Application Development Specialist - Mt Vernon, United States - SABIC - Saudi Basic Industries Corp.

Description

Application Development Specialist

Position ID:

Org Unit:

Functional Forms

Location:

Mt. Vernon, Indiana

Chemistry that MattersTM

Functional Forms offers high quality, market leading, engineered thermoplastic sheet and film LEXANTM branded products across diverse industries, ranging from building and construction to consumer electronics. We focus on research and development with commercial partners and experts from leading academic institutions. Together we bring improvements that help customers make the world better, faster, lighter, and cost effective in ways that also protect the environment. We have an extensive global presence with about 700 employees, 9 manufacturing sites and presence in 19 countries.

Functional Forms looks to transform in the coming year therefore, we seek people who have an entrepreneurial spirit and business wisdom. Individuals who thrive in a collaborative environment with clear responsibilities, focused on process improvement, building/growing and with a business start-up mindset will be successful. This journey is just getting started and we need your help

Job Summary

Acts as a contact point between customers, project team, research and development department, and design team, to come up with practical solutions to respond to client's needs.

How You Can Be the Impact

• Provide technical support to existing and new customers of FF Sheet and Film.
• Understands and interprets material requirements of new customers, new products and new business opportunities. Proposes new material solutions based on client's needs and FF delivery capability.
• Conduct industry analysis and recognizes new market/technology trends and opportunities to improve FF's sales and market share.
• Technical support includes (but is not limited to):
  • Lamination
  • Thermoforming
  • Cold forming and bending
  • In-mold decoration
  • Cutting, drilling and routing techniques
  • Paint, print and adhesion techniques
• Build advanced process understanding and expertise, and develop training for internal and external customers.
• Support the introduction of new materials with application development ensuring process optimization at customer base.
• Handling, analyzing and reporting of technical issues at customer base.
• Help to manage and maintain client relations, while realizing new business with existing clients and acquiring new clients.
• Feedback customer's voice and KPI's.
• Be recognized by customers as an expert in relevant technical areas.

What Matters to SABIC

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Material/Polymer Science or Relevant work experiences in application development.
• Minimum five (5) years of experience in technical/process/application development.
• A hands-on practical approach to problem solving at customer level
• Strong technical orientation, understanding of multiple processing technologies
• Time management and prioritization
• Have strong analytical skills
• Excellent verbal and written English communication skills.
• Plastics product' Knowledge
• Provide values and solutions to customer's requests.
• Presentation skills.
• Spanish language skills a plus.
• Field role requiring 40-50% travel, mostly within North, South America and Canada region

Eligibility Requirements

• You must submit your application for employment online to be considered. Please submit your resume using the "Apply Now/Apply" option on this page.
• You must be 18 years or older
• Applicants must be currently authorized to work for SABIC in the United States on a full-time basis.

Work Availability

Regular, predictable attendance is an essential function of this position. Applicants must be regularly available and willing to work (e.g. Monday – Friday) during assigned hours of operation and such other hours as the company determines are necessary or desirable to meet business needs

We are proud to be a diverse and an equal opportunity employer. We are fully committed to a culture of respect and inclusion.