A Customer Solutions Order Engineer provides technical expertise to the sales team and FL (front line) CSE, understands customer needs, and transforms these needs into optimal KONE solutions. 
CSE Engineer, Solution is part of the KONE early engagement team and ensures that KONE offerings and specifications are included in the customer’s building specifications. 

Focusing on non-standard tendering cases, the CSE Engineer, Solution is accountable for the customer's overall solution, including integrations, solutions, services, and products. He/she takes responsibility for defining the specifications, costs, and lead times in cooperation with other front-line parties, Supply Line, and Area and Global support functions. 

CSE Engineer, Solution has a deep understanding of new KONE solutions (e.g., project management, and installation) across business lines and a holistic understanding of certain customer segments, such as retail, infrastructure, residential, office, or medical care. 

CSE Engineer, Solution takes into consideration all product and planning aspects when defining a solution e.g. corporate materials from the supply line, local materials from sourcing, costing of engineering, and installation. 

Responsibilities and key activities

Collaboration with sales:

Responsible for finding optimal technical solutions to meet the customer’s needs for non-standard

Ensures clarity on the solution’s scope, including KONE and possible third-party offerings

Select 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 costs

Involves CSE Engineer and system to understand the cost for integrations.

Involves Supply Line, installation, and project management to understand the materials

Solution planning – Specs:

Coordinates specification creation

Performs initial and revised non-standard energy calculations

Performs traffic analyses

Accountable for technical feasibility checking

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 fulfills 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 fulfills 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 Delivery process

Accountable for the creation of full shop L/O drawings or Installation layouts

Accountable for corporate material order engineering

Coordinates and analyses change requirements (variation orders and add works); ensures that holistic proposals for the new solution design are provided

Coordinates the work of all involved CSE Engineers and Specialists

Proposes change order (variations and add works) sales opportunities to Project Managers

Accountable for understanding the variance between the design of the site versus the reality of the site

Provides solution-related information to Project Managers, Installation Supervisors and Maintenance Supervisors

Performs technical submittal documentation

Accountable for material sample ordering

Handles SAP Milestone management accurately 

Identifies Request for information (RFI) whenever applicable

Coordinates with Sourcing the approval related to third-party supplier ordering and samples

May participate in customer meetings if technical solution-related topics are required to be discussed.

Are you the one?

Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or another relevant field, or several years’ experience in elevator business field operations

Minimum 5 years of relevant engineering experience in elevator business field operations

Excellent skills in understanding and translating customer needs (requirements) into KONE technical specifications

Understanding of new construction and building modernization processes in the industry and at KONE.

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