At Henkel, you can build on a strong legacy and leading positions in both industrial and consumer businesses to reimagine and improve life every day. If you love challenging the status quo, join our community of over 47.000 pioneers around the globe. Our teams at Henkel Adhesive Technologies help to transform entire industries and provide our customers with a competitive advantage through adhesives, sealants and functional coatings. With our trusted brands, our cutting-edge technologies and our disruptive solutions, you will have countless opportunities to explore new paths and develop your skills. Grow within our future-led businesses, our diverse and vibrant culture and find a place where you simply belong. All to leave your mark for more sustainable growth.
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YOUR ROLE
Based in Düsseldorf, Heidelberg, or Montornes
This position aims to represent Henkel AG at our key accounts andrepresents the key accounts at Henkel! The role will be key and pivotal inliaising and coordinating the launch of new projects, ensuring the propervisibility to any possible quality issues, and driving improvements companywide.
* Work hand in hand with the Global Business Manager in Adhesive Technologies and the relevant customer contact for each assigned key account, in order to give and receive feedback on performance, as well as to align on improvement needs, and agree on priorities
* Drive corrective & preventive actions plan globally, working with the relevant functions to close gaps in our ability to consistently meet quality requirements of our key accounts
* Ensure an understanding of customer requirements of our key accounts globally within our manufacturing network and central functions
* Develop Henkel quality capabilities and competencies to meet established and new customer key account expectations
* Establish and manage customer specific reporting/tracking systems which create visibility to performance against key performance indicators
* Develop & maintain contact with customer representatives to foster a collaborative relationship for all quality relevant topics and new projects
* Assume direct ownership of critical, high impact customer dissatisfaction concerns or issues impacting key accounts
* Coordinating and leading a resolution with the key stakeholders either internal or external
* Work in collaboration all regions and other Global Quality Key Account Managers to identify and share quality related best practices for implementation across the organization
* Participating in APQPs for new project launches, ensuring customer requirements are integrated within the project organizations
YOUR SKILLS
* Bachelor's degree in engineering, chemistry, automotive or related field of study
* Minimum 5 years total professional experience in the automotive industry, with 2+ years quality and/or customer facing role
* Analytical and problem-solving skills; Expert level to known problem solving methodologies utilizing PDCA thinking, such as A3, 8D, and Six Sigma; Applied knowledge of LEAN principles and tools
* Understanding of and practical experience with relevant management systems standards (ISO 9001, IATF 16949, Core Tools)
* Basic understanding of SAP or other similar ERP systems, with particular knowledge of the Quality Module within this system is a strong asset
* Demonstrated passion and effectiveness in driving cultural transformation through coaching and engaging with people to drive continuous improvement and better customer experience(s)
* Fluent English skills, second language is a strong advantage (Spanish, German, French)
* Abilityto travel globally up to 30 %
At Henkel, we come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe the uniqueness of all our employees is the power in us. Become part of the team and bring your uniqueness to us! We welcome all applications across different genders, origins, cultures, religions, sexual orientations, disabilities, and generations.