Product Applications Engineer- Custom Food

3 weeks ago

Madison, United States Placon Full time

Position Summary: The Product Applications Engineer plays a key role of being the liaison between the customer/prospects technical team, the Placon Engineering organization, and the Placon Sales team

Essential Accountabilities

  1. Commercial Technical Leadership
    1. Establish key relationships with technical buyer/influencers. Prepare and give technical presentations to explain to customers have Placon product development process works
    2. Conduct needs analysis with customers and develop proposals.
    3. Identify competitive response scenarios and strategies.
    4. Recommend new products or technologies to target markets.

  1. Identify technology trends and maintain industry technology knowledge in the areas of design, machinery, process technologies and sustainability
  2. Complete technical analysis of new materials and process and coordinate commercial activities to bring new materials to market
  3. Review product costing to ensure solution is best fit for purpose, optimizes profitability and meet manufacturing standards
  1. Project Management of internal and customer facing projects.
    1. For specific area of responsibility, assemble, commission and lead cross functional project teams.
    2. Drive project objectives and deliverables.
    3. Develop and manage project timelines.
    4. Communicate project status and issues to project and management teams.
  1. Internally lead the development of project specifications and product performance standards of form, fit and function requirements for new products, including:
    1. management of project timeline.
    2. product performance requirements.
    3. thermoforming and/or contract manufacturing specifications.
    4. testing standards.
  1. Provide technical support and service to our customers) to support integration of Placon packaging or material solution within their operations.
  2. Interface with customers to understand project requirements and communicate status updates to internal Placon groups Sales, Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality and other internal key stake holders.
  3. Lead teams in the identification and implementation of product specific cost savings to achieve customer continuous improvement targets and Placon profit objectives.
  4. For major projects, develop and maintain project summary and status and communicate to the project team.
  5. Author white papers, blogs and other material to help advance Placon's technical leadership position.
  6. Attend and participate in industry events
  7. Maximize product profitability by providing development and service support cost estimates to sales and controlling product costs through development used in estimating to final production. Reconcile and address any differences between cost estimates used in development to actual production costs.
  8. Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.
  9. Understand and make recommendations for protecting intellectual property.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree, 7 - 10 years experience in a combination of package engineering and/or product design and account management in the packaging industry.

Desired Skills

Experience in manufacturing environment

Knowledge of product design principles and methods

Ability to lead cross-functional teams

Experience with thermoformed products

Experience in presenting capabilities in front of key customers

Position Requirements

Financial and business experience in the areas of cost accounting and product costing

Experience with project management or related processes

Ability to effectively communication and interact effectively with customers and internal project teams.

Work Environment Conditions:

Inside (office) - normal office environment

Inside (other) - will require frequent, daily interaction with product design, tool design, sample lab and all aspects of production.

Outside (non-hazardous) - frequent customer interface at their manufacturing and office environments.

Equipment/Tools Used: (office equipment, machinery, tools, software, etc.)

Personal Computer, fax, phone, copy machine, MS Office, Oracle, also , light manufacturing equipment, i.e., Sealing fixtures, machinery.

Physical Requirements:

Normal Office - frequently

Light Work (lift 10 lbs): - frequently - product samples

Medium Work (lift 11-30 lbs): - 3 - 5 times per week - product samples

Mental Requirements:

Reading, Writing, Calculating

Interpersonal Skills

Reasoning/Analysis

Works with Minimal Supervision

Other Mental Requirements: Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities

Travel Frequency (in addition to seminars or related training):

Local: 1-4 times per month.

Regional: 1-4 times per month

National: - 1-4 time per month

International: Infrequent

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