Vacancies Sales Representative Minnisota Market

About AkzoNobel

Since 1792 weve been supplying the innovative paints and coatings that help to color peoples lives and protect what matters most. Our world class portfolio of brands including Dulux International Sikkens and Interpon is trusted by customers around the globe. Were active in more than 150 countries and use our expertise to sustain and enhance the fabric of everyday life. Because we believe every surface is an opportunity. Its what youd expect from a pioneering and long-established paints company thats dedicated to providing sustainable solutions and preserving the best of what we have today while creating an even better tomorrow. Lets paint the future together.

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Job Purpose

Location: Minnesota (Minneapolis preferred; candidates located anywhere within Minnesota will be considered)

At AkzoNobel we supply the sustainable and innovative paints and coatings that customers trust worldwide. Were seeking a highly motivated Sales Representative to grow our Industrial Wood Coatings business throughout Minnesota and surrounding territories.

About the Role

This is a field-based sales position responsible for driving sales growth supporting distributor partners developing new business opportunities and providing technical coatings support within the Industrial Wood Coatings market. The territory primarily covers Minnesota portions of South Dakota and Iowa with occasional support for key distributors in neighboring markets.

This role combines both commercial sales and technical customer support. The ideal candidate will be comfortable building relationships solving customer challenges and serving as a trusted coatings advisor.

Key Accountabilities

Manage and grow an established distributor network and customer portfolio
Develop new business opportunities and identify additional distribution channels
Build strong relationships with key distributor partners and end users
Provide technical support troubleshooting and product recommendations for wood coating applications
Generate leads maintain a healthy sales pipeline and convert opportunities into revenue growth
Conduct customer visits and product demonstrations
Monitor sales performance against territory targets and implement growth strategies
Gather market intelligence and customer feedback to support business development initiatives
Represent AkzoNobel professionally while promoting long-term customer partnerships

Key Activities

Territory Highlights
Primary focus on Minnesota
Coverage includes portions of South Dakota and Iowa
Support for key distributor accounts including Hirschfields and other regional partners
Approximately 70-75% travel within the assigned territory

Level of Autonomy

Independently prepare sales presentations contracts and proposals to ensure successful outcome of transactions.
Manage claims negotiation to minimize liability.

Job requirements

Bachelors degree preferred
Knowledge & Work Experience Paints and coatings industry any B2B industry environment.
3-5 years of work experience in Industrial wood coatings commercial roles sales and key account management or sales to strategic accounts required
Fluent in English
Skills Stakeholder management project management decision making creating value propositions drive results orientation customer service orientation problem solving communication and presentation commercial and business acumen basic understanding of cross functional processes and financial concepts related to sales and cost to serve
Must be able to participate and complete a qualitative and quantitative respirator fit test and use respirator as required.

Were looking for someone who is:

Outgoing energetic and customer-focused
Self-motivated and comfortable working independently
Skilled at building long-term customer relationships
Capable of balancing technical problem-solving with sales growth objectives
Comfortable spending significant time in the field visiting distributors and customers

Benefits/Rewards

The salary range for these skills is: $106000 to $118000 based on evaluated experience level. This is the range that we in good faith anticipate relying on when setting wages for this position. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This salary range may also be modified in the future.

This role eligible for an annual bonus target of 35% based on individual and company performance.

Medical insurance with HSA
Dental Vision Life AD&D benefits
Annual bonus
401K retirement savings with 6% company match
Generous vacation personal and holiday pay
Paid Parental leave
Hybrid work for most exempt roles
Active Diversity & Inclusion Networks
Career growth opportunities on a regional and global scale
Tuition Reimbursement
Employee referral bonus

Why Join AkzoNobel

In your first year youll have the opportunity to learn the product portfolio partner with experienced team members build relationships across the territory and play a key role in expanding our presence within the wood coatings market.

At AkzoNobel we are highly committed to ensuring an inclusive and respectful workplace where all employees can be their best self. We strive to embrace diversity in a context of tolerance. Our talent acquisition process plays an integral part in this journey as setting the foundations for a diverse environment. For this reason we train and educate on the implications of our Unconscious Bias in order for our TA and hiring managers to be mindful of them and take corrective actions when our organization all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age or disability.

Requisition ID: 56417

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Required Experience:

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