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Position overview
We are currently seeking a highly skilled Technical Service & Business Development Specialist for Gelcoats EMEA to join our team. In this position, you will be responsible for providing technical assistance to customers utilizing allnex gel coat products and solutions for various applications such as swimming pools, marine, sanitaryware, and transportation. Additionally, you will be tasked with providing technical support for the unsaturated polyester resin (UPR) business. While technical expertise is the main focus, we are looking for someone who is also commercially minded and able to identify and pursue new business opportunities in the UPR and gel coat markets.
If you possess both technical and commercial acumen and are looking for an exciting opportunity to join a growing company, we encourage you to apply for this position.
Responsibilities
- Provide technical support to customers in using gelcoats and UP resins for composite applications
- Identify and propose solutions for customer needs using allnex's product range
- Develop new business opportunities for gelcoats and UP resins in EMEA
- Generate ideas for new product/solution development based on market and customer needs
- Collaborate with lab resources, analyze results, and recommend actions based on chemical and engineering information
- Execute a customer visit plan in agreement with NBD Lead
- Promote existing products and solutions and develop new applications in collaboration with customers and aligned with business strategy
- Interpret and communicate test results to global cross-functional teams
- Lead or participate in Stage Gate projects
- Promote gelcoats and UP resins through presentations, publications, and trade shows
- Troubleshoot issues for customers using Allnex's technologies
- Develop networks within Allnex's technical communities to find solutions and achieve objectives
- Provide monthly and quarterly project status reports and present work internally and externally
- Conduct training for distributors and agents as needed
- Travel up to 50% may be required.
Required skills and experience
- Master's degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science or related field.
- 10+ years of technical service experience in the gelcoats industry.
- Strong understanding of polymer physics and polymer chemistry, with expertise in composite applications.
- Commercially-minded with a proven track record of developing new business opportunities in the composite markets.
- Resourceful problem-solver who can balance commercialization speed with scientific rigor in a dynamic environment.
- Fluent in English; good working knowledge of German is preferred.
We offer
Equal Employment Opportunity
allnex is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to an environment where all colleagues contribute for the benefit of our employees, our products, and our communities.
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