Manager Sales Metalworking & Lubricants Americas

Sasol • Houston, TX

311d

About The Position

The Manager Sales is mainly responsible for growing Sasol's chemical business in the US Metalworking/lubrication (MWL) market through sales of Sasol's differentiated and specialty products. The role is part of a global team of Sales Managers collectively focused on delivering market specific strategies and earnings.

Requirements

• University Bachelors Degree in Technical.
• 8+ years' experience in chemical industry with 2+ of those years with experience in Metalworking & Lubricants.
• Sales experience; selling chemicals.
• MWL industry specific knowledge (products, applications, customers, competitors).
• Analytical skills, excellent interpersonal and communication skills, broad leadership skills.
• Ability to work under pressure, to prioritize and to control the workload.
• Willingness to travel (40-60%) including occasional international travel.
• Customer-, service- and solution-oriented personality (e.g. self-motivation, delivering high quality solutions and services, demonstrating flexibility).
• User skills for IT modules corresponding to Sales tasks.

Responsibilities

• Develop/manage relationships with assigned customers and key players in the US market.
• Use these relationships to drive sales.
• Input into the optimisation of sales volumes, prices, and contribution margin for sales into the MWL sector and other technical markets.
• Deliver sales to support growth targets and budgets based on acquired identified market opportunities.
• Input into the global strategy to penetrate the metalworking and lubricants market/technical formulations market areas as appropriate.
• Assist with uncovering and reporting on market trends that will be used to drive and prioritize development of products and processes to support growth.
• Support the process of gaining market information that will be used to justify new Sasol assets, technologies, or capacities.
• Work with Senior Manager Sales to negotiate/execute/manage contracts with Customers, Distributors, Agents, Consultants etc.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Industry: Chemical Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree