Sales Account Manager

BASF

Sales Account Manager for BASF managing chemical market accounts and driving business growth. Collaborating with stakeholders and identifying new market opportunities with significant customer interaction.

Posted 6/5/2026full-timeRemote • Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLead💰 $150,000 - $175,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Managing a variety of customers and consistently driving to find new business opportunities.
Striving to support organic growth targets.
Developing and managing lead generation and collaborating with Product Managers, Business Development while closing new business opportunities.
Identifying new customers and valuable market intelligence in North America to support organic growth.
Creating a winning value proposition for all stakeholders.
Building lasting customer relationships to identify business opportunities and trends, building a strong network with internal stakeholders.
Participating as a Sales and customer management professional including Salesforce collaboration, call reports, reporting of any key intelligence data collected, contract management & negotiations, price, and margin management of customer portfolio.

Requirements

What you’ll need

A Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Engineering, or Business.
8+ years Sales and customer experience.
Commodity experience (preferred).
Excellent planning, organizing and work management skills to effectively prioritize customer needs and BASF needs.
Experience and success being a self-starter.
Effective and persuasive communication and presentation skills that sell benefits and creates value.
Strong customer focus combined with an entrepreneurial approach that creates a winning value proposition for all stakeholders.
The willingness to learn and apply sales techniques.
Microsoft Office Suite - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Share Point.
CRM and Salesforce experience (preferred).

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexible work arrangements whenever possible
Highly competitive retirement savings plan with company match and investment options
Well-being programs that include comprehensive mental health support for you and your household family members
Family forming benefits (fertility, adoption and surrogacy reimbursement, maternity/parental leave, and more)
Back-up child and elder care with discount programs for families of all ages and stages
Mentoring and career development opportunities that allow you to share, learn, and thrive
Matching gifts program that allows you to deepen the impact of your contributions to qualified charities.
Employee crisis support for when the unexpected happens
Access to our BASF wine cellar, employee discounts, and much more!

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Hard Skills & Tools

SalesLead generationContract managementNegotiationsPrice managementMargin managementMarket intelligenceCustomer portfolio managementSales techniques

Soft Skills

PlanningOrganizingWork managementEffective communicationPersuasive presentationCustomer focusEntrepreneurial approachSelf-starterRelationship buildingNetworking