Proposal Engineer - Insertion Valves - Water & Civil

At Henkel, you’ll be part of an organization that’s shaping the future through innovation, sustainability and collaboration. With trusted brands like Persil®, all®, Loctite®, Snuggle®, and Schwarzkopf® and 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 customers with a competitive advantage through adhesives, sealants and functional coatings.

Responsibilities

• Supports the sales team by managing schedules, filing important documents, and communicating relevant information.
• Provides relevant sales and product information to Key Account Management/Sales, produces reports, and prepares summarized master data sheets.
• Prepares and supports preparation of technical and commercial offers.
• Supports existing sales tools, follows up with the sales team to ensure accuracy and data quality.
• Assists the Sales team in the generation and qualification of leads; provides support with opportunity progress.
• Develops product and project specifications that bring value to customers and supports usage of AVT EZ-Valve products; establishes and provides submittal documents as required.
• Manages project funnel, opportunities, contacts, and accounts in the CRM (Customer Relationship Management) system on select opportunities as requested by the Sales team.
• Provides technical support to municipal water and industrial customers who specify AVT EZ-Valve products.
• Provides technical support to certified installers.
• Supports sales on contract management, system management, and updates CRM and sales tools to ensure accurate data and system usability.
• Bridges sales to various departments, channels, or customers to coordinate daily operational topics.
• Tracks customer satisfaction, resolves issues after deals close, and analyzes sales data to improve strategies and forecast targets.

Requirements

• BS Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering or Construction Management.
• Client-focused with a technical background.
• Experience as a project engineer or sales engineer is valuable.
• Genuine interest in growing a career in technical/industrial product management or technical sales.
• Proven ability to handle multiple workstreams and projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Bias toward completing tasks quickly and on time.
• Strong communication skills.
• Minimum of 2-3 years of relevant experience desired.
• Competitive and achievement-oriented; self-motivated and a self-starter, but a team player.
• Microsoft Office skills (Excel, Word, and PowerPoint) required; Salesforce CRM knowledge a plus.
• Travel by automobile and airplane is required.

Benefits

• 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 and hybrid work policies (depending on role); 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 and 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 reimbursement.

Pay

The salary for this role is $65,000.00 - $85,000.00.