3M has a long-standing reputation as a company committed to innovation. We provide the freedom to explore and encourage curiosity and creativity. We gain new insight from diverse thinking, and take risks on new ideas. Here, you can apply your talent in bold ways that matter.

Job Description:

Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World

Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a diversity of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with curious, creative 3Mers.

“A long-lasting career at 3M comes from having vision, imagination and the ability to see what doesn’t exist. 3Mers are groundbreaking innovators and it’s important that we give every person the space for disruptive and creative thinking.” – John Banovetz, executive vice president, chief technology officer and environmental responsibility at 3M

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role

As an EMEA APPLICATION ENGINEER (m/f/*) within Home Improvement & Consumer Wellbeing (HI&CW) for Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) region, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

• Managing Application Engineering activities. Mapping key processes, identifying gaps and solutions using 3M technologies. Conducting competitive analysis.
• Contributing with insights, leading product field evaluations, developing and delivering customer training as a team member in New Product Introduction (NPI) projects.
• Supporting sales and marketing organizations with internal/external training, on-going technical coaching along with proactive sharing of product and application processes know-how.
• Creating easy to understand demo tools for sales reps and customers to show 3M product benefits and differentiation. This position will require working with customers in various settings, including customer training and trade shows.
• Authoring Digital and other training materials. Leading and influencing the industry by involvement and leadership in industry associations.

Your Skills and Expertise

To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M is looking for candidates who must have the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a science or engineering discipline
• Experience of working in a laboratory and/or technical service/application engineering environment.
• Successful record of global interaction, excellent technical presentation skills, interpersonal abilities
• Strong skills in oral and written communications, complex problem identification and solution development
• Ability to work well in a team environment and able to handle changing project priorities.
• Language: Fluent in English and French. Additional European language would be a plus (Polish, Spanish, Italian).

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• Experience in tapes and adhesives technologies.
• Experience with New Product Development (NPI) and/or Engineering, working in conjunction with customers and other internal partners (cross-functional teams).
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and Minitab or Statistical Analysis tools.
• Successful track record working with all levels within the organization, as well as external customer and supplier organizations.

Work location: Cergy (France)

Work Your Way: Hybrid (empl

Travel: May include up to 20%

Supporting Your Well-being

3M offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, 3M regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope.

Resources for You

For more details on what happens before, during and after the interview process, check out the Insights for Candidates page at 3M.com/careers.

Employment Statement

At 3M, d i v e r s i t y & inclusion are essential to innovation. We seek and value differences in people! As an equal opportunity employer, 3M will not discriminate against any applicant. If you want to discover more about D&I at 3M, please visit http://go.3M.com/4i9C

Learn more about 3M’s creative solutions to the world’s problems at www.3M.com or on Twitter @3M.

Our approach to flexibility is called Work Your Way, which puts employees first and drives well-being in ways that enable 3M’s business and performance goals. Our global Work Your Way initiative gives our employees flexibility in where and how their work can be performed, subject at all times to any location-specific rules and policies that may be in place from time to time (more information on such rules/policies can be provided upon request from the relevant in-location HR).

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