About the role

  • Sales Account Manager in the chemical distribution industry, responsible for managing accounts and expanding business relationships. Focused on customer satisfaction and technical support to enhance overall value.

Responsibilities

  • Improve Univar’s position within each account using consultative and in-depth selling at all levels within the account
  • Prospect for new business by conducting sales calls to actively grow the size of the territory
  • Focus on customer retention and overall customer satisfaction
  • Provide customer technical support and consultant services to increase overall value to the customer
  • Maintain a clear updated view of your sales pipeline
  • Set pricing and service levels, as well as maintain and coordinate customer quotations or provide necessary information to allow local branches to do so
  • Coordinate with Local Sales, Purchasing, and Operations to ensure proper inventory levels
  • Demonstrate commitment to safety, both personal and of colleagues

Requirements

  • 5+ years of outside sales experience in manufacturing, distribution, industrial, or chemical industry sales
  • CASE experience is highly appreciated
  • Technical degree (Technical Science, Chemistry, Engineering) is highly appreciated
  • Ability to nurture an extensive network of contacts
  • Demonstrated competitive drive
  • Strong business savvy, including an understanding of the business relationship between manufacturers, distributors, and end-users of chemical products and services
  • Well-honed listening skills and a problem-solving mindset to uncover needs and motivations to overcome objections to closing a sale
  • Effective negotiation skills
  • Ability to travel within the assigned territory

Benefits

  • Total Rewards package that includes market aligned pay and incentives
  • Diverse benefits offering to support physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing

Job title

Sales Account Manager II

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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