Fortune Personnel of Houston, Inc.

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Fortune Personnel of Houston, Inc. is seeking a Product Application Development Engineer to support their Texas operations. The role involves managing key projects related to the design, development, manufacturing, and marketing of engineered plastics products, while collaborating with various internal and external teams. Responsibilities • Ability to lead the sales / market development effort and bring new products from concept through commercialization. • Actively participates in assigned project teams. Acquires product information through market research and regional input to assure projects meet the needs of the intended markets. • Identifies market trends, issues and competitive environment and forms strategic plans for product brand or sub-segment. • Leads the effort to initiate new product strategies in the form of supporting existing brands and/or sub-segment and creating new products. • Evaluates the needs of product marketing and sales personnel on a global basis and initiates strategies that meet regional and worldwide requirements. • Works across multiple internal and external groups such as design, packaging and labeling, regulatory claims, advertising, sales force education. • Experience in a highly regulated manufacturing environment is a plus. Skills • BS in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science or Polymer Science. • 3 plus years of experience in plastics, plastics compounding, food grade packaging. • Ability to lead the sales / market development effort and bring new products from concept through commercialization. • Actively participates in assigned project teams. Acquires product information through market research and regional input to assure projects meet the needs of the intended markets. • Identifies market trends, issues and competitive environment and forms strategic plans for product brand or sub-segment. • Leads the effort to initiate new product strategies in the form of supporting existing brands and/or sub-segment and creating new products. • Evaluates the needs of product marketing and sales personnel on a global basis and initiates strategies that meet regional and worldwide requirements. • Works across multiple internal and external groups such as design, packaging and labeling, regulatory claims, advertising, sales force education. • Experience in a highly regulated manufacturing environment is a plus. • Certification in PMP and MCPM would be helpful. Company Overview • *A leading recruiting company, since 1978, specializing in the Oil & Gas, Refining, Petrochemical, Oilfield, Chemical and Polymer industries. It was founded in 1978, and is headquartered in Houston, Texas, US, with a workforce of 2-10 employees. Its website is http://www.fpchouston.com.