Lead Application Engineer, Flexible Packaging

At Henkel, you’ll be part of an organization that’s shaping the future through innovation, sustainability and collaboration. With our trusted brands like Persil®, ‘all®, Loctite®, Snuggle®, and Schwarzkopf® and our cutting-edge technologies, you’ll have countless opportunities to explore new paths and grow. The Lead Application Engineer partners with customers and internal teams to deliver meaningful, practical, and value-added solutions within the Laminating Adhesives and Coatings business for the Flexible Packaging market. This role is focused on field support activities, including product and technology demonstrations, line trials, troubleshooting, customer training, technical presentations, and value quantification. The position serves as a key technical resource for assigned regional customers by providing application expertise, problem solving, complaint resolution, and support for successful implementation of Henkel technologies. Dare to learn new skills, advance in your career and make an impact at Henkel. What you´ll do Lead customer-facing demonstrations, line trials, start-up support, troubleshooting, and training activities to validate product performance, solve customer challenges, and drive adoption of Henkel technologies. Serve as the technical liaison between customers and internal teams including Product Development, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Sales, and Marketing to resolve technical issues and communicate customer needs. Provide timely technical support for assigned regional customers including product recommendations, complaint investigations, field issue diagnosis, and analytical problem solving. Plan and execute laboratory evaluations and field trials that support customer demonstrations, troubleshooting activities, value quantification efforts, and technology adoption. Prepare visit reports, troubleshooting summaries, value quantification analyses, and technical recommendations; effectively communicate findings and conclusions to internal and external stakeholders. Develop and deliver customer training programs and technical presentations on laminating adhesives, coatings, application methods, troubleshooting techniques, and industry best practices. Provide market-specific expertise through customer interactions, industry engagement, professional societies, and technical associations. Lead by example in Safety, completing all necessary site and field safety requirements. Develop technical and professional capabilities through ongoing learning, mentoring, and participation in internal and external technical communities.