Sales Manager – Midwest

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Sales Manager handling Midwest sales of specialty chemical additives. Focusing on technical project selling and ensuring customer satisfaction in industrial fluids.

Posted 4/17/2026full-timeRemote • Missouri • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $200,000 - $300,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Prospecting - New Markets and Customers
Ability to Close Deals
Follow-up with Urgency and Responsiveness
Excellence in Negotiating
Selling Value
Working with and Motivating Distribution
Cover Current Territory Size: $2-3 M – shared by current sales manager
Short to Mid-Term Business Potential: $1-2 M (within 1-3 years)

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s Degree – Technical Degree, Chemistry highly preferred
Minimum 3 years Sales experience
Team Based Selling Experience – Sales/Technical/Product Management
Chemical Industry experience required; Performance Chemical experience is a Bonus
The following product lines are preferred:
Specialty Additives for Industrial and Automotive Markets in general
Defoamers/Antifoams for any application
Silicone release agents
Must live in the Midwest region, preferably Michigan/Illinois and surrounding states
Travel 60% in the field (3 out of 5 days in home office, once per month flying, up to two weeks a month overnight travel)
Prefer basic understanding of industrial and automotive market regulations/compliances

Benefits

Comp & perks

Annual Base Salary, plus Bonus Target

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Hard Skills & Tools

Sales experienceTeam based sellingNegotiationClosing dealsProspectingValue sellingTechnical product managementUnderstanding of industrial regulationsUnderstanding of automotive regulationsPerformance chemicals

Soft Skills

UrgencyResponsivenessMotivating distributionExcellence in negotiation

Certifications

Bachelor’s DegreeTechnical DegreeChemistry