Manager Platform Engineering

Adhesive Technologies Engineering United States, Madison Heights, MI, MI Full Time Regular
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About this Position

At Henkel, you’ll be part of an organization that’s shaping the future through innovation, sustainability and collaboration. With our trusted brands like Persil®, ‘all®, Loctite®, Snuggle®, and Schwarzkopf® and our cutting-edge technologies, you’ll have countless opportunities to explore new paths and grow.

This position is with our Adhesive Technologies business unit – where we empower our people to transform industries and provide our customers with a competitive advantage through adhesives, sealants and functional coatings.

Dare to learn new skills, advance in your career and make an impact at Henkel.   

What you´ll do

  • Frequent travel/visits to the customers and suppliers, around 50%.
  • Technical understanding of body in white, vehicle structure to anticipate what the customer needs.
  • Develops, supports and executes customer roadmaps, steers profitable growth.
  • Identify key decision makers and builds relationship with customers and supplier focused engineering centers.
  • Collaborates closely with Technical Team/Marketing/Sales/KAMs to steer activities.
  • Analyzes and builds different future scenarios to create new business paths.
  • Steers and leads new products launches at customers.
  • This is a hybrid role, and selected candidate will need to be willing and able to work in the office 60% of the time.

What makes you a good fit

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Plastics Engineering, or a comparable technical field.
  • Proven experience, 7-10 years, in strategic engineering or platform management roles, ideally in automotive or industrial sectors as well as sales experience.
  • Strong technical understanding of Body in White and vehicle structural systems.
  • Self-Motivation – Proactive and driven to achieve goals independently.
  • Team Orientation – Collaborative mindset with a focus on shared success.
  • Communication Skills – Clear and effective communicator across all levels of the organization.
  • Flexibility – Adaptable to changing environments, priorities, and global contexts.

Some benefits of joining Henkel

  • Health Insurance: affordable plans for medical, dental, vision and wellbeing starting on day 1 
  • Work-Life Balance: Paid time off including sick, vacation, holiday and volunteer time, flexible & hybrid work policies (depending on role), and vacation buy / sell program 
  • Financial: 401k matching, employee share plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares, annual performance bonus, service awards and student loan reimbursement 
  • Family Support: 12-week gender neutral parental leave (up to 20 weeks for parents giving birth), fertility support, adoption & surrogacy reimbursement, discounted child and elderly care, and scholarships 
  • Career Growth: diverse national and international growth opportunities, access to thousands of skills development courses, and tuition reimbursement

The salary for this role is $120,000.00- $135,000.00. This is the range that we in good faith anticipate relying on when setting wages for this position.  We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range. This salary range may also be modified in the future.

Henkel does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies. Unsolicited referrals and resumes are considered Henkel property and therefore, Henkel will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited referral.

Henkel is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, and other legally protected categories.

JOB ID: 25086818

Job Locations: United States, MI, Madison Heights, MI

Contact information for application-related questions: talent.acquisition@henkel.com

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