Product Specialist

Valmet•Lithia Springs, GA

1d•Remote

About The Position

In this role as a Product Specialist, Doctoring, you will play a critical role by working directly with our customers in the Pulp & Paper industry to help grow our market in performance parts and services. Our Doctoring services and technology affects machine runnability, paper and board quality, production costs, and production efficiency. Your industry knowledge and expertise will help move our customers’ performance forward.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Paper Science, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Technology, or a related field, or equivalent industry experience.
Pro-active, curious minded individual.
Combination of education and experience in mechanical engineering and/or paper sciences disciplines.
Will spend a large portion of your time traveling.

Nice To Haves

Industry knowledge and expertise in Pulp & Paper industry.

Responsibilities

Establishes professional relationships with appropriate customer personnel such as Mill maintenance and reliability, purchasing, and production.
Responsible for growing our market in doctoring.
Requires frequent customer visits involving consulting, selling and servicing Valmet doctoring parts and solutions.
Help the customer identify their potential areas of improvement as it relates to these products in their production processes.
Perform in mill services including paper machine audits, parts inventories, and other evaluations at assigned accounts.
Secure opportunities to quote on prospective agreements and obtain orders from existing and potential customers.
Help provide a territory sales forecast/budget for assigned accounts, record call reports, and understand the market and competition.
Supports customers throughout the Midwest region of the United States and requires frequent travel within the territory.