want to make sure that both the candidate and the company are a good fit for each other. We will provide feedback to the candidates throughout the entire process.
Can employees move between business areas and/or to a different country?
Yes, in fact it is an expectation within Henkel that our talent is flexible and mobile. This helps to support the company on a broad, global level.
Our “Triple Two” philosophy promotes this expectation, by allowing you to work in at least two different roles, in two different business areas and two different countries. The reason behind this philosophy is that we believe working in different roles, business units and functions is good for your personal development and improves your understanding of Henkel as a global company.
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