External Account Manager

About This Role

QUALIFICATIONS AND JOB DESCRIPTION

Do you have a strong business and sales ability in the market you work in?

If you consider yourself as well with the answer of ‘Yes!’, you are about to find an attractive opportunity!

Brenntag Saudi Arabia now looks for an hands-on Account Manager for Beauty & Care Department (Personal Care, Cosmetics & Cleaning product lines) who will be an intricate part of the commercial perception, responsible for developing and delivering value-added sales activities to our company’s daily practice.

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.

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