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Core Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in Application Engineering and Technical Support within the Personal Safety sector, with a strong focus on customer collaboration, product commercialization, and compliance with PPE standards. Proven ability to conduct workplace assessments, deliver technical training, and provide strategic recommendations based on customer insights and market intelligence.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Application EngineeringTechnical Problem-SolvingCustomer-Facing Technical SupportPPE Standards KnowledgeProject Management
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Hard Skills
Application DevelopmentProduct CommercializationTechnical TrainingProduct EvaluationMarket Application DevelopmentTechnical RecommendationsField TrialsPerformance EvaluationsTroubleshootingProduct Certification
Soft Skills
Strong Communication SkillsPresentation SkillsOrganizational SkillsCollaborationInfluencing Skills
Tools & Technologies
E-ToolsCustomer Relationship Management SoftwareTechnical Seminar ToolsApplication Workshop Tools
Industry Keywords
Personal SafetyPPEOccupational Health & SafetyEnvironmental ScienceIndustrial SafetyRegulatory RequirementsMarket IntelligenceCustomer InsightsDistributor DevelopmentChannel Partner Development
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Drive growth through customer collaboration, new application development, and new product commercialization
- Develop value propositions for effective commercialization
- Coordinate and lead customer field trials and evaluate local competition and marketing practices
- Develop and replicate product and market applications using e-tools
- Provide customer-facing technical and application engineering support across the Personal Safety Division portfolio in New Zealand
- Conduct customer visits, workplace assessments, and application evaluations
- Understand workplace hazards and customer requirements and provide product selection and technical recommendations
- Support product demonstrations, field trials, performance evaluations, troubleshooting, and product implementation
- Partner with Sales and Marketing on strategic customer opportunities and major account conversions
- Support distributor and channel partner development
- Capture customer insights, market intelligence, unmet needs, and application feedback
- Support customer trials, field evaluations, product validation, product transitions, product changes, and launch readiness
- Deliver customer, distributor, and internal sales training, technical seminars, and application workshops
- Support technical complaint investigations, root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and customer communication
- Support product certification and compliance activities and provide technical input on applicable standards
Requirements
What you’ll need- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Occupational Health & Safety, Environmental Science or a related technical discipline
- Relevant experience in Application Engineering, Technical Service, Industrial Safety, PPE or a related technical field
- Experience in customer-facing technical roles and working with distributors/channel partners
- Exposure to product evaluations, NPI, technical training and complaint resolution
- Knowledge of relevant PPE standards and regulatory requirements is desirable
- Strong application engineering and technical problem-solving capability
- Strong communication and presentation skills
- Ability to understand workplace hazards and recommend appropriate technical solutions
- Broad understanding of PPE and Personal Safety applications
- Ability to influence and collaborate across Sales, Marketing, R&D, Quality and Regulatory teams
- Strong project management and organizational skills
- Ability to work independently across a geographically diverse customer base
- Regular business travel, primarily to Auckland, with occasional travel to other regional locations as needed
Benefits
Comp & perks- Remote work arrangement
- Permanent employment
- Regular business travel primarily to Auckland, with occasional travel to other regional locations
- Opportunity to contribute to 3M’s innovation-focused work
- Employee participation in Environmental Health and Safety culture and continuous improvement