External Account Manager

JOB DESCRIPTION & REQUIRED BUSINESS ACUMEN

• Developing a growth & margin-oriented strategy focused both on lucrative financial gain and customer satisfaction upon raw material and chemical sales in Cosmetics, Personal Care & Cleaning industries.

• Searching new potential customers& decide on price and sales strategies.

• Promoting new raw materials referring to the customer current projects or proactive approach to develop new business / trends market presentations to the customers.

• Research of the current market conditions & following the competitor prices and the competitor s new launches.

• Following the finance status /payment schedule of the customers.

• Finding solutions to customer payment problems.

• Communicate with the suppliers on the technical promotion, new launches and promote to the team and to the customers in his/her portfolio.

• Travel abroad to the supplier training meetings and technical seminars, to the related market global and local fairs and participating to the webinars, teleconferences with the suppliers.

• Communicate with the suppliers on the technical promotion, new launches and promote to the team and to the customers in his/her portfolio.

• Report to the suppliers quarterly with the customer feedback to the project pipelines, report the monthly sales figures and give feedback concerning the competition in the market /potentials.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelors Degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, preferably from reputable universities.

• 3-6 years of trackable experience in raw material chemicals sales in Personal Care, Cosmetics & Cleaning industries, account management, planning and implementing sales strategies.

• Fluency in English and excellent numeric sales skill set.

• Ability to maintain long-lasting relations in customer management with excellent communication and process management skills.

• Strong commercial outlook and sales approach to account management.

• Travelling within Saudi Arabia is a must.

• the position is based in Jeddah.