Key Account Manager (Essential Chemicals) (100%)

With approximately 480 employees, KLK Kolb is one of the leading alkoxylation companies in Europe and offers a wide range of surfactants, chemical specialties, paper process chemicals and customer-specific products for various industries. KLK Kolb is a member of the global KLK OLEO Group. We sell our products worldwide and currently have three manufacturing sites in the heart of Europe (Hedingen/CH, Moerdijk/NL and Delden/NL).

Are you an independent, entrepreneurial and result-oriented personality who would like to work in an internationally growing company? Then our Essential Chemical Team looks forward to receiving your application documents for the position of

Your mission

• International sales of chemical products
• Driving the daily commercial business of our distribution partners
• Supporting the development of the company distribution strategy
• Volume, turnover and profit responsibility
• Providing application-related consulting and support to existing and new distributors in close cooperation with Product Management, Supply Chain, Research & Development and other business units
• Cultivating and developing long-term customer relations
• Developing new areas of applications and introducing new products and technical solutions
• Market and competitor observation and market potential analyses; developing authoritative plans on short and mid-term business development
• Collaborating in strategic projects

Your profile

• Chemical education (FH/Uni)
• Solid experience in sales towards distributors or another customer-related activity in the field of surfactants commercialized in various markets (eg Industrial and Institutional Cleaning, Metal or other technical applications)
• Ability to define business processes and to handle efficiently distributors in many different regions
• Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills with a confident demeanour
• You can organise yourself well and have high team competences in order to achieve optimal results for our customers in cooperation with other internal departments.
• Connected thinking, able to grasp complex information and communicate in a concise manner
• Fluency in English is needed; additionally fluency in French or German is appreciated
• Willingness to travel 30% to 40%, primarily in Europe

Our offer

• A challenging, versatile and responsible job in a rapidly growing international company
• Working place/employment can be Hedingen/Switzerland or remote in France, Germany or Netherlands
• A professional, established organisation with an open, international and creative working environment
• Personal and professional development opportunities
• Attractive employment conditions 

We are interested in a long-term, successful collaboration. You too? We are looking forward to receiving your application via our online form on our website.