Description/Role

• Your place of work can be in Troisdorf, UK, Finland, Benelux or the Czech Republic
• Ensure growth and maximize sales volume of specialty interlayers in the UK, IRL, Scandinavia, Balticum regions
• Responsibility for achieving business targets (including revenue, pricing, accounts receivable, inventory, fixed costs and safety/ethics, customer technical support)
• Enforcing price increases and setting pricing guidelines to maintain high margins for layer pads
• Providing technical support and ensuring the handling of customer complaints and claims
• Analyzing market information from customers and ADECs
• Working with the HPP EMEA team and initiating and facilitating the sharing of best practice
• Integrating the new strategic and cultural guiding principles into daily work
• Conduct customer segmentation to improve costs and customer satisfaction
• Maintaining and expanding relationships with:
  o Leading laminated glass customers
  o Architects
  o Engineers
  o Consultants for the specification of architectural glass interlayers
  o Glaziers
• Close cross-departmental cooperation

Qualifications

• Completed Bachelor's degree in engineering, natural sciences or business administration
• At least 5 years of professional experience in technical sales, experience in the glass industry advantageous
• Extensive experience in sales and marketing of technical/chemical products
• Knowledge of key financial figures and adherence to budgets and target agreements
• Fluency in English; German and other language skills an advantage
• Very good knowledge of BDE, SAP, Power BI, Microsoft Teams, Excel, Word & Power Point and online networking tools (Zoom, Miro, etc.)

Benefits based on employment in Germany (country-specific Kuraray benefits in another country may differ)

• Permanent employment contract
• Pay scale for the chemical industry - agreed with the IGBCE
• 30 days vacation, vacation pay, annual bonus, bonus, reward pot
• Long-term account, company pension scheme, future contribution, demographic contribution
• Standard working hours, flexitime, mobile working, recording of travel times
• Systematic personnel development for talent development and succession planning
• Health measures, Careflex, Kura Safe occupational health and safety program, Employee Assistance Program / external consulting for many topics
• Canteen subsidies, parking facilities, company suggestion scheme, parent and child office (Hattersheim), company events

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Please address your application to our recruiter Mr. Achim Püschel, who you can contact on 02241 / 2555 131 if you have any questions.

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