Senior Manager, Application Engineering

Senior Manager, Application Engineering

Danfoss Power Solutions is seeking to hire an experienced Senior Application Engineering Manager for the business unit. This Senior Manager leads a global engineer group that consists of various levels of engineers and technicians. He / she manages daily activities of application engineers that review customer's technical needs and recommends specific products / service solutions to meet those requirements. This includes regular interaction with the customer and ensuring they have a desirable experience from the quote process to the product implementation. A key measureable is developing opportunities that ultimately result in new business wins. Responsible for performance evaluations, group measures, budget, setting work direction, exercising sound engineering judgement, approval of documents and creating and implementing the strategy.

What You'll Be Doing

• Pursue and win new business opportunities through quoting our core products and utilizing the manufacturing strategy to offer the customer the best value added solution. Launching the business into manufacturing plants through a seamless process that provides an overall desirable customer experience.
• Evaluate and implement initiatives that provide cost effective solutions to the customer, resulting in an overall reduced cost.
• Establish and maintain scorecard measures to review progress, evaluate results and initiate change. Use the scorecard to drive the right behaviors.
• Maintain an engineering organizational structure that supports the BU business and engineering strategy. This includes organizational capability assessments, conducting cross training, succession planning and building the bench strength.
• Ensure clear goals, development plans, objectives and measures are in place. Complete performance appraisals in-line with the BU guidance. Evaluate and optimize skill sets for each employee. Provide timely, honest and objective feedback.
• Assess individuals and groups, delegates tasks and decisions down and across, empowers others, gives input.
• Develop an application engineering strategy both short-term and long-term that is in-line with the BU strategy. Communicate this strategy to the team that creates a vision and a sense of purpose for each individual.
• Interact with the customer to understand their specifications and application, outlining the value add that Danfoss provides with our products.

What We're Looking For

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If this role excites you, we'd love to hear from you. Apply now to start the conversation and learn more about where your career can go with us. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected category.

Danfoss engineers solutions that increase machine productivity, reduce emissions, lower energy consumption, and enable electrification. Our solutions are used in such areas as refrigeration, air conditioning, heating, power conversion, motor control, industrial machinery, automotive, marine, and off- and on-highway equipment. We also provide solutions for renewable energy, such as solar and wind power, as well as district-energy infrastructure for cities. Our innovative engineering dates back to 1933. Danfoss is family-owned, employing more than 39,360 people, serving customers in more than 100 countries through a global footprint of 95 factories.