Job Description

Minimum requirements for the role:

• A Tertiary qualification in Chemistry or COSCHEM or related qualification is advantageous.
• Previous key accounts / sales experience working within the personal care / pharma chemical raw material manufacturing or related industries is essential.
• The company is happy to consider someone with a science qualification who is calling on doctors within the medical and pharma industries to train up on pharma raw material products.
• The company is also happy to consider a candidate who is working in a technical role within the pharmaceutical market who would like to move into a key accounts management role.
• The successful candidate must be a strong team player with the ability to build and foster relationships.
• Must have a good business acumen with good analytical and synthesis skills.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and presentation skills is essential.
• Computer literacy is essential with good working knowledge of Microsoft packages.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Developing and implementing a multi-annual strategic plans with regards to driving and managing key accounts within the pharma, personal care and sports nutrition and related manufacturing markets.
• Developing and implementing key account plans and strategies to ensure sales targets and objectives are on target.
• Developing strong relationships with customers and ensuring strategic alignment.
• Implementing the sales strategy, accomplishing market objectives and meeting targets.
• Establishing and achieving monthly and annual budgets, based on customer information and forecasts and preparing annual budgets for senior management.
• Identify new business opportunities by leveraging the full potential of the companys product and services portfolio.
• Identifying customer needs and driving opportunities in agreement with the commercial business strategy and the market in order to increase customer profitability for a sustainable and profitable mutual growth.
• Managing and delivering on technical queries with regards to specialised existing and new products.

Salary package, including benefits, is highly negotiable depending on experience gained.

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