Market Development Engineer - Consumer & Industrial

Celanese is a global leader in chemistry, producing specialty material solutions used across most major industries and consumer applications. The Market Development Engineer - Consumer & Industrial is responsible for driving new customers and opportunities in targeted markets while providing technical support regarding material selection and performance.

Responsibilities:

• Targets new customers in selected market space(s)
• Generates opportunities for new business growth
• Manages internal new product development (NPD), testing, computer-aided engineering and external developments to drive projects to close
• Works with new customers to determine potential applications and best Celanese material solutions
• Works with Account Manager at existing customers to develop new applications and provide technical support as needed
• Provides technical support at existing customers as needed
• Manages Technical Exchanges at new and existing customers

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Science or Technical Field
• 10 Years in plastics or related field. Technical and business or market development experience required
• Ability to work with customers to develop a tailored solution
• Develop deep customer and market knowledge. Draw connections to foresee future trends and develop opportunities to grow and innovate
• Ability to interact, influence and facilitate at several levels of the organization
• Must be willing to prospect for new customers/projects and develop strategies for identifying and targeting new customers and segment strategies
• Willingness to travel - 50%
• Application development experience
• Customer identification and prospecting
• Customer focus and urgency
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong focus on results
• Good understanding of business interactions
• Specific knowledge of semicrystalline engineering resins and their applications