External Account Manager

Qualifications And Job Description

Job Description & Required Business Acumen

• Developing a growth & margin-oriented strategy focused both on lucrative financial gain and customer satisfaction upon raw material and chemical sales in Cosmetics, Personal Care & Cleaning industries.
• Searching new potential customers& decide on price and sales strategies.
• Promoting new raw materials referring to the customer current projects or proactive approach to develop new business / trends market presentations to the customers.
• Research of the current market conditions & following the competitor prices and the competitor’s new launches.
• Following the finance status /payment schedule of the customers.
• Finding solutions to customer payment problems.
• Communicate with the suppliers on the technical promotion, new launches and promote to the team and to the customers in his/her portfolio.
• Travel abroad to the supplier training meetings and technical seminars, to the related market global and local fairs and participating to the webinars, teleconferences with the suppliers.
• Communicate with the suppliers on the technical promotion, new launches and promote to the team and to the customers in his/her portfolio.
• Report to the suppliers quarterly with the customer feedback to the project pipelines, report the monthly sales figures and give feedback concerning the competition in the market /potentials.

Desired Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, preferably from reputable universities.
• 3-6 years of trackable experience in raw material chemicals sales in Personal Care, Cosmetics & Cleaning industries, account management, planning and implementing sales strategies.
• Fluency in English and excellent numeric sales skill set.
• Ability to maintain long-lasting relations in customer management with excellent communication and process management skills.
• Strong commercial outlook and sales approach to account management.
• Travelling within Saudi Arabia is a must.
• the position is based in Jeddah.
• Brenntag provides equal employment opportunities to qualified applicants and employees of all backgrounds and identities to create a workplace where difference is valued because it forms a resilient and more innovative organization.
• We do not discriminate on the basis of age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race, religion or belief, parental and family status, or any other protected characteristic.
• We welcome applications from women, men and non-binary candidates of all ethnicities and socio-economic backgrounds.