Purpose The Technical Development Engineer (TDE) Film Segment is responsible for providing proactive and reactive technical processing and application support associated with M. Holland’s market presence distributing resins to Film converters. This is a home office based role and preferably living in the eastern half of the USA.
Areas of Responsibility / Tasks Performance must reflect appropriate level of expertise and achievement of the desired results for the items listed below.
- Subject matter expertise in resin selection and evaluations, process optimization, and application development.
- Provide technical and application support to M. Holland commercial employees, Clients, and Suppliers at all stages of concept to commercialization.
- Experience in various processing techniques and equipment requirements with an emphasis on Extrustion (Film).
- Collaborate closely with MH Commercial team to promote new and existing grades which support our strategic Supplier Partners.
- Create and present training content to M. Holland employees.
- Collaborate closely with M. Holland Suppliers to increase technical awareness and participate in knowledge sharing with internal and external partners.
Competencies; Knowledge, Skills, Abilities (KSA) To perform this role successfully, an individual must have experience achieving desired result(s) in their areas of responsibility. The requirements listed below are representative of observable behaviors and essential knowledge, skill, and abilities required of a successful incumbent within our culture.
- Prior customer facing experience required; ideal candidate will possess 5+ years of customer facing technical responsibilities with Resin Supplier, Extrusion Processor or Distribution organization.
- Exposure working within a matrix organization comprised of Market Development, Sales and technical resources working together to provide solutions.
- Ability to identify and present product solutions for applications at the processor or OEM level.
- Ability to work independently out of a home office while collaborating with Commercial teams to grow new business.
- Proficient in polymer testing and failure analysis.
- High level of proficiency using Microsoft Office: Excel, PowerPoint, Word, & TEAMS.
- Four-year technical degree preferred, but not required; customer facing technical roles such as Process Engineer, TDE and/or Application Development Engineer a plus.
- Ability to travel overnight within the USA, Canada, and Mexico(region specific).
- Highly developed interpersonal skills related to customer interaction and internal support of Sales, Product Management, Lab, and Marketing.
- Well-developed presentation and planning skills with a passion for teaching others.
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