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The Applications Engineer will develop solutions for customers, prepare quotations, and ensure proper transfer of orders to manufacturing, requiring technical expertise and strong communication skills.

Develops and implements continuous improvements in discrete manufacturing using lean manufacturing, data analysis, root-cause corrective actions, KPI management, and process documentation. Designs manufacturing cells, improves quality and lead times, reduces costs, supports new products, and manages capital projects. Collaborates cross-functionally to ensure projects meet cost and schedule goals while incorporating safety, ergonomics, and visual shop-floor management.

Develops customer relationships, drives bookings, manages proposals and business dealings, presents product solutions, and coordinates with engineering, customer service, manufacturing, and channel partners. The role requires knowledge of rotating pumps, mechanical seals, and related equipment, along with financial acumen, reporting, product demonstrations, and customer support. It also involves site visits and physical activity, including lifting up to 50 pounds and climbing stairs or ladders.

Develops technical and commercial solutions for industrial and special-application customers and partners. Responsibilities include evaluating requests, preparing solution proposals and offers, calculating costs, coordinating with sales and technical departments, and reviewing and preparing complete orders. The role supports assigned clientele from the office and serves as a product specialist.

Supports sales teams by coordinating customer inquiries, aftermarket quotes, proposals, forecasts, reporting, and bid-cycle activities. Collaborates with engineering, manufacturing, quality, site hubs, and sales leadership to improve quotation performance, forecast accuracy, sales productivity, and customer outcomes. Maintains sales records, monitors proposal hit rates, supports continuous improvement initiatives, and applies technical and commercial requirements to pump-related solutions.

Leads a team of 10–15 technical quoting professionals supporting commercial operations. Oversees proposal quality, pricing, margins, process compliance, talent development, workload optimization, continuous improvement, budgets, and cross-functional collaboration with Sales, Engineering, and Operations. Drives faster proposal cycles, improved win rates, customer experience, and effective use of commercial tools and systems. Requires strong commercial, financial, leadership, analytical, communication, and technical industry expertise, with moderate travel.

Support ASC 740 tax provision, compliance, and audit activities for a multinational: prepare/review quarterly and annual calculations, tax journal entries, FIN 48 questionnaires, collaborate with foreign finance teams, maintain work papers, monitor tax law changes, and support departmental projects.

The ERP IT Manager provides financial and strategic support to IT leadership, manages budget processes, analyzes IT spending, and drives process improvements.

Prepare and review U.S. international tax compliance and quarterly ASC 740 calculations (GILTI, FDII, BEAT, Subpart F, FTC, 245A DRD). Oversee preparation of international tax forms, maintain compliance trackers and tax attributes, analyze foreign distributions and uncertain tax positions (FIN48), support auditors, model tax-planning scenarios, research legislative changes, and streamline processes with shared service center coordination.

Prepare and analyze financial reports, perform month-end closings and GL reconciliations under US-GAAP, maintain balance sheet account reconciliations, support SOX controls, liaise with vendors/customers on fixed assets, and assist the General Accounting team with reporting and month-end issue resolution.