Technical Sales Manager, Coatings, BeNeLux Region, Home-Office

Technical Sales Manager, Coatings, BeNeLux Region, Home-Office

This is a fantastic opportunity for a technical professional in the coatings area to move into a role with a more commercial focus whilst maintaining technical input. You will be working directly with production and development teams at coating manufacturing companies across the BeNeLux region, advising them on the best products for their formulations and selling based upon their needs, giving you a lot of job satisfaction.

As Technical Sales Manager for Coatings you will be responsible for managing the company's huge product portfolio including building supplier relationships, managing existing customer accounts and developing business with new coatings manufacturers in the BeNeLux region, so whilst sales is a large part of the role you will also get a lot of a variety in the role.

The company you will be working for are a distributor of chemical specialties for paints & coatings with products including a large of fillers, binders, additives and resins for the architectural, automotive, industrial and wood coatings markets, so you will get a lot of option in which companies to work with and the offering you can give them, ensuring it is easier to build a good sales pipeline.

With an established portfolio of over 2,500 clients worldwide covering all their product areas, you will be working with companies which have an existing relationship, meaning that you won't have to start from scratch in building new client relationships and new business so you can start making sales very quickly.

Responsibilites:

• Technical Product Management including managing supplier relationships
• Proactively approaching new companies and developing new business
• Managing existing customer accounts and developing these relationships
• Following up on sales opportunities and proactively approaching potential customers in the market
• Developing sales strategy and conducting regular market analysis to identify potential business opportunities

Company:

• Client portfolio of 2,500 companies worldwide
• Sell specialty chemicals to the Coatings, Cosmetics, Pharma and Lubricants industries
• Offer autonomous working and put a lot of trust in their staff meaning employees can manage their own time
• Consistently growing and currently hiring across the business for Commercial staff
• Training in French and high-level sales skills provided to technical staff looking to transition

Requirements:

• 3 years experience in development of coating systems (aqueous solvent or water based, 2k 100% solid, UV curable)
• Fluent Dutch, Business level English essential
• Desire to develop technical sales skills
• Initial experience in sales preferred but not a requirement (training will be provided)

For a confidential discussion about this position or other opportunities in Technical Sales or R&D send an up to date Microsoft Word version of your CV to Arthur Mills at NonStop Chemical on a.mills@nonstop-chemical.com or call me on +49 892 109 3363.

NonStop Chemical is the specialist agency for recruitment in the Chemicals, Agrochemicals and Cosmetics Industries across Europe. Having forged our reputation in REACh Regulatory Affairs over the last 7 years we offer clients and candidates industry leading service levels (verified by APSCo) and expert knowledge. We have individual consultants specialising in R&D, Sales, REACh, Regulatory Affairs, EHS, Geotechnical, Geo-Environmental, Remediation, Contaminated Land, Ecology, Air Quality, Acoustics and Supply Chain.

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