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Today, SKF provides industry leading automotive and industrial engineered solutions through its five technology-centric platforms: bearings and units, seals, mechatronics, lubrication solutions and services. Over the years the company has evolved from being a pioneer ball bearing manufacturing company to a knowledge-driven engineering company helping customers achieve sustainable and competitive business excellence.\nSKF's solutions provide sustainable ways for companies across the automotive and industrial sectors to achieve breakthroughs in friction reduction, energy efficiency, and equipment longevity and reliability. With a strong commitment to research-based innovation, SKF India offers customized value-added solutions that integrate all its five technology platforms.\nTo know more, please visit: www.skf.com/in\n\nAbout Industrial Markets\nThe industrial market in India is a dynamic and rapidly evolving sector that plays a crucial role in a company’s economic growth, with the manufacturing sector being the most diverse and promising. Industrial customers aim to improve operational efficiency while prioritising quality, reliability, and value collaborations that demonstrate a commitment to customer satisfaction and address their evolving needs.\nAt SKF, we provide industry-leading engineering solutions and technologies to industrial market that consistently deliver reliability and efficiency in their day-to-day operations. We cater to a range of industrial sectors, including heavy industries, wind, metals, railways, and general machinery, and help customers achieve their key objectives, depending on their specific application needs and challenges around the machines and equipment.\n\nSKF Purpose Statement\nTogether, we re-imagine rotation for a better tomorrow.\nBy creating intelligent and clean solutions for people and the planet\nJOB DESCRIPTION\nPosition Title: Application Engineer - Railways\nReports To: Application Engineering Manager\nRole Type: Individual Contribution\nLocation: Kolkata\nJob Responsibilities\n\nTo be responsible for managing technical relational with Customers (OE/EU) or Distributors.\nContribute to opportunity generation and create customized value-added solutions.\nTo contribute substantially in the development and implementation of customized solutions and other unique offerings\nTo develop analytical methods, interpret and verify results from application engineering software’s to create value for customers\nTo perform Application Reviews on complex machines and equipment\nTo create application engineering proposals and customized solutions according to customer requirements and present to customer concisely with the application concept, design, and technical specifications.\nMonitor competitor activities in respect of products and technical development and define SKF actions plan to counter those.\nWork on customer key pain areas and develop solutions that can improve performance and result in business for SKF.\nTo evaluate technical requirements and common trend in the market and provide feedback to SKF Product/ Application Competence Centers to steer new product/service design and development.\nTo demonstrate, develop and transfer advanced engineering knowledge and expertise, on a high level, according to requirements in own field of work.\nTo identify and develop customer needs, providing high level of creativity (develop Application Specific/ Services Offering based on product performance capabilities).\nTo represent SKF and market products and services at customers and institutions through visits, presentations, seminars, and fairs.\nTo develop and perform Root Cause Analysis of bearing related problems, also in new types of applications.\nTo develop and execute internal and external trainings, act as a trainer and develop training material\nEnsure that the technical details of customer’s requirements, needs, and pain area are identified, compiled, recorded, and analyzed.\nObtain customer’s product approvals in line with application proposals, product drawings, sample submitted and completed sample tests.\nMonitor customer approval tests conducted on prototypes/initial samples at customer’s premises/installations.\nManage the portfolio of customer/technology related product development program for optimal profit\nMaintain close relationship with customer’s engineering management. Represent the voice of customer during Design FMEA & Process FMEA.\nSkill Set\nMechanical Engineering Domain Knowledge- relevant work experience in Design/Application Engineering/Maintenance\nExperience of handling or working with OE/ End users.\nResult driven and passion to win\nThink and act decisively, and with clarity.\nCollaboration and Managing Internal and External Stakeholders.\nTeam management\nSolution selling\nBasic understanding of logistics at a distributor point\nKPIs\nNo of New Solutions (New Market Offer / Engineered to Order/Application specific Offer ) introduced in the Segment\nNo of Industry visibility activities done - conduct technical forums/ seminars with customer.\nNo of internal trainings for the SKF customer\nDocumented solutions for the customer.\nFailure’s modes of application and probable solutions\nEducation & Experience\nB.E / B. 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