Owens Corning · 21 hours ago
Application Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
7+ years expOwens Corning is looking for an Application Engineer who will act as the primary technical partner for key market segments. This role involves understanding customer processes, facilitating product needs documentation, and collaborating with internal teams to enhance product offerings and drive business growth in the North America market.
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Hiring Manager
Sarah Lynn Nadolny
Responsibilities
Generates differentiated value to our customers
Primary customer facing technical expert representing Owens Corning NA Nonwovens and our products
Builds broad and deep understanding of customer’s processes and the application of OC Nonwovens products to facilitate product needs documentation (FFU)
Develops strong understanding of customer Management of Change systems to facilitate efficient product qualification processes
Adjusts product and processes when and where needed to better meet customer critical product attributes
Communicates critical information back to internal colleagues and OC leadership
Leverages industry/customer knowledge to develop product strategies with commercial team
Partners with Operations and corporate R&D resources to develop and execute product trials
Identifies cross customer product requirements, manufacturing commonalities, and industry trends
Leads cross functional teams to optimize product technology offerings
Develops strong internal relationships with strategic marketing, operations, supply chain, commercial excellence to act as liaison between customer facing and internal functions
Documents key customer findings and communicates to the broader OC network
Partners with Key Account Managers within their application segment and with Strategic Marketing to develop an aligned strategy for their application segment
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's or Master's Degree, Engineering, Chemistry, or related technical field
Experience representing a large organization in customer-facing environment
Experience operating in a multi-cultural business across geographic boundaries
Experience consolidating information from multiple customers into an overall industry trend, general product requirements and common manufacturing parameters
Exposure to marketing and selling new products and services; attracting new customers
Experience leading projects and programs
Proven Project Management track record
Knowledge of coating systems, formulations, chemistry
Ability to develop an intimate knowledge of customers, competition, and market intelligence
Competitive, highly motivated and results driven with a strong work ethic
Creative, uses a wide variety of methods/techniques to solve problems
Demonstrated ability to think strategically and execute strategic directions
Broad operating style, ability to adapt across cultures, environments and styles
Demonstrated ability to build strong relationships with customers at all levels and job functions
Ability to understand manufacturing processes and translate customer needs to our manufacturing teams
Ability to travel routinely, at times on short notice
Data analysis experience and skills. Must be able to analyze data and make data driven decisions
Excels at problem solving for quality driven issues
Preferred
7+ years industry experience, preferably in Non Wovens, Pulp and Paper, Building Materials, Composite Materials, or similar markets
Experience with coatings and coating process is considered a plus
Experience with coatings and coating process development and optimization
Company
Owens Corning
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknown2006-11-01IPO
Leadership Team
Brian Chambers
Chief Executive Officer
Todd Fister
Chief Financial Officer
Recent News
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