Senior Manager, Polymer Processing, Rubber Compounding

• Conduct market research and direct sales
• Provide expert guidance for the European organization
• Lead polymer processing and rubber compounding industry development across Europe
• Turn market knowledge into business growth
• Understand value chains, customer needs, technologies and competitive landscapes
• Identify new business opportunities and acquire new customers
• Enable sales teams to develop the industries in their respective markets
• Provide sales professionals with customer value propositions, market intelligence and actionable sales arguments
• Cooperate with Product Management and Logistics
• Search worldwide for new products to further develop the portfolio with support from the New Products Team
• Build and develop long-lasting relationships with technical, purchasing and management decision-makers
• Deepen understanding of customer industries and needs
• Act as a strategic, pragmatic and convincing professional leader and guide

• Experience in business with raw materials or additives for polymer processing and/or rubber compounding is mandatory
• “Sales personality” with the format to represent the company at every negotiation level
• Ability to handle friendly and tough customer negotiations
• Ability to establish trustful relationships
• Willingness to learn and use CRM systems
• Understanding of figures and statistics
• Flexibility and ability to organize diverse challenges
• Willingness to take responsibility
• Hands-on personality
• Willingness to travel approximately 30–50%
• Business-fluent English and local language
• Application documents in English including photo, references and salary expectations

• Attractive remuneration fix and attractive variable part
• Company car
• Laptop
• Mobile
• Training
• 25 days of annual leave
• Potential for development
• Open-minded atmosphere
• Closely connected multinational team