Key Account Manager - Industrial / Agric Chemical Raw Materials

About the position

A well-established international chemical raw material company requires the above to maintain strong relationships with existing key accounts within the coatings, construction chemical and related industrial manufacturing industries on a national basis.
Minimum requirements for the role:

• A tertiary qualification is preferred but not essential.
• Previous experience having worked within a sales role supplying chemical raw materials into the industrial chemical, construction, industrial coatings or adhesive or related industrial manufacturing industries is preferred for the role.
• The company is also happy to look at an internal salesperson for the role who wants to move into an external sales role.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Maintaining strong relationships with existing key accounts within the agriculture, coatings, construction chemical and related industrial manufacturing industries on a national basis.
• Promoting chemical raw materials into the agriculture, construction chemical, coatings / industrial manufacturing markets maintaining strong relationships with existing key accounts as well as identifying and developing potential business opportunities on a national basis.
• Attending regular feedback sessions on various projects and managing customer expectations.
• Managing price negotiations and various products with customers relaying market information to management and suppliers in order to be competitive in the current South African economic conditions.
• Setting and driving budget targets and sales objectives.
• Identifying new potential customers and businesses as well as ensuring the business is gained for the purpose of volume growth per product.
• Presenting sales reports to senior management.
• Implementing customer retention strategies to develop and manage sustainable quality relationships with external customers.
• Managing forecasting for stock availability for customers.

Salary package, including benefits, is highly negotiable depending on experience gained.

Desired Skills:

• Chemical Raw Materials
• Sales
• Agriculture
• Industrial
• Account Manager
• Key Account Manager