Univar Solutions is a leading global distributor of chemicals and ingredients essential to the safety, health, and wellbeing of our daily lives. The Sales Account Manager is responsible for driving year-over-year volume and DGP growth for Bulk Chemical & Services products, managing a territory, developing new customers, and expanding business with existing accounts.
Responsibilities:
- Actively manage a territory and interact with key internal and external business associates including their Sales Director, Product Management, other Verticals and the Shared Service (Customer Service/Ops) team to efficiently and effectively support and fulfill our customer needs
- Sells deep into accounts by developing multiple contacts at various levels of management and functional groups
- Sell the Univar Value Proposition
- Ensures prospects and customers are properly qualified, including safety and environmental performance, and financial worthiness
- Maintains adequate pipeline to ensure churn (new business vs. lost business) outperforms territory goals
- Uses discretion with company funds for entertainment and travel as outlined in the company travel and expense policy
- Ability to identify, aggregate and report on all BCD product opportunities
- Owns and completes annual volume and DGP goals
- Is focused on marketing volume of regional Chlor Alkali plants
Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent business experience
- Demonstrated success driving sales growth
- Ability to travel up to 50%
- Expert relationship builder both externally and internally
- Strong commitment to teamwork and collaboration
- Strong communication skills; both verbal and written
- In-depth knowledge of chemical distribution business preferred
- Minimum 10 year sales and marketing experience, preferably in chlor-alkali and/or sulfur markets