Account Manager Thermoplastic Polyurethanes DACH (m/f/gn)

Lubrizol Advanced Materials is an essential ingredient in improving lives. Our innovative products enhance the shampoos, lotions and soaps you use; the medicine you take; the sports apparel and shoes you wear; the detergents that keep your whites whiter and your colors from fading; the medical devices that speed your recovery and enhance your comfort; the specialty coatings that make your wood furniture, floors and cabinets more durable, more beautiful and more sustainable; and the plumbing systems in your home that will never corrode, pit or scale.  With such a diverse portfolio, Lubrizol Advanced Materials offers unparalleled career growth opportunities for top-talent.  To learn more about each of our core businesses, click on the following links: Engineered Polymers, Personal Care, Home Care, Lubrizol LifeSciences, Performance Coatings, and Lubrizol CPVC Piping Systems.

To support and drive the growth strategy of the Thermoplastic Polyurethanes business we are looking for an Account Manager (m/f/d) for the DACH region. This position will be homebased.

Responsibilities

You will manage assigned customer accounts as well as develop new accounts and market segments for our TPU business within the DACH region. Your focus will be on personal sales targets, new business development, maintaining customer relationships, and offering solutions to specific customers’ problems to help them be successful.

Essential Job Functions

• Lead the sales and market development activities to promote growth of the business for assigned accounts and territories
• Substantially increase our market share in a defined growth area in the DACH region within the next 2-3 years
• Foster and grow the appropriate business relationships
• Develop and implement sales plans at territory and account level that are well aligned with the business strategy
• Engage closely with Marketing to identify and evaluate new, high impact market opportunities
• Develop, negotiate and close sales contracts and agreements
• Share market insights, trends and opportunities internally by proper reporting and forecasting
• Represent Lubrizol at trade shows, conferences, and at local industry association and regional marketing meetings and build an industry network - also via digital means
• Develop and manage annual territory budget

Required Skills, Qualifications, Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in chemical, polymer or mechanical engineering, chemistry or equivalent
• Track record of sales growth and successful account development
• A minimum 3-5 years of experience in the performance plastics industry (thermoplastic elastomers is a plus) 
• Demonstrated successes in implementing new product, solution, technology and value selling programs
• Very good negotiation, communication and presentation skills
• Self-starter with a desire and ability to develop markets
• Excellent interpersonal abilities and a strong drive for results
• Willing and able to travel 50% of the time
• Fluent written and spoken in English and German

We offer

• Develop your professional career in a highly respected, industry leading, multinational company which part of the Berkshire Hathaway group
• Become part of a culture that is based on accountability and empowerment and that values diversity and acts inclusively
• Be an essential contributor to Lubrizol’s mission – “Enable > 50% reduction in vehicle emissions by 2040 and improve at least 2 billion lives through our solutions by 2028”
• Challenging and rewarding position with the potential to impact on Lubrizol’s success by developing business in the industrial heartland of Europe
• Competitive compensation package including company car