Account Manager, Basic Chemicals
Biomatch
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Frankfurt • 🇩🇪 Germany
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- End-to-end sales activities: maintenance, servicing and expansion of the existing customer base
- Management of assigned customer portfolios in day-to-day business, including preparation of quotations
- Conducting price negotiations in close coordination with the business unit
- Preparation, analysis and extraction of relevant market information
- New customer acquisition and development of additional sales opportunities
- Participation in the budgeting and forecasting process
- Occasional customer visits and attendance at market-relevant appointments
- Independently following up on quotations
- Performing price calculations
- Support with annual contracts
- Coordination of internal processes, including first-level complaint handling
- Close collaboration with internal interfaces such as Credit Management, Logistics and Customer Service
Requirements
- Completed commercial training or degree – ideally with a chemical or pharmaceutical background
- Several years of professional experience (ideally 3–5 years) in the trade of commodities, e.g., in key account management, product management or internal sales
- Strong affinity for trading and enthusiasm for further developing products along the value chain
- Confident and persuasive communication skills
- Independent, structured and reliable way of working
- Team player with a strong service-oriented mindset
- Business-fluent English skills
- Proficient in MS Office and SAP
- Willingness to travel occasionally
Benefits
- Flexible hybrid working arrangement
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
price negotiationsquotation preparationmarket analysisprice calculationsbudgetingforecastingcustomer acquisitionsales opportunity developmentcomplaint handlingcustomer portfolio management
Soft skills
confident communicationpersuasive communicationindependent workingstructured workingreliable workingteam playerservice-oriented mindset
Certifications
commercial trainingdegree in chemical backgrounddegree in pharmaceutical background