Sales Area Manager – Chemical Intermediates & Specialties

Role Overview

• Provide advice to customers to support their purchasing decisions
• Drive business development by researching the market, identifying new customers and launching additional products
• Build strong, long-lasting relationships by offering information and supply-chain services
• Cooperate with and receive support from internal partners in Product Management and Inside Sales, while providing guidance where appropriate
• Keep customer reports up to date and highly valued

Requirements

• Experience in trading volatile chemical raw materials or specialties for industrial customers is mandatory
• Fluent business-level French and English; additional languages are a plus
• Strong sales personality with the presence to represent the company at all levels of negotiation
• Ability to build and maintain trusting relationships
• Comfortable learning and using CRM systems and able to interpret figures and statistics
• Well organized in managing a diverse set of tasks and responsibilities
• Willingness to take responsibility, hands-on attitude and willingness to travel (approx. 50%)

Benefits

• Attractive fixed salary and competitive variable component
• Company car
• Laptop
• Mobile phone
• Training and development
• A secure, responsible senior sales role with opportunities for growth