What will you be doing?
Collaboration with sales:
• Responsible for finding optimal technical solutions to meet the customer’s needs for non-standard and modernisation cases
• Ensures clarity on the solution’s scope, including KONE and possible third-party offerings
• Participates in customer meetings and answers customers’ technical questions when needed
• Selects the correct product platform on which to make the offering
• Proposes solutions from all KONE business lines; new services, escalators, elevators, doors etc.
Solution planning – Costing:
• Responsible for correct APF solution costings
• Involves CSE Engineer, Product to understand the costing for corporate and local materials
• Involves CSE Engineer, System to understand the costing for integrations
• Involves Supply Line, installation, maintenance and project management to understand both the materials and the service cost of the solution
Solution planning – Specs:
• Coordinates specification creation
• Performs initial and revised non-standard energy calculations
• Performs traffic analyses
• Accountable for technical site surveys
• Accountable for the technical content of the order between MS 0b and MS 2z
Solution planning – Availability and lead times
• Coordinates solution lead times from Supply Line and local sourcing
Solution planning – Installability
• Ensures that the proposed solution can be installed
• Ensures that the cost and work effort impact of installation is part of the solution’s costing, especially in non-standard installation method cases
Solution planning – Maintainability
• Ensures that the proposed solution fulfils the customer’s product lifecycle needs
• Identifies possible deviations from standard maintenance methods and ensures that a resolution is found
Solution planning – Compliance
• Ensures that the proposed solution fulfils local codes, regulations and safety requirements
• Ensures alignment with environmental regulations
• Ensures that the planned solution complies with KONE engineering policy
Key tasks in the KONE Sales process
• Provides content for pre-tender and pre-booking reviews (technical solutions, costs, lead times, risks, verification of technical content in contracts)
• Executes activities for a holistic solution plan
• Leads full chain engineering teams on major projects until handover to the CSE Engineer, Project
• Hands over the engineering to CSE Engineer, Project on the most complex project cases for execution on the Start-up meeting
Key tasks in the KONE Delivery process
• Accountable for layout creation
• Analyses change requirements, and makes proposals for the new solution plan
• Provides necessary details to the CSE Specialist for ordering materials and completing the documentation process
• Proposes change order (variations and addworks) sales opportunities to the Project Manager
• Provides solution-related information to Project Managers, Installation Supervisors and Maintenance Supervisors
CSE Engineer, Solution role in the KONE SEB process
• Shares knowledge with maintenance as needed
General responsibilities
• Participates in product and new services release information-sharing sessions
• Provides technical trainings to Sales, Installation and Maintenance as per Front Line needs
• Offers input to the product offering management about customisation, standardisation and interface requirements for the portfolio
• Contribution to the Customer Solutions Engineering virtual and local network
• Contribute to and utilise the Customer Solutions Engineering case library
• Handles engineering on Modernisation (MOD) including component upgrades (small VB repairs), full replacement (FBR) or existing building lifts (EBULI)
• Is the primary front line technical contact person for the Supply Line Tendering Engineers