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Job Title – Business Development Manager – West Region
Work from Office:
Location: Airoli Navi Mumbai
contact person: [email protected]
Mission
Promote the company and develop sales of the CASE product range to achieve agreed business targets and meet customer needs. Build relationships with key contacts and customers, seeking and pursuing opportunities to grow sales of existing and development products.
Main Accountabilities
- Manage a set range of Accounts, further develop the existing customers and attract new ones in the CASE market segment.
- Work closely with the Business Manager, identifying any additional opportunities in this area. Responsible for meeting set budgetary goals with particular emphasis on the turnover target.
- Generate sales and profitable margins by managing and expanding existing business and targeting and opening new business.
- Manage, develop, and understand the needs of a growing customer base, making regular visits to these accounts to build, maintain and manage relationships with key contacts at all levels.
- Seek and gather the right marketing/competitive information and propose to the Managing Director for approval, in order to optimise returns to achieve business growth.
- Identify and recommend new product range opportunities through market survey.
- Gather, analyse, interpret and present market, product, competitor and industry data to enable development of the forward strategy of the business.
- Pro-actively monitor and review payment terms against customer portfolio, ensuring that payment terms and methods are adhered to, keeping business risk to a minimum. Ensure that payment terms and cash flow implications are considered at time of negotiation for all new and existing business.
- Create and communicate development plans to ensure that business objectives are optimised, and sales retention and growth targets are achieved.
- Carry out visits to target customers to promote products and provide feedback to business and suppliers of customer response and activity.
- Ensure the implementation and monitoring of campaigns.
- Maintain sales volume, product mix and selling price by keeping current with supply and demand, changing trends, economic indicators, and competitors.
- Work with the Sales and Operations teams to implement targeted sales strategy.
Skills & Competencies
- Bachelor’s degree or diploma in Chemical Engineering or equivalent qualification is required.
- Minimum 7 plus years of progressive experience in sales / commercial roles and related technical knowledge
- Excellent communication (verbal & written), negotiation and interpersonal skills.
- Excellent time management skills in order to follow different assigned targets.
- Sense of ownership and drive (problem solver, self-starter with a bias for prompt action and removing roadblocks, accountable to get things done in a timely manner).
- Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with management and cross-functional teams, for both technical and non-technical audiences.
The requirements of the job will develop and change due to the needs of the business and the employee will be expected to adapt to these changes. This list is not absolute, and the employee will be expected to carry out any tasks and duties for which he/she is trained.
Top Skills
What We Do
As a leading global innovation service provider in the specialty chemicals and food ingredients industry, we are committed to creating value for principals and customers whilst providing a great work environment and career opportunities.
Azelis has 4,200+ employees across 65 countries worldwide. We work with around 2,800 principals to provide a diverse range of innovative products/services to 63,000+ customers.
Our industry-dedicated sales teams have specialist product and application knowledge, combined with business know-how, enabling us to add value in all business relationships.
We’re always looking to add new talent to our team and encourage and support the personal and professional growth of all employees.
Specialties include:
Life Sciences: Personal Care, Home Care & Industrial Cleaning, Pharma & Healthcare, Food & Nutrition, Animal Nutrition, Agricultural & Environmental
Industrial Chemicals: CASE, Electronics, Essential Chemicals, Fine Chemicals, Advanced Materials & Additives, Chemicals, Lubricants & Metal Working Fluids, Other Applications, Textiles, Leather & Paper
At Azelis, our partnerships with customers and principals remain at the heart of our activities. As a leading global innovation service provider, our entrepreneurial approach to doing business is reflected in our can-do attitude.
Across our network of more than 70 application laboratories, our award-winning staff help develop formulations and provide technical guidance along the customers’ product development process. We combine a global market reach with a local footprint to offer a reliable, integrated and unique digital service to customers and attractive business opportunities to principals.
Striving to create a positive impact on the environment and communities around the world, we are top-industry-rated by Sustainalytics. Azelis is a leader in sustainability.
We aim to provide effective, sustainable, and reliable solutions. Our business is your business