Sales Account Manager

BASF SE • Remote, OR

3d • $150,000 - $175,000 • Remote

About The Position

The Amines & Specialties Business (CIA & CID Chemical Intermediates) is seeking a professional to serve as Sales Account Manager. In this role, you will manage a variety of customers and consistently drive to find new business opportunities and strive to support organic growth targets. This position is a field position covering a variety of chemical markets such as, Water Treatment, CASE, and personal care. Travel for this role is estimated to be 40-60%. The preferred candidate will live in the Houston area or within one hour of a major airport in the Eastern or Central Time Zone.

Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Engineering, or Business.
• 8+ years Sales and customer experience.
• Excellent planning, organizing and work management skills to effectively prioritize customer needs and BASF needs.
• Experience and success being a self-starter.
• Effective and persuasive communication and presentation skills that sell benefits and creates value.
• Strong customer focus combined with an entrepreneurial approach that creates a winning value proposition for all stakeholders.
• The willingness to learn and apply sales techniques.
• Microsoft Office Suite - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Share Point.
• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

Nice To Haves

• Commodity experience
• CRM and Salesforce experience

Responsibilities

• Developing and managing lead generation and collaborating with Product Managers, Business Development while closing new business opportunities.
• Identifying new customers and valuable market intelligence in North America to support organic growth.
• Building lasting customer relationships to identify business opportunities and trends, as well as build a strong network with internal stakeholders.
• Participating as a Sales and customer management professional. This includes Salesforce collaboration, call reports, reporting of any key intelligence data collected, contract management & negotiations, price, and margin management of customer portfolio.

Benefits

• Flexible work arrangements whenever possible
• Highly competitive retirement savings plan with company match and investment options
• Well-being programs that include comprehensive mental health support for you and your household family members
• Family forming benefits (fertility, adoption and surrogacy reimbursement, maternity/parental leave, and more)
• Back-up child and elder care with discount programs for families of all ages and stages
• Mentoring and career development opportunities that allow you to share, learn, and thrive
• Matching gifts program that allows you to deepen the impact of your contributions to qualified charities.
• Employee crisis support for when the unexpected happens
• Access to our BASF wine cellar, employee discounts, and much more!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior