LANXESS

Sales Representative, Southern Germany

LANXESS

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Germany

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About the role

  • Sales responsibility for a designated region within the Germany and BENELUX country group.
  • Represent and advocate for the division's interests with customers and other business contacts.
  • Defend and expand the division's market position within the assigned sales region.
  • Identify and capture new business opportunities.
  • Prepare, conduct and follow up on customer meetings, discussions and negotiations.
  • Develop customer and negotiation strategies in close cooperation with Product Management.
  • Gather, process, document and share customer, competitor and market information.
  • Establish, grow and maintain customer relationships and external contacts.

Requirements

  • University degree in economics/business administration, chemistry or engineering with commercial experience, or extensive professional experience.
  • Strong customer and results orientation.
  • Highly developed negotiation skills, assertiveness, and a strong ability to work in teams and communicate effectively.
  • High level of self-organization and the ability to take responsibility.
  • Experienced in digital communication and negotiations (video calls via Cisco WebEx, Microsoft Teams, etc.).
  • Willingness to travel required.
  • Local presence in the sales territory or willingness to relocate to the sales territory required.
  • Excellent written and spoken German and English.
Benefits
  • We provide competitive compensation and offer a global bonus program plus discretionary individual bonus payments.
  • We offer a range of benefits to support your financial security, health and well-being, including pension plans, health programs, life insurance and medical coverage.
  • We support work–life balance. Through our global "Xwork" program we provide a framework for implementing flexible working arrangements.
  • We are committed to your professional and personal development and encourage you to continue your training and education and to expand your knowledge through formal and informal learning.
  • We value your skills and personality — we welcome anyone who shares our values. We firmly believe that embracing diverse perspectives makes us more innovative and strengthens our competitiveness. We therefore celebrate the uniqueness of every individual and are committed to supporting employees in developing their personal potential.
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