New Business Development / Key Account Manager - Personal Care / Home Care Raw Materials

About the position

A well-known and established international personal care raw material company requires the above to manage and drive Personal Care and Home Care Manufacturing Key Accounts, providing them with a range of personal care and home care raw materials on a national basis.
Minimum requirements for the role:

• Tertiary qualification is preferred but not essential for the role.
• Previous external sales experience selling raw materials, calling on the personal care and/or homecare manufacturing industries is essential for the role.
• The successful candidate must be a strong team player with the ability to build and foster relationships.
• Must have good business acumen with good analytical and synthesis skills.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and presentation skills are essential.
• Computer literacy is essential with good working knowledge of Microsoft Packages.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Managing and driving Personal Care and Home Care Manufacturing Key Accounts, providing them with a range of personal care and home care raw materials on a national basis.
• Developing relationships with customers to ensure strategic alignment.
• Establishing and achieving monthly and annual budgets, based on customer information and forecasts.
• Identifying customer needs to increase customer profitability for sustainable and profitable mutual growth.
• Working closely with the customer to ensure that the correct raw materials are procured for them.
• Working closely with the warehouse and distribution team to ensure that products are forecasted correctly and delivered on time.
• Ensuring timeous and correct delivery of personal care raw materials to customers.
• Assisting and working closely with a senior manager to ensure that customer expectations are met at all times.

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

Desired Skills:

• Raw Materials
• Home Care
• Personal Care
• Key Account Manager
• Business Development Manager
• New Business Development Manager