Sales Engineer Automotive Components - Henkel Adhesive Technologies (H/F/X)
Henkel
France · Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil · Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Posted on Mar 6, 2026
About this Position You will join a South-European sales team and contribute to our purpose of shaping the automotive industry through our high-impact sealing, bonding and component protection solutions for Exterior, Power-Train, Inferior and Chassis parts. As a sales engineer responsible for our customers in France, your main responsibilities will be the following:
What You´ll Do
What You´ll Do
- Executes local sales plans (short, mid, long term) in line with business unit strategy to maintain and develop existing / acquire new customers
- Executes customer roadmap and manages / closes respective CRM tool (ACE) growth opportunities
- Executes pricing actions
- Builds and maintains relationships with customers and distributors
- Provides input to Manager on customer needs, business trends, competitive situations in territory
- Coordinates with TCS (technical customer service) to conduct line trials / (re)solve customer requests and complaints
- Delivers KP OSG and PC % in territory / at defined account
- Successfully completed Master's or Bachelor's degree in engineering or another technical field
- 3+ years of relevant professional experience in the field of technical B2B sales preferably in the automotive industry
- Ability to work independently and autonomously in international teams
- Strong commercial mindset (sales, medium / long term commercial strategic perspective)
- Sensitive to clients’ needs, ability to create customer relationships based on trust
- Leadership mindset with entrepreneurial spirit
- Great team player with hands-on mentality
- Knowledge & interest in the areas of social selling and digital competence
- Territorial portfolio management and value selling
- Fluent French & English language skills
- Residence in Île de France, North, Central East France
- Flexible work scheme with flexible hours, hybrid work model, and work from anywhere policy for up to 30 days per year
- Diverse national and international growth opportunities
- Global wellbeing standards with health and preventive care programs
- Gender-neutral parental leave for a minimum of 8 weeks
- Employee Share Plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares
- Profit Sharing
- 100% of public transportation
- Payment of 75% of Health & Life insurance premiums
- Private daycare
