Sales Engineer Southern California

Henkel
Culver City, CA

What you´ll do

  • The Sales Engineer is a professional sales position, based remotely, responsible for growing, managing and servicing surface treatment customers in Coil and General Industry.
  • Provides input to Manager on customer needs, business trends, competitive situations in territory.
  • Executes pricing actions Coordinates with application engineering to conduct line trials / (re)solve customer requests and complaints.
  • Executes customer roadmap and manages / closes respective CRM tool (ACE) growth opportunities.
  • Delivers KP OSG and PC % in territory / at defined accounts.
  • Executes local sales plans (short, mid, long term) in line with SBU strategy to maintain and develop existing / acquire new customers.
  • Builds and maintains relationships with customers and distributors.
  • Steers and drives regional execution of sales and channel excellence roadmap.
  • Drives and manages regional implementation of framework, policy and channel strategy development.
  • Drives strategic projects on sales and channel excellence (e.g. ACE) in the region.
  • Drives global / regional / local implementation of eCommerce strategy.
  • Enforces channel discipline according to channel growth and development targets regionally.
  • Determines greatest underexploited channel growth opportunities for the region.
  • Aligns with global sales and channel excellence for regional roll-outs and with counterparts of other SBUs especially for shared.
  • Cooperates with pricing team and ensures continuous regional price alignment.
  • Sponsors or manages distribution key accounts at global / regional / local level.
  • Continuously evaluates existing and possible channel partners Pro-actively maintains understanding of market developments and relevant product knowledge.
  • Travels regularly in market to support understanding.
  • Critically reviews success of launches, promotions and activities to ensure continual improvement of materials & targeting.

What makes you a good fit

  • BS/BA in Business, Chemistry, Engineering or related area or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • 5 + years of relevant technical sales, strategic account responsibility, laboratory or manufacturing experience (preferably in metal finishing) and a progressive record of self-starting results.
  • Ability to travel regionally, up to 50%, depending on location of home-based office.
  • The territory for this position will include the Greater Los Angeles area with the plan to expand into both Arizona and Colorado.
  • Excellent communication, collaboration and relationship building skills.
  • Strong disciplined self-starter willing to continue learning while developing the pipeline in the territory and maintaining existing customers.

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 $95,000.00 - $125,000.00. 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: 26090400

Job Locations: United States, CA, Culver City | United States, CA, Irvine | United States, CA, Los Angeles | United States, CA, Rancho Dominguez

Contact information for application-related questions: [email protected]

Please do not use this email address for sending your application or CV. To apply, please click on the "Apply for this role" button below. Applications sent via e-mail will not be accepted.

Application Deadline: As long as the vacancy is listed on our Career Site, we are happy to receive your application

Job-Center: If you have an application already, you can create or log in to your account here to check the status of your application. In case of new account creation, please use your email address that you applied with.

Posted 2026-01-12

Recommended Jobs

New Store - Produce Team Receiver - Full Time - Los Gatos, CA - Opening Spring 2026

Whole Foods Market
Los Gatos, CA

Maintain a positive company image by providing courteous, friendly, and efficient customer service. Support the Team Leader, Associate Team Leader, Supervisor and Regional Team by maintaining region…

View Details
Posted 2026-02-18

Industrial Mechanic (165901)

The Kroger Co - La Habra Bakery
La Habra, CA

Description for Candidates:   Perform tasks related to preventative maintenance, mechanical machine repairs, inspection and testing of equipment, building maintenance and specific projects. Perform …

View Details
Posted 2025-12-15

Locum General Anesthesiologist

Palm Careers
Fontana, CA

&##128313; LOCUM ANESTHESIOLOGIST General | Fontana, CA 4-Day Workweek | Weekend Rotation | Structured, High-Volume Practice This general anesthesiology assignment in Fontana, CA offers a steady fo…

View Details
Posted 2026-01-28

Product Manager, Web & Apps

California Academy Of Sciences
San Francisco, CA

About the California Academy of Sciences The California Academy of Sciences is a globally renowned scientific and cultural institution located in the heart of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. Hom…

View Details
Posted 2026-02-28

Senior Staff Software Engineer, Agentic Test Platform

Sofi
San Francisco, CA

The Role: We are looking for an experienced Senior Staff Software Engineer to join our Builder Tools engineering organization with a mission to enable SoFi engineers to elegantly solve problems. I…

View Details
Posted 2026-02-13

Financial Analyst - Pluto TV

West Hollywood, CA

#WeAreParamount on a mission to unleash the power of content… you in? We’ve got the brands, we’ve got the stars, we’ve got the power to achieve our mission to entertain the planet – now all we’re …

View Details
Posted 2026-01-24

Warehouse Manager - Freight Forwarder (Chinese Bilingual)

Recruiting For Less
City of Industry, CA

Our client offers a comprehensive international logistics enterprise, with specialties in international transportation, domestic freight, warehousing and distribution, packaging, foreign trade, and i…

View Details
Posted 2026-01-31

Staff Product Manager, Trading

Altruist
San Francisco, CA

About Altruist Altruist is transforming the multi-trillion dollar wealth management industry by building an AI platform for wealth professionals. We partner with financial advisors nationwide, e…

View Details
Posted 2026-02-22

Test & Evaluation Engineer 3

Global
El Segundo, CA

Description:  System Test Engineer (Space Systems) supporting the Engineering team in El Segundo, CA, responsible for performing hardware and software verification tests on s…

View Details
Posted 2026-02-18

Locum Pediatric Anesthesiologist

Palm Careers
Los Angeles, CA

&##128313; LOCUM ANESTHESIOLOGIST Pediatric | Los Angeles, CA 100% Weekday Shifts | No Call or Weekends | Top Academic Setting Join a high-level academic team in Los Angeles as a pediatric anesthes…

View Details
Posted 2026-01-28