International Business Developer | Specialty Chemicals

You combine business development with strategic account management. The emphasis lies on creating new commercial opportunities and building sustainable relationships with international customers. Specifically, this means you will:

• develop new business within Europe;
• build relationships with R&D, procurement, innovation, and senior managers at your customers;
• detect technical customer needs and translate these into commercial opportunities;
• guide projects from the initial conversation to validation and commercialization;
• further develop existing key accounts;
• work closely with internal R&D and product specialists;
• represent the organization at customers, trade fairs, and international events;
• be traveling within Europe 30 to 40% of the time.

You combine technical affinity with commercial impact. You possess:

• Higher education in chemistry, bio-engineering, or a related field.
• Approximately 5 to 10 years of commercial B2B experience.
• Experience within specialty chemicals, chemical ingredients, or a related technical environment.
• Experience with complex sales processes and conversations with technical stakeholders.
• A strong business development mentality.
• Very good knowledge of English.
• Enterprising, curious, and down-to-earth.
• Willingness to travel internationally regularly.