Senior Account Representative

Filaments Americas Region is seeking an Account Manager to develop and manage accounts in the filament market across North America. This professional will be responsible for driving growth in the region, fostering new opportunities, and ensuring solid commercial results.

The role focuses on markets such as toothbrushes, cosmetic brushes, industrial/Abrasive, paintbrushes, etc.

The ideal candidate will have an energetic profile, exceptional interpersonal skills, and the ability to navigate multicultural environments, interacting with technical teams in the US and China, as well as clients and partners across North America.

This position can be located in Wilmington, DE, Washington, WV or Auburn Hills, MI

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  Manage and expand existing accounts across North America, ensuring excellent service and continuous business developme
• nt.
  
  Develop and maintain a strong knowledge of the markets and competitive landscape in support of product and solution development. Identify growth opportunities and new markets for filament products in the region, with a focus on high-value applicatio
• ns.
  Develop strategic account plans, drive topline growth at key accounts through KAM (Key Account Management) including setting growth strategies, delivering effective account planning, building and managing multi-level & cross-functions relationships, and successful execut
• ion.
  Work closely with the technical support team to deliver tailored solutions to custo
• mers.
  
  Continually draws insights on customer needs and seeks new sales opportunities from multiple channels to build healthy growth funnels. Build and maintain a robust sales funnel, ensuring revenue, volume, and margin growth targets are achi
• eved.
  
  Monitor the brushes and filaments market, including competition and trends, to support strategic decis
• ions.
  
  Actively engage in complex negotiations, leveraging interpersonal and commercial skills to secure positive outc
• omes.
  
  Work with downstream brand owners to drive pull through demand and enhance Filament’s brand awareness via creative marketing campaigns and act
• ives.
  
  Identify high growth markets and define the strategy, business model, product positioning, margin structure, sales channels accordingly and drive execution to accelerate g
• rowth
  
  Conduct a regular, routine process for managing sales objectives including Key Account Plans, Call Reports and execution tracking of f
• tions:
  Bachelor’s degree required in business, engineering or other appropriate disc
• ipline.
  5-7 years of relevant commercial experience with strong business, financial and legal
• acumen
  
  Experience in polymers, synthetic materials, or related markets is
• a plus.
  
  Effective negotiation and interpersonal skills, national/global account management experience pr
• eferred
  
  Strategic mindset to be able to see the big picture and the underlying business opportunities;
  Analytical ability to develop business cases and analyze marke
• t data.
  
  Energetic, self-motivated with a highly entrepreneurial spirit and able to thrive in a results-driven envir
• onment.
  
  Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to work in multicultural and adaptable enviro
• nments.
  
  Strong negotiation skills, with the ability to thrive in challenging scenarios and maintain a focus on financial r
• esults.
  
  Capacity to collaborate with technical and administrative support teams locally and gl
• obally.
  
  Explore in uncertain markets, adapt to shifting priorities, anticipate and resolve challenges through understanding internal and external working pro
• cesses.
  
  Work under pressure, ability to work and excel in a constantly changing envir
• onment.
  
  Requires up to 50% domestic and inter-region