Spare Part and Retrofit Advisor

As a Spare Part and Retrofit Advisor for Extrusion and Retreading equipment, your responsibility is to communicate with our customers and advise them on possibilities to upgrade and retrofit existing equipment. This process starts with initial contact and discussions, and from there on, you guide the projects through to installation and beyond.

You handle the projects with the support of our multidisciplinary engineering team, which provides mechanical, hardware, software support, as well as process knowledge. furthermore; 

• Field inspections and remote support are part of the tasks, allowing you to interact with customers. 
• You work together with your colleagues to resolve any problems with machines in the field.
• Helping customers to restart production as quickly as possible is part of your responsibility.

You are situated locally in Cham, Germany, and work in the department with another colleague on site, as well as with team members in our headquarters in Epe.
Other colleagues (10) you will work with closely are the Engineering Extrusion department.
You co-operate with all technical disciplines, including software, hardware, and mechanical design.

You are interested in working in a small team with different tasks. Developing new things and optimizing existing code is interesting for you. You also match the following profile;

• General interest in machine building and interdisciplinary cooperation.
• You enjoy working independently and taking responsibility.
• You are a team player and have excellent communication skills, which suit you well for cooperating with customers.
• You are fluent in German and English.

VMI is a leading, very strong and reliable player in the market worldwide. We develop and produce high-tech, innovative products.

There is plenty of technical knowledge: a great opportunity to expand your knowledge within Engineering. Due to the size of the company, there are plenty of challenges and possibilities to develop and increase your personal growth.

Other important information to mention is:

• Besides an excellent salary, we offer a good work-life balance including a generous leave policy of 30 days off, opportunities for working from home and a flexible work schedule.

• We have generous overtime compensation and allowances when travelling abroad.

• There is an excellent profit-sharing policy.

• An informal, pleasant working atmosphere where we work closely together.

• Training opportunities, access to the VMI Academy (an online learning environment) and internal development paths.

• International opportunities through our offices and customers worldwide.

• Innovation is a key theme within VMI, we spend more than 5% of our annual turnover on R&D to stay ahead in the market.

• Do you like to be active? At VMI you can spend your energy at various sports events, often linked to the sponsorship of a good cause.

Are you interested in this vacancy? Apply directly via the application button on this page. For more information you can reach out to Simon Wachter (Manager Order Engineering) via +491608969884. 

A screening research is part of the application procedure.