Sr. Application Development Engineer
Location
Florence, KY | United States
Job description
Celanese is a Fortune 500 global chemical and specialty materials company that engineers and manufactures products essential to everyday living. With global headquarters in Dallas, Texas, Celanese employs approximately 13,300 dedicated people working at more than 50 owned and operated manufacturing facilities across 27 countries. We are committed to employee growth and creating shareholder value, and strive to make a difference in the communities where we operate. Our company focuses on the safety of its employees, provides competitive compensation (including benefits starting Day 1), and emphasizes giving back to the community. For more information about Celanese and our products please visit
Celanese Engineered Materials (EM) is seeking a REMOTE Senior Application Development Engineer (ADE) in US to join the Americas Application Development Team of Industrial, Medical & Consumer (IMC) business unit.
Summary
The Senior Application Development Engineer role for IMC is a multi-faceted customer / market facing position responsible for driving new business growth through an entrepreneurial mindset and rigorous SFDC Opportunity Build & Development process. This Senior Application Development Engineer is responsible for:
- Deliver growth by solving existing and new customers’ problems and commercializing new applications
- Build SFDC pipeline by scouting, targeting and identifying new growth opportunities at new and existing customers
- Drive application development projects from initiation to commercialization; able to articulate CE EM product value propositions and influence key decision maker along the value chain
- Build in-depth industry/segment knowledge to anticipate trends and changes, and bring internally “Voice of the Customer” and new product/technology development opportunities
- Perform preliminary evaluations on select new technologies, market applications or market segments
- Collaborate with global commercial teams (Sales, Marketing, and Technical Service) to ensure project/pipeline delivery; Support/participate in growth teams and share experience/knowledge internally
- Work closely with value chain partners to generate leads and obtain specifications wins
- Bachelor’s in Chemistry, Material Science, or Engineering (Chemical, Mechanical, Plastics or Equivalent) required
- Master’s degree or PhD preferred
- Results driven - passion to focus on and help customers with an urgent business growth mindset
- Demonstrated project management experience
- Enterprise oriented with strong business acumen skills
- Possesses the following Competencies - Communication proficiency, initiative, teamwork focused, personal relationship building, effectiveness/credibility, technical capacity, project management, time management
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively with both internal and external stakeholders
- Proven prospecting skills
- Experience - minimum 5-10 years industrial skill in developing applications for high performance engineered polymers in Industrial, Medical and Consumer industries. Previous roles could have been sales, marketing, technical service, or other relevant customer facing experiences
- Willingness to travel 30-50% of the time with overnight stay(s) involved
- A valid motor vehicle operator’s license - ability to drive distances between several locations on a daily / weekly basis
- Airline travel when distances do not reasonably permit driving
- The ability to work remote without direct day to day management supervision
- Knowledge of and use of IT business systems including MS Business Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc…) and Salesforce
- The ability to work legally in the required jurisdiction; No visa sponsorship/support is available for this position
- Work day / hour flexibility based on customer business need (ex. Customer entertainment etc..)
- Experience with CAE / Moldflow a plus
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