IDArea Manger, South Korea and Southeast Asia - Seoul Office

We are seeking a dynamic Area Manager to join our Sales team, covering South Korea and Southeast Asia. This position is a fixed term contract for 3 years. This role is crucial in driving sales growth and building strong relationships with customers across the region as we expand our portfolio of journals, databases, eBooks, and archive products.

Although this role location is Seoul, South Korea, this is a home working position with the flexibility to work remotely within your territory, with the expectation that you will travel 2-3 days per week on average for customer site visits, exhibitions, and conferences. This role involves working outside of core hours and requires regular national and international travel.

Key Responsibilities:

• Promote and proactively sell Royal Society of Chemistry products to customers across South Korea and Southeast Asia, including consortia, universities, and corporate institutions, with a target of 3 customer meetings per day during travel periods.

• Work collaboratively with the Sales Manager, Asia Pacific to develop customer proposals and achieve sales targets.

• Develop and maintain strong business relationships with new and existing customers to ensure renewal and growth of business.

• Maintain sales and revenue analysis reports, accurately forecasting sales performance and tracking progress against targets.

• Proactively follow up on sales leads and enquiries, presenting and demonstrating relevant products to meet customer needs.

• Maintain up-to-date customer profiles via Salesforce, detailing contacts, areas of interest, opportunities, tasks, and activities.

• Represent RSC at academic and industry conferences and symposiums to maintain strong relations with impactful communities.

• Provide customer and market feedback to marketing and editorial teams on existing and potential products.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Successful field sales experience with a proven record of exceeding sales targets, preferably in STM publishing sales.

• Advanced negotiation and influencing techniques with strong closing strategies.

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including verbal and written presentation skills.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office; experience of CRM systems (i.e., Salesforce).

• Self-starter and team player with the ability to work independently.

• Fluent spoken and written English and Korean

• Valid, clean driving licence.

• Experience of sales agent management is desirable.

• Master's degree in Materials Science, Physics, Chemistry, Engineering, or similar is desirable.

About Us:

The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) is a not-for-profit organisation with a thriving international community of over 60,000 members, an internationally renowned publisher of high-quality chemical science knowledge and the professional body for chemists in the UK, with a reputation as an influential champion for the chemical sciences. Our purpose is to help the chemical science community make the world a better place.

Why Join Us?

At the RSC, we are committed to fostering a high-performing organisation that amplifies the impact of chemical sciences through strategic partnerships and customer-focused solutions. This role offers a unique opportunity to shape our presence in the South Korea and Southeast Asia markets, build meaningful relationships with leading academic and corporate institutions, and be a key contributor to our international growth.

How to Apply:

If you are interested in this role, please apply before the end of the closing date. When applying, you will need to provide an up-to-date CV and a supporting statement (no more than 500 words) indicating how your skills and expertise match the competencies outlined in the Job advert.

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We are committed to making our recruitment processes accessible to all and as part of this, we are flexible in the ways we give and receive information. If you would like to apply using a different format, please contact the Recruitment Team at or on +44 (0) and we will do our best to put any reasonable adjustments in place.

Visit our Work For Us website to learn more about us, our benefits, equal opportunities statement and inclusive culture pledge.

At the RSC, we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce and welcome applicants from a range of backgrounds to apply. We particularly encourage applications from disabled and ethnic minority candidates.

As a part of the Disability Confident Scheme, we endeavour, where possible, to offer an interview to candidates meeting the essential criteria of the role, who has a substantial physical/mental impairment which impacts their ability to carry out day-to-day tasks.

We are committed to making our recruitment processes accessible to all and as part of this, we are flexible in the ways we give and receive information. If you would like to apply using a different format, please…