Assistant Sales Manager
BASF
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Singapore • 🇸🇬 Singapore
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Execute sales activities aligned with the global key account strategy to achieve agreed sales volume, pricing, and selling cost objectives
- Responsible for sales, managing and retaining existing accounts
- Responsible for business development of new accounts and new products with the existing customers to grow overall market share
- Maintain direct contact with key customer personnel, collaborate with customers and internal functions to resolve problems
- Prepare periodical forecast reports and business plans timely
- Closely monitor the status of each account to ensure all accounts are settled timely and highlight any foreseeable credit risks to the management and finance
- Ensure all business proposals and quotations are well prepared on time and price negotiations are planned and conducted in the best interest of company
- Develop and implement key sales strategies and market programs to retain existing accounts and develop into new markets for business growth
- Constantly updating market intelligence to be equipped with latest knowledge of market trends, technology developments, customers, and competitors’ activities/position in the market
- Provide inputs on pricing structure according to market price trends, customer consumption analysis, sales terms and conditions, customer profiles to ensure the highest profitable margin
- Evaluate monthly, quarterly and yearly business performance of each account to keep track of the sales performance and contribution margin achieved
- Support sales management in preparing annual Operational Planning and sales plan for the coming years.
Requirements
- Minimum bachelor’s degree in chemistry, chemical engineering, marketing, business admin or other related field
- 3 years’ relevant working experience in Chemical or Semiconductor sector as Sales
- Ability to work independently, good stakeholder management skills
- Strong ability to communicate and engage with external customers
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
- Good knowledge of SAP & Salesforce
- Knowledge of mandarin is essential.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Retirement plans
- Paid time off
- Flexible work arrangements
- Professional development
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
salesbusiness developmentaccount managementmarket analysispricing strategyforecastingperformance evaluationstakeholder management
Soft skills
communicationproblem-solvingindependencetime managementpressure management