Market Development Engineer

Washington PennWashington, PA, United States

30+ days ago

Job type

Full-time

Job description

Summary

This position is responsible for identifying product requirements and driving technology development projects related to business growth of polypropylene compounds. Requirements include strong plastics technology skills and excellent skills in customer relationships, business development, project management, teamwork, organization, and communication.

Duties / Responsibilities

Responsible for managing development activities associated with polyolefin compounded materials.
Pursues new business opportunities through diligent customer and market development efforts :

Identifies strategic markets and customers;

Determines material requirements and specifications for targeted applications;

Collaborates with WPP product development engineers to develop material solutions to meet customer needs;

Interprets sample results and provides data sheets and other material physical property information to customers;

Coordinates and attends customer molding trials as necessary, providing feedback to WPP product development regarding direction of future work;

Presents a formalized data package of developed material(s) for customer approval(s).

Interfaces with customers and OEMs to achieve and document WPP product approvals.

Effectively promotes WPP products and organizational capabilities.

Submits call reports and monthly activity summaries concerning customer-related activities as requested by manager.

Provides timely response to customer inquiries and complaints to ensure customer satisfaction.

Performs other duties and assignments as directed by manager.

Performs all duties safely and in compliance with documentation outlined in the Safety, Health & Environmental and defined quality management systems.

Recommended Qualifications

Bachelor's degree (or higher) in engineering, science, or equivalent, and / or 5-7 years of experience with plastic materials in the automotive market.

Demonstrated ability to leverage technical strength to develop new business.

Ability to build and maintain strong, long term customer relationships.

Excellent communication skills, self-starter, sense of urgency, personable, and well organized.

Skilled in the use of basic computer software, including word-processing and spreadsheets.

Self sufficient in terms of time management and support.

Working Conditions

Location - Remote with preference in Southeast or East South Central US

Environment - Commercial and / or home office as appropriate.

Travel - Frequent travel, generally over 50% and can include international travel.

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