Assistant Manager - Applications Engineer

Applications Engineer-India

With over 80 years as an industrial technology leader, Kennametal Inc. delivers productivity to customers through materials science, tooling and wear-resistant solutions. Customers across aerospace, earthworks, energy, general engineering and transportation turn to Kennametal to help them manufacture with precision and efficiency. Every day approximately 10,000 employees are helping customers in more than 60 countries stay competitive. Kennametal generated nearly $2.4 billion in revenues in fiscal 2019. Learn more at www.kennametal.com. Follow @Kennametal: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube.

 

 

 

Assistant Manager-Application[MTI]-Pune

 

Job Summary

 

1. To grow the Kennametal India Ltd. (KIL) share in machine tool OEM market.
2. To address requirement of customers for standard / simple tooling solutions
3. Applications specialists are like business development engineers who should focus on high value opportunities, penetrate new product sales, drive sales engineers and distributor sales engineers training needs, conduct seminars,
4. He should set an example to sell Kennametal products on technical grounds by making successful product -process machining recommendations.
5. He should develop field sales engineer’s competencies related to new products through training and on the job demonstration.
6. Submit monthly report as per the prescribed format covering offers submitted, project run-off completed and open application issues.
7. Submit a case study on the best project run-off trial completed in a month for recommendation and circulation.
8. Support sales engineers in important projects or for solving problems that will require the highest level of technical expertise.
9. Successfully ensure project run-off at customer’s place and obtain sign-off.
10. Tooling run-off issues to be addressed by working with multiple stake holders (ESG / Product Management / Production / Etc) to ensure logical closure

 

Key Responsibilities

 

 

Skills & Education

 

1. The Incumbent should hold a Bachelor of Engineering degree or Equivalent with specialization either in Mechanical Engineering or in Production Engineering.
2. He should have minimum 8 years of experience either in Cutting tool application / sales function or in Process engineering. Machine programming experience will be an added advantage.
3. He should have sound knowledge on Machining fundamentals, Process design, Process re-engineering, fundamentals of fixturing, etc.
4. He should be willing to travel and meet customers in various geographic locations.
5. Communication skill with good command in English (oral & Verbal) is preferred for this position.
6. Experience: 8 – 10 years in engineering industry.
7. He should be a go-getter with self-motivation and positive attitude.

As part of our core values, Kennametal is committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for all people.  We are an Equal Opportunity employer.

Experience Level

Senior Level