Account Manager - Nutrition
Brenntag
- South Plainfield, NJ
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Meet sales objectives and focus on customer retention as well as improving overall customer satisfaction (also through digital channels).
- Identify customer potentials, i.e., opportunities for cross- and range-selling to existing customers and engage relevant stakeholders (e.g., Brenntag Essentials sales staff).
- Set strategies and targets for growth of customers in assigned territory (sales plan); align with Sales Manager.
- Frequently conduct customer visits and prepare the meetings using all available tools and reports, coordinate, negotiate and close proposals.
- Manage spot business/ rush offers, get support from Commercial Assistant when necessary.
- Liaise with relevant stakeholders to create in a timely manner the best solution for the customer and extract maximum value (e.g., Sales Management, Industry Marketing Management, Application Development).
- Act as major point of contact to customers in assigned territory in all commercial matters.
- Conduct market studies on potential new product opportunities by contacting customers to gather interest and test market demand.
- Leverage Brenntag Connect to generate and maximize sales.
- Spot opportunities for launching sales projects in cooperation with other departments like Industry Marketing Management, Application Development and suppliers.
- Identify and prioritize prospective customers.
- Get in contact with prospects and involve relevant stakeholders to nurture leads down the pipeline.
- Liaise with Brenntag Essentials sales staff on customers with new Brenntag Specialties business opportunities.
- Set and maximize prices considering value-based pricing and customer segmentation within guidelines provided by Product Management/Industry Marketing Management.
- Ensure appropriate data administration and documentation of all business cases in the local CRM system (e.g., post processing of visits, creation of customer projects).
- Update and maintain customer opportunity pipelines and potentials in the CRM system
- Complete sales and revenue-related reporting.
- Drive commercial and functional excellence based on guidance/input from Commercial Excellence Function.
- Provide regular forecasts of product demand from customers to Industry Marketing Management to optimize projected demand requirements.
- Maintain an up-to-date level of product knowledge, e.g., via training.
- Keep up to date with changes and updates in the product portfolio and in the market.
- Keep up to date on feedstock and upstream developments that impact product price movements.
- Preferably Post-Secondary Education with a focus in Business, Science or equivalent.
- Experience in the chemical distribution business, preferably in a sales capacity (3 to 5 years previous experience in sales role).
- Product, technical and market knowledge of respective Industry/Application.
- Individual development, on-the-job training, and development programs designed to help our employees grow in their careers.
- Competitive pay and incentives.
- Various healthcare plan options as well as 401(k).
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