Senior Business Development Manager - Mobility Market - DACH (m/f/d)
Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
One Arkema
Are you passionate about sustainable materials and driving sales growth? Look no further! Arkema’s High Performance Polymers Business is seeking a dynamic Senior Business Development Manager to join our team in Germany.
A certified top employer (top employer video), Arkema is a global leader in Innovative Materials for a Sustainable World (https://hpp.arkema.com/en/sustainability/).
As a Business Development within our High Performance Polymers Business, you’ll be at the forefront of our efforts to promote low carbon footprint biobased and recycled materials in the automotive market.
Your Tasks:
- Propose and execute business development strategies to grow and drive a strong pipeline of new business opportunities to commercialization
- For products and/or markets that are emerging and/or to be developed, sets out, evaluates and gives priorities for the technological development opportunities in the geographic zone.
- Build relationships and become a trusted resource at key OEMs/Brands & tiers to develop new business opportunities
- Coordinate global activity with selected OEMs and tiers
Your Qualifications:
- >5 years experience within a technical sales, business or technical development capacity related to polymers, ideally within the automotive market
- Technical degree (Eng. or master), ideally with a major in Polymers or Materials Science
- Fluent in German and English. French is a plus.
- Strong customer focus, willing to travel extensivelly
- Curious and details oriented
- Excellent interpersonal, listening, communication and negotiating skills.
Our Offer:
- An attractive salary with company car
- An attractive employee share program
- 30 days annual leave
- Extensive social benefits of a group company such as a company pension allowance, accident insurance (also applies privately), term life insurance