Sales Manager
Sun Chemical
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Köln • 🇩🇪 Germany
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Managing, developing and acquiring B2B customers
- Conducting market analyses and targeted new customer acquisition to open up new business potential
- Managing and developing existing customer relationships to ensure long-term partnerships
- Identifying customer needs and offering appropriate solutions; planning and implementing account measures; handling complaints
- Developing and implementing sales concepts and pricing strategies
- Preparing quotations, conducting price negotiations and optimizing the customer and product portfolio
- Managing and monitoring sales projects to ensure on-time implementation
- Results-oriented sales with a focus on revenue and margin development
- Attending trade fairs, maintaining networks and continuous market monitoring to strengthen the competitive position
Requirements
- Completed commercial or technical vocational training or degree
- Solid technical and market knowledge in the chemical/plastics industry, ideally in masterbatch
- Proficient with standard IT applications
- Strong communication skills, negotiation skills & ability to work in a team
- Analytical thinking and a structured working approach
- Very good German and English language skills
- Willingness to travel
Benefits
- Above-average compensation
- Performance-based bonus
- Company pension scheme
- Time value account (Wertkonto)
- Sabbatical
- Pre-retirement leave
- Health care and wellness programs
- Company bike (bike leasing)
- 24/7 accident insurance coverage
- Careflex (care support program)
- Mobile working / remote work
- Flexible working hours
- Training and development opportunities
- Internal career opportunities
- Corporate benefits
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
market analysiscustomer acquisitionsales conceptspricing strategiesquotation preparationprice negotiationsales project managementrevenue developmentmargin developmenttechnical knowledge
Soft skills
communication skillsnegotiation skillsteamworkanalytical thinkingstructured working approach
Certifications
commercial vocational trainingtechnical vocational trainingdegree