Technical Sales Account Manager Structural Solutions

Henkel group • Seattle, WA

1d • $100,000 - $130,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

At Henkel, you’ll be part of an organization that’s shaping the future through innovation, sustainability and collaboration. With our trusted brands like Persil®, ‘all®, Loctite®, Snuggle®, and Schwarzkopf® and our cutting-edge technologies, you’ll have countless opportunities to explore new paths and grow. This position is with our Adhesive Technologies business unit – where we empower our people to transform industries and provide our customers with a competitive advantage through adhesives, sealants and functional coatings. Dare to learn new skills, advance in your career and make an impact at Henkel.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in Civil or Structural Engineering, PE accreditation highly desirable.
• 3+ years’ experience as a Consulting Engineer in structural engineering environment.
• A genuine interest in learning to sell and serving clients.
• Competitive and achievement oriented. Self-motivated and a self-starter.
• Trainable & coachable in professional selling techniques.
• Client focused and strong structural engineering background.
• Ability to work with presentation software. Microsoft Office skills (Excel, Word, and PowerPoint) required.
• Up to 50% travel by automobile and airplane required.

Responsibilities

• Executes sales plans and strategy in line with SBU and sustainability strategy to maintain and develop existing and acquire new customers.
• Develops and executes action plan for each customer based on customer roadmap to enhance loyalty and long-term partnership.
• Delivers sales and distribution targets (KP OSG and PC % / GP %) in territory / at defined account.
• Builds and maintains strong relationships with customers, develops customer centric initiatives & implements their feedback.
• Communicates with KAM / Sales team on specific customers tasks and priorities & monitors customer activities, pricing positioning.
• Coordinates with technical customer service to conduct line trials, (re)solves customer requests and complaints Executes pricing and promotional actions.
• Executes KAM strategy (listing, promotions).
• Manages and/ or steers distributor salesforce / 3rd Party Representation.
• Ensures execution in excellence at point of sales; ensures merchandising and brand representation in stores / salons.
• Conducts field, market, jobsite or store visits; follows up on store implementation/promotion, in-store stock levels, identifies gaps.
• Coordinates education implementation and sales impact with technical advisors.
• Takes and processes customer orders; negotiates customer agreements; carries out admin tasks related to reporting and contract mgmt Steers the overdue payments, blocks orders if needed & leverage CRM tools, data analytics, and automation to enhance sales performance.

Benefits

• Health Insurance: affordable plans for medical, dental, vision and wellbeing starting on day 1
• Work-Life Balance: Paid time off including sick, vacation, holiday and volunteer time, flexible & hybrid work policies (depending on role), and vacation buy / sell program
• Financial: 401k matching, employee share plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares, annual performance bonus, service awards and student loan reimbursement
• Family Support: 12-week gender neutral parental leave (up to 20 weeks for parents giving birth), fertility support, adoption & surrogacy reimbursement, discounted child and elderly care, and scholarships
• Career Growth: diverse national and international growth opportunities, access to thousands of skills development courses, and tuition reimbursement

What This Job Offers

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