Technical Account Manager, Advanced Materials

Technical Account Manager, Advanced Materials IMCD US is seeking a driven and technically skilled Technical Account Manager, Advanced Materials to support customers across Southern California, Arizona, and Nevada. This remote, customer-facing role is ideal for a sales professional who combines strong technical knowledge with business acumen, enjoys building lasting relationships, and is motivated to grow market share for our strategic principals throughout the region. Responsibilities Grows earnings, per designated sales goals. Maintains relationships with existing, core, and target customers at the required level to ensure sales growth and customer satisfaction. Identifies targets for each strategic principal. Responds promptly to all leads and writes call reports. Engages in technical discussions with customers. Spends 70% of time in front of technical and purchasing contacts. Makes weekly sales calls. Participates routinely in technical training sessions. Maintains and expands the customer/contact and market intelligence database for designated territory. Maps decision making process and identifies decision makers, within customer/prospect organization. Manages the sales pipeline from prospect to closure, utilizing the IMCD sales process. Skills Extremely ambitious with the drive and commitment to succeed. Ability to ask open-ended questions. Passionate and committed to contributing to continued sales growth. Outgoing, highly energetic, self-starter, and self-motivated. Decision-making, problem resolution, and creative thinking skills. Ability to multi-task activities with shifting priorities. Desire to learn all products technically. Entrepreneurial business focuses with strong business acumen. Excellent listening skills and ability to ask for the order. Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills. Organized and focused through daily rituals including action planning and time management. Attention to detail. Naturally shows initiative and is solution focused. Provides strong leadership to achieve sales results. Well-presented and articulate. Able to identify decision makers. Proficient with common computer programs, including Microsoft Office. Required Qualifications Bachelor’s Degree – Chemistry, chemical engineering, or other sciences preferred. Five plus years of sales experience. Desired Qualifications Master’s Degree or Technical degree. Formulation and/or formula production experience are a plus. Experience in fast-paced environment. Competencies Business Acumen Problem Solving/Analysis Customer/Client Focus Communication Proficiency Teamwork Orientation Supervisory Responsibility This position has no supervisory responsibility. Work Environment This job is fully remote and involves frequent travel to customers, primarily driving. Position Type / Expected Hours of Work This is a full-time position, and the hours of work and days are Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., unless otherwise directed. Additional hours may be required as needed. Travel This position requires up to 50% travel. Frequently travel is both local and outside the local area and overnight. Salary Range $115,000 - $165,000 Other Duties Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice. #J-18808-Ljbffr