About this role
<p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:112%;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:112%;font-family:'SKF Sans Office Medium'">Dear Colleagues,<br><br>We are in the process of identifying a suitable candidate for the role of Application Engineering, Industrial Markets. This position will be at level 4 based in Mumbai / Pune will report to Application Engineer Manager. Please find the job description: </span></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:112%;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:112%;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:112%;font-family:'SKF Sans Office Medium'">Position Title: </span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:112%;font-family:'SKF Sans Office Medium'">Application Engineering </span></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:112%;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:112%;font-family:'SKF Sans Office Medium'">Reports To:</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:112%;font-family:'SKF Sans Office Medium'"> Application Engineering Manager </span></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:112%;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:112%;font-family:'SKF Sans Office Medium'">Role Type:</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:112%;font-family:'SKF Sans Office Medium'"> Individual Contribution </span></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:112%;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:112%;font-family:'SKF Sans Office Medium'">Location:</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:112%;font-family:'SKF Sans Office Medium'"> Mumbai / Pune</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:112%;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:112%;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:112%;font-family:'SKF Sans Office Medium'">Job Responsibilities </span></strong></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:112%;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black"><strong><u> </u></strong></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:112%;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:112%;font-family:'SKF Sans Office Medium'">To be responsible for managing technical relational with Customers (OE/EU) or Distributors. </span></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:112%;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:112%;font-family:'SKF Sans Office Medium'">Contribute to opportunity generation and create customized value-added solutions. </span></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:112%;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:112%;font-family:'SKF Sans Office Medium'">To contribute substantially in the development and implementation of customized solutions and other unique offerings</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:112%;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:112%;font-family:'SKF Sans Office Medium'">To develop analytical methods, interpret and verify results from application engineering software’s to create value for customers</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:112%;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:112%;font-family:'SKF Sans Office Medium'">To perform Application Reviews on complex machines and equipment</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:112%;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:112%;font-family:'SKF Sans Office Medium'">To create application engineering proposals and customized solutions according to customer requirements and present to customer concisely with the application concept, design, and technical specifications.</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:112%;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:112%;font-family:'SKF Sans Office Medium'">Monitor competitor activities in respect of products and technical development and define SKF actions plan to counter those. </span></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:112%;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:112%;font-family:'SKF Sans Office Medium'">Work on customer key pain areas and develop solutions that can improve performance and result in business for SKF. </span></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:112%;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:112%;font-family:'SKF Sans Office Medium'">To evaluate technical requirements and common trend in the market and provide feedback to SKF Product/ Application Competence Centers to steer new product/service design and development.</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:112%;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:112%;font-family:'SKF Sans Office Medium'">To demonstrate, develop and transfer advanced engineering knowledge and expertise, on a high level, according to requirements in own field of work.</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:112%;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:112%;font-family:'SKF Sans Office Medium'">To identify and develop customer needs, providing high level of creativity (develop Application Specific/ Services Offering based on product performance capabilities). </span></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:112%;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:112%;font-family:'SKF Sans Office Medium'">To represent SKF and market products and services at customers and institutions through visits, presentations, seminars, and fairs.</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:112%;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:112%;font-family:'SKF Sans Office Medium'">To develop and perform Root Cause Analysis of bearing related problems, also in new types of applications.</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:112%;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:112%;font-family:'SKF Sans Office Medium'">To develop and execute internal and external trainings, act as a trainer and develop training material</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:112%;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:112%;font-family:'SKF Sans Office Medium'">Ensure that the technical details of customer’s requirements, needs, and pain area are identified, compiled, recorded, and analyzed.</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:112%;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:112%;font-family:'SKF Sans Office Medium'">Obtain customer’s product approvals in line with application proposals, product drawings, sample submitted and completed sample tests. </span></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:112%;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:112%;font-family:'SKF Sans Office Medium'">Monitor customer approval tests conducted on prototypes/initial samples at customer’s premises/installations.</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:112%;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:112%;font-family:'SKF Sans Office Medium'">Manage the portfolio of customer/technology related product development program for optimal profit</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:112%;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:112%;font-family:'SKF Sans Office Medium'">Maintain close relationship with customer’s engineering management. Represent the voice of customer during Design FMEA & Process FMEA.</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:112%;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:112%;font-family:'SKF Sans Office Medium';color:windowtext"> </span></strong></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:112%;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:112%;font-family:'SKF Sans Office Medium'">Skill Set </span></strong></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:112%;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:112%;font-family:'SKF Sans Office Medium'">Mechanical Engineering Domain Knowledge- relevant work experience in Design/Application Engineering/Maintenance</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:112%;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:112%;font-family:'SKF Sans Office Medium'">Experience of handling or working with OE/ End users.</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:112%;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:112%;font-family:'SKF Sans Office Medium'">Result driven and passion to win</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:112%;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:112%;font-family:'SKF Sans Office Medium'">Think and act decisively, and with clarity.</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:112%;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:112%;font-family:'SKF Sans Office Medium'">Collaboration and Managing Internal and External Stakeholders.</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:112%;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:112%;font-family:'SKF Sans Office Medium'">Team management</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:112%;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:112%;font-family:'SKF Sans Office Medium'">Solution selling</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:112%;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:112%;font-family:'SKF Sans Office Medium'">Basic understanding of logistics at a distributor point</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:112%;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:112%;font-family:'SKF Sans Office Medium'"> </span></strong></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:112%;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:112%;font-family:'SKF Sans Office Medium'">KPIs</span></strong></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:112%;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:112%;font-family:'SKF Sans Office Medium'">No of New Solutions (New Market Offer / Engineered to Order/Application specific Offer ) introduced in the Segment</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:112%;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:112%;font-family:'SKF Sans Office Medium'">No of Industry visibility activities done – conduct technical forums/ seminars with customer.</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:112%;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:112%;font-family:'SKF Sans Office Medium'">No of internal trainings for the SKF customer</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:112%;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:112%;font-family:'SKF Sans Office Medium'">Documented solutions for the customer.</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:112%;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:112%;font-family:'SKF Sans Office Medium'">Failure’s modes of application and probable solutions</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:112%;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:112%;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:112%;font-family:'SKF Sans Office Medium'">Education & Experience </span></strong></p> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:112%;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:112%;font-family:'SKF Sans Office Medium'">B.E / B. Tech (Mandatory) </span></li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:112%;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:112%;font-family:'SKF Sans Office Medium'">Experience of 5-8 years in Application engineering </span></li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:112%;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:112%;font-family:'SKF Sans Office Medium'">Industry –Bearings</span></li> </ul> <p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:112%;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'SKF Sans Office';color:black"> </p>