Key Account Manager (100%)
Job Description
With approximately 480 employees, KLK Kolb is one of the leading alkoxylation companies in Europe and offers a wide range of surfactants, chemical specialties, paper process chemicals and customer-specific products for various industries. KLK Kolb is a member of the global KLK OLEO Group. We sell our products worldwide and currently have three manufacturing sites in the heart of Europe (Hedingen/CH, Moerdijk/NL and Delden/NL).
Are you an independent, entrepreneurial and result-oriented personality who would like to work in an internationally growing company? Then our Care Chemical Team looks forward to receiving your application documents for the position of
Your mission
- International sale of chemical raw materials for the Personal Care market in compliance with Kolb’s pricing specifications
- Established customer basis in the DACH region and France; and/or Benelux and Scandinavia
- Providing intensive application-related consulting and support to existing and new customers in close cooperation with Product Management, Marketing and Research & Development
- Cultivating and developing long-term customer relations and acquiring new customers; developing new areas of application and introducing new products and technical solutions in the allocated focal areas
- Assuring sustainable, profitable growth in the corresponding markets through actively collaborating in the development and implementation of operational measures and projects in cooperation with the appropriate internal departments
- Market and competitor observation and market potential analyses; developing authoritative plans on short and mid-term business development
- Drawing up bids; pricing in line with internal specifications; reporting and correspondence in line with internal specifications
- Attending seminars, conventions and trade fairs including booth supervision
Your profile
- Chemical education (FH/Uni)
- Extensive sales experience of surfactants in the Personal Care industry. Knowledge in applications and formulation preferred
- Ability to establish a Business Case and to develop different pricing models
- Fluent language skills in German, English and French
- Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills with a confident demeanour
- You can organise yourself well and have high team competences in order to achieve optimal results for our customers in cooperation with other internal departments.
- Connected thinking, able to grasp complex information and communicate in a concise manner
- Willingness to travel 40% to 60%
Our offer
- A challenging, versatile and responsible job in a rapidly growing international company
- Working place/employment can be Hedingen/Switzerland or remote in France, Germany or Netherlands
- A professional, established organisation with an open, international and creative working environment
- Personal and professional development opportunities
- Attractive employment conditions
We are interested in a long-term, successful collaboration. You too? We are looking forward to receiving your
application via our online form on our website.
Kolb Distribution AG
Frau Marianne Pantli
HR Manager