European Account Manager

Our client produces chemicals, polymers, fabrics and fibres that deliver products incorporated into your clothing, your car, and even your carpet.
They are looking for a future leader with a high motivation and ambitious drive to join their Performance Materials business.

European Account Manager - The Role:

• Yarn sales and account management responsibility for European textile mills. Implementation & utilization of tools to promote the brand to strategic mills sales teams.
• Proactively seeking, tracking, and converting opportunities above the base business.
• Identifying ways to better serve your customers and driving innovation and experimentation.
• Promoting & accelerating the use of digital technology to enhance service levels and insight generation.
• Building relationships with strategic partners in the value chain. 

European Account Manager - The Candidate:

• Must have German language skills, conversational at minimum.
• B2B Sales and Account Management experience from within the textile industry Strong organisational & negotiation skills.
• Robust cross-functional engagement / networking skills.
• Ability to capture complex knowledge & business processes.
• Experience in identifying problems and using innovation and experimentation to solve them.
• Good written & verbal communication skills.
• Strong business acumen and analytical skills.
• Working knowledge of SAP, Salesforce, Excel.
• Italian language skills would be a bonus.
• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time, including international travel and occasional weekend travel.

 European Account Manager - The Package:

• Highly competitive salary and benefits

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