Solutions Engineer - Water & Utilities

5 Months ago • 5-10 Years • Business Development

Job Summary

Job Description

The Solutions Engineer role focuses on application excellence for customers through trial execution and attrition prevention. This position collaborates with the sales team to develop new business, provides technical expertise and consultation for account expansion, communicates the value proposition of Buckman's offerings, and maintains competitive market knowledge. Responsibilities include on-site trial execution, trial lifecycle management, developing solutions to improve customer processes, serving as a trusted advisor, and supporting health checks with customers. Success is measured by trial conversion rates, attrition rates, revenue growth, and utilization of sales tools. The role requires a balance of trial execution and providing expertise to existing accounts.
Must have:
  • Execute on-site trials
  • Manage trial lifecycle
  • Technical expertise in water treatment
  • Strong communication skills
  • 5+ years sales or related experience
  • Bachelor's degree in relevant field
Good to have:
  • 10+ years sales experience
  • Pulp & Paper industry experience
  • Six Sigma and Lean experience
  • Understanding of smart digital solutions

Job Details

Description

 

Job Success Profile

Solutions Engineer - Water & Utilities

Paper Technologies

 

Buckman is a privately held, global specialty chemical company with headquarters in Memphis, TN, USA, committed to safeguarding the environment, maintaining safety in the workplace, and promoting sustainable development. Buckman delivers exceptional service and innovative solutions to our customers globally in the pulp and paper, leather, and water treatment sectors to help boost productivity, reduce risk, improve product quality, and provide a measurable return on investment. 


 

Language

  • English
     

Travel

  • 50% - 75%

Position Summary

The Solutions Engineer role focuses on bringing application excellence to customers in the form of trial execution and advanced attrition preventionThe position collaborates with the sales team to develop new business opportunities, provides technical expertise and consultation to support account expansion, effectively communicates benefits of Buckman offerings by articulating value proposition to customers and maintains competitive market knowledge.

 

Position Responsibilities

  • Execute trials on-site and provide critical coverage required to make the trials successful

management of lifecycle of the trial from Setting up trials for success, securing the right equipment, adherence to evaluation plan workshop/transition workshop, accumulation of trial data, value confirmation with the customer and conversion

  • Participate in the development of solutions to improve the performance of the customer’s processes
  • Must be seen as and serve as a trusted advisor/SME and assist in the upskilling of frontline sales
  • Deliver distinctive technical expertise on complex, out-of-the-ordinary challenges & critical applications to mitigate attrition risk
  • Maintain expert knowledge of Buckman’s product portfolio, including new products coming out of the R&D pipeline
  • Splits time between running trials and bringing expertise to existing accounts (including attrition prevention)
  • Support health checks with the customers

  

 

Main Success Metrics  

  •        Works Safely 
  •        Trial conversion rate
  •        Trial duration & costs compared to plan
  •        Attrition rate
  •        Revenue, GP, and MPC (absolute & YoY growth)
  • Utilization of sales tools (Dynamics, Ackumen) – solutions engineer is responsible for trial data integrity

 

Competencies Needed for Success  

  •                    Job Competencies – Results Leadership:  
  •                  Focus on Results - Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances. 
  •                  Plans and Aligns Planning and prioritizing work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals.  
  •                  Ensures Accountability - Holding self and others accountable to meet commitments.  
  •                    Job Competencies – People Leadership: 
  •                  Collaborates - Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.  
  •                    Job Competencies – Thought Leadership: 
  •                  Decision Quality - Making good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward.  
  •                  Possibility Thinking - Creating new and better ways for the organization to be successful.  
  •                  Customer Focus - Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.  
  •                  Technical Job Knowledge - Applying specialized, technical job knowledge that is needed to perform the job successfully.  
  •                    Job Competencies – Self: 
  •                  Manages Ambiguity- Operating effectively, even when things are not certain or the way forward is not clear.  
  •                  Nimble Learning - Actively learning through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as learning fodder.  

Minimum Requirements to Apply  

  •      Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) from four-year college or university 
  •      Pulp & Paper, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, or Biology. Pulp & Paper Degree preferred. 
  •      5 years + proven sales record and or years related experience and/or training 
  •      Demonstrated experience in problem solving, using multiple analytical procedures to identify, characterize

and solve issues and barriers

  •      Successful selling record in chemical sales desired
  •      Demonstrated understanding of business/finance and terminology desirable. 
  •      Demonstrated effective verbal and written communication , including demonstrated ability to make clear,

persuasive, concise, and well-organized oral presentations

 

Preferred Qualifications   

  •      10 years + proven sales track record 
  •      10 years + of chemical or pulp and paper industry experience. 
  •      Solid understanding of smart digital solutions and can identify customer opportunities.  
  •      Demonstrated understanding of business/finance and terminology desirable. 
  •      Experience in Six SIGMA and Lean are a plus

 

 

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