Regional Manager Product Applications Filter Engineering

Freudenberg Group • Hopkinsville, KY

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About The Position

Working at Freudenberg: We will wow your world! Without Freudenberg, indoor air would not be as clean, cars would not drive and wounds would not heal as quickly. And these are just three examples from thousands of our applications. Working at Freudenberg: "We will wow your world!" This is our promise. As a global technology group, we not only make the world cleaner, healthier and more comfortable, but also offer our 51,000 employees a networked and diverse environment where everyone can thrive individually. Be surprised and experience your own wow moments.

Requirements

• Master's degree in chemical, process, mechanical engineering or similar field
• Ability to work independently with a high degree of initiative, self-organized, structured and team oriented.
• Strong leadership ability.
• Above average communication and integration ability.
• Strong interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Sustaining engineering of the existing product program through self-driven initiation and coordination of optimization measures, continuous further development, identification of cost reduction potential through the preparation of value analyses as well as the coordination of their implementation (VA/VE).
• Initiation and management of product innovations, including the responsible definition of development specifications for new products and product enhancements, management of project teams within the framework of our PDP process up to the market launch.
• Responsible technical and applications engineering support of internal and external functions (customers, production, purchasing, controlling, sales and quality control, etc.) for difficult product- and application-related technical issues, including sophisticated, complex damage analyses, e.g. in the case of complaints, independent product assessments and product releases, as well as technical review of product cost calculations.
• Supporting the market segments in defining product policy and positioning through product-specific expertise, through systematic analysis of the own product range in comparison with strategic competitors (benchmark) and of market trends and new technologies.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees