Account Manager

We are looking for a Sales Executive/Account Manager to work for a Speciality Chemical manufacturer who sells chemicals primarily to paper/pulp manufacturers, previous experience within this market is highly desirable.

The Sales Executives will focus primarily on developing new business while maintaining existing customers in their region or strategic business unit to drive new sales. Utilize internal smart digital technologies and customer relationship management programs to grow business and customer relationships. Help to technically support team members as needed. This position is critical to diversifying the customer base of the region while actively focused on MPC generation sales projects.

Coaching the personnel around them is a very important task as we strive for knowledge sharing with people who can make their whole team stronger.

• MPC generation at new customer accounts
• MPC metrics in KPM tracked quarterly
• Safety Leader
• Successful trial/business conversions
• New accounts/ programs gained in KPMs, tracked quarterly
• Highly involved with sales funnel planning and tracking with Sales Manager or Strategic Account Leader

• Job Competencies – Results Leadership:
• Focus on Results - Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances.
• Plans and Aligns Planning and prioritizing work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals.
• Ensures Accountability - Holding self and others accountable to meet commitments.
• Job Competencies – People Leadership:
• Collaborates - Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
• Engages & Inspires - Creating a climate where people are motivated to do their best to help the organization achieve its objectives.
• Job Competencies – Leadership:
• Decision Quality - Making good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward.
• Possibility Thinking - Creating new and better ways for the organization to be successful.
• Customer Focus - Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.
• Technical Job Knowledge - Applying specialized, technical job knowledge that is needed to perform the job successfully.
• Job Competencies – Self:
• Manages Ambiguity
  - Operating effectively, even when things are not certain, or the way forward is not clear.
• Nimble Learning - Actively learning through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as learning fodder.

• Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) from four-year college or university
• Pulp & Paper, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, or Biology.
• 5 years + proven sales record and or years related experience and/or training, or
• 5 years + of experience working in related industries.
• Successful selling record, preferably in chemical sales.
• Valid Driver's License

• 10 years + proven sales record and or years related experience and/or training
• Consignment inventory and billing experience
• Solid understanding of smart digital solutions and can identify customer opportunities.