Technical Marketing Manager I

Calderys Group • Pittsburgh, PA

15h

About The Position

HWI has a fantastic opportunity to join our Marketing Team as a Technical Marketing Manager. Summary The Technical Marketing Manager, coordinates marketing and technical selling to the Steel Ladle market. Develops market knowledge, product knowledge, and operational information for making informed business decisions. Supports Steel Marketing Director and sales representatives.

Requirements

• Requires Bachelor's degree in Engineering, such as Ceramics, Chemical, Metallurgy, Materials Science, or related field.
• Requires skilled knowledge in MS Office (i.e., Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).Requires knowledge of refractory products, installation requirements, customer processes, marketplace conditions, estimating and ability to read blueprints and drawings.
• Minimum of five years (5), preferably ten(10) years technical refractory experience, preferably in steel ladle applications. Must have five(5) years refractory product experience involving installation, research and new product development.

Nice To Haves

• MBA and/or higher engineering degree such as master/PhD helpful

Responsibilities

• Provides technical support and assistance for training, customer inquiries, engineering review, specifications review, presentations, quotations, and R&D.
• Develops marketing, sales and application engineers' product and application knowledge, training programs, and assists in their growth through field installations. Also prepares new product promotion literature.
• Maximizes lining design concepts with a balanced product portfolio and shape standards.
• Drives product rationalization in responsible market segments based on sales, ideal lining concepts, and market situations.
• Develops research plans for new product development.
• Develops new product promotion materials and solicits field trial candidates.
• Offers strategic customers sales and technical support.
• Develops competitive marketplace strategies.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees