As the largest pureplay adhesives company in the world, H.B. Fuller’s (NYSE: FUL) innovative, functional coatings, adhesives and sealants enhance the quality, safety and performance of products people use every day. Founded in 1887, with 2024 revenue of $3.6 billion, our mission to Connect What Matters is brought to life by more than 7,500 global team members who collaborate with customers across more than 30 market segments in over 140 countries to develop highly specified solutions that enable customers to bring world-changing innovations to their end markets. Learn more at www.hbfuller.com.

PRIMARY DUTIES

•Lab Assessments – manage customer substrates preparation/storage, schedule coater, run lab assessments on coaters, complete all testing and prepare a formal report summarizing results.

•Application Specification – Create new test methods when appropriate and prepare formal documentation for results.

•Quality Complaints – to obtain internal data from HBF manufacturing to evaluate complaints.  Run trials/tests in the lab or on the coater to verify possible quality issues.

•Customer Demonstrations – Complete pre-demo plan, travel to customer location to run demonstration, prepare formal documentation of demonstration.

•Market Assessment – collect samples products from stores and evaluate market trends, product differences/similarities and adhesive usage.

•Product Recommendation – Determine the best product recommendations based on substrates & performance requirements.  Run preliminary testing of adhesives to screen best candidates.

•Communication – formal reports will be completed of each project, updates to the Business Area and Technical Area on project status & priorities.

Required Skills:

•B.S. Degree in technical field (Chemistry, Science, Engineering)

•Demonstrated technical knowledge

•Basic mechanical skills

•Excellent communication skills

•Coachable

•Professional presentation skills

•Ability to collaborate cross-functionally

•Ability to acquire knowledge of adhesives performance and applications of product range within 6 month period

•Strong technical skills

•Excellent project management skills

•Excellent computer literacy

•Good understanding of supply chain process

•Ability to work in a fast and changing environment

•Ability to travel with region - approximately 50% of time.

H.B. Fuller is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and proud to have created a collaborative culture where employees around the world are seen, heard, and respected. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, or marital status or status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected classification.

H.B. Fuller does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or staffing firms. To conduct business with H.B. Fuller, a written service agreement must be executed by Human Resources prior to submitting any information relating to a potential candidate. Without a signed service agreement, H.B. Fuller shall not be obligated for payment of any fee or compensation.